A post on NBC News’ Today blog that identified something now known as “Pinterest stress” has me really stressed right now. Seriously, folks, I guess women in particular, can’t we agree at this point in our lives to tell domestic harmony to go fuck itself? Hasn’t the ex-con Martha Stewart taught us anything?
I had to turn to my coworker, David Mendez, to make sure I’m not even close to suffering from Pinterest stress (first you actually have to have a Pinterest account, right?).
“David, I don’t come across as someone who cares about domestic harmony, right?” I asked.
He paused for a while, then answered, “No, Mari, far from it.”
“Whew. Thanks,” I said.
Thinking he insulted me, which is pretty normal at Weekly World Central, Mendez followed up saying, “It’s because you have other things to be concerned about.”
Yes. Yes. I do and so should lots of other people, evidently.
You can read all about Pinterest stress here. A snippet:
For many moms, social media is both a blessing and a curse. We go to sites like Pinterest and Facebook for connection and inspiration — but all too often, the beautiful images of domestic harmony make us feel inadequate.
In our exclusive TODAY Moms survey of 7,000 U.S. mothers, 42 percent said that they sometimes suffer from Pinterest stress — the worry that they’re not crafty or creative enough. Symptoms include staying up until 3 a.m. clicking through photos of exquisite hand-made birthday party favors even though you’ll end up buying yours at the dollar store, or sobbing quietly into a burnt mess of expensive ingredients that were supposed to be adorable bunny cookies for the school bake sale.
“It tricks you into thinking that everyone is baking their own bread,” said Jenna Andersen, 28, a Palo Alto, Calif., mom of two, photographer and blogger behind the hilarious site Pinterest Fail, which chronicles Pinterest-inspired crafts and recipes gone oh-so-wrong. She’s still a fan of the site, but she’s learned not to let herself think that the artfully curated photos represent anyone’s reality. “Pinterest is largely a site of unrealized dreams.”
This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.
Mari, go wash your mouth out with soap !!! Every time you use profanity in public you degrade your life.
Your life must be pretty degraded by now.
Yo, Everyone in a house more than one cares about domestic harmony.
Seriously, you don’t have any idea about domestic harmony? You live with one cat?
Mammey, haven’t you heard? Well-behaved women seldom make history. But at least their lives aren’t degraded, right?
Jana, my point is, that in civil conversation with strangers, you use appropriate restraint in your choice of words. Else, you’re percieved as a degenerate slob. Jana your point is?
Seriously, educating me on my potty mouth and wondering if I understand about domestic harmony? Other than getting a life in concern for my use of the occasional f-word (which I really recommend to everyone), maybe you should be concerned about folks living up to an ideal image of what a household should look like or what material possessions people think they need in order to be happy. My life is rich without a whole lot … I just don’t get worked up about the details … even the f-word.
Mammey, I think you made my point just fine. (Image of clutching pearls inserted here).
Yours truly, A Degenerate Slob with a Degraded Life.
Mari! This great–I laughed out loud. Thanks for making my morning. Domestic harmony–who needs it!
Why is Martha Stewart being mentioned here in this article? She is called an ex-con. Sounds like someone doesn’t like Martha Stewart. Sure she was convicted of insider trading, while those on Capital Hill got away with insider trading, which made them millions, and none of those Senators, Congressmen went to jail for insider trading. Now those are the people who should be behind bars, and gain a title of convict.
Nice work, Mari, insulting your readers, or at least Mammey. I think you have a fine career ahead of you at Amy’s Bakery. And to save you the effort, I have told myself to f— off.
Mari, so glad you understand the issues here and are willing to try your best to become a civilized person showing credit to your mom and pop, rather than hurting them constantly as you have been in the past. Thank you again for not putting those stupidly senile words on my computer. You’re a dear.
Jana, thank you, also, for understanding what I’m trying to explain to those who don’t understand what’s going on here.
Mammey you really need a life. If language offends you so badly, I suggest not playing on the interwebs.
Burnie, you don’t get the point? Still? After all this babble, you still don’t get it? Don’t understand the point? Don’t see the implications of the issues here? Don’t feel a need to boost your culture up a notch? Don’t see this as a cause? Don’t have kids you want to raise right? And you still don’t get the point? Woah iz me.
Oh damn, I haven’t raised my kids right. I HATE IT when that happens.
This is even more stressful than that whole Pinterest thing and I don’t even know what the fuck that is.
What’s your point?
Jana, are you serious? You don’t understand?
OK, will lay it out plainly, so those with limited civilized natures will understand the point.
Point is EVERYTHING one does, when interacting with strangers, affects the image one
creates of one’s culture and themselves in the eyes of those strangers. If you are bent on
creating an image of yourself and your culture as buffoons, then by all means utilize any
stupid slang in your limited vocabulary. If, on the other hand, you wish to project an image
of civility, then use proper language when out in the field.
Jana, I don’t get it that you don’t get it !!! Sorry, but do want the best for you, just don’t know
how to get the point across so you’ll understand the point of keeping cuss words to a minimum.
It’s like: “the obvious is obscure in your culture”
Regards,
Mammey
No mammey, I don’t get the point. Its seems archaic and frivolous. To each their own I suppose.
Mammey, let’s lay this to rest: Cursing isn’t necessary, but use of it is a reflection of the culture that exists, not a sanitized, white-washed version that we wish we could take part in.
In Mari’s case, the idea of telling domestic harmony to go fuck itself could easily be seen as wanting to dismiss the concept with extreme prejudice — to say, as clearly and proudly as possible, that it’s an outdated, useless ideal and that people should be focusing on creating the best of life as it is, rather than to hope and pray that one day, everything will be absolutely perfect.
That’s not to say that no one believes culture can’t be improved, but to campaign vehemently against the use of swearing is a bit like attempting to close the barn doors after the horses have already escaped, bred in the wild, raised their young, grown old and died.
All that said, while your efforts are admirable, they’re also misguided, not to mention a waste of your energies — particularly in the comments section of an alternative weekly’s website. Lay off it.
Mammey thinks it is not well mannered to use cursing in these posts, but it is perfectly acceptable to tell someone (me) to go commit suicide. I smell a hypocritical rat.
David, thank you for presenting, what is to you, a rational argument. I will “lay off it” when these words cease to be presented on the Yahoo news website, without me doing a search. I live in Tucson, and this nonsense adversely affects outsiders’ perception of my current home town. If you believe that presenting yourself as a culturally deficient person is acceptable, then do not call it discrimination when I, too, believe that fact.
Enough said on the subject.
AZ/DC: “,,,,,,,Mammey thinks it is not well mannered to use cursing in these posts, but it is perfectly acceptable to tell someone (me) to go commit suicide. I smell a hypocritical rat…….”
AZ/DC, why would you attack me on this issue, rather than the quack doctors prescribing Prozac, and other suicide causing agents dispensed like candy to an unsuspecting public? The suicide problem’s out of control and you’ve no interest in working on it? Shame dude.
ANSWER: If one has no argument of value, zilch, nada, none, then one attacks, personally, the opposition. I see you not as the opposition, just someone too lazy to develop their own argument on the issues at hand. Go back to school dude, you apparently need some academic training. Join the debate club and learn the rules of a rational argument.
Wow. You really don’t understand anything do you, Mammey? One would hope that you are someone who gets off on posting sarcasm and duping the masses into believing you are serious. If you are pulling the wool over my eyes, then you are doing a great job of presenting your sarcasm. Unfortunately, I get the feeling that you are actually being serious. Your posts are (un?)intentional comic fodder for the masses. Either way, at least you are entertaining. Keep up the good (bad?) work.