We Warned You

Sometimes when something bad happens, somebody will make a post on social media like “we warned you, we warned you this was going to happen and you didn’t listen” - with “you” as a kind of abstract other person.

It does numbers because, I guess, people would rather feel like they’re aligned with the “we” than with the “you” in that sentiment. Yeah, (awkwardly), we … did warn you! You tell ’em! We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.

I usually unfollow everybody involved in that kind of transaction because none of that is a good energy to bring to social media.