A comedian just called out every single one of us who spend way too much time on Facebook and honestly it might be the funniest truth bomb you hear all week.
Some people treat Facebook like it is their own personal news channel. Every hour there is a new update. What they ate for breakfast. Where they are going. How they are feeling. A selfie at the grocery store. We just scroll past most of it so fast our thumbs are getting a workout.
But here is the thing if I said these thoughts out loud in a group of people it would come across as criticism. That is the gift comedians have though. They can take an observation that would sound like judgment coming from us and wrap it up in a way that makes people laugh and actually think about it. And that is exactly what Mike Goodwin does in this clip.
So Goodwin gets up there and goes right after the people who overshare on Facebook. You know exactly who he is talking about. The ones who post every detail of their personal life for the whole world to see and then five minutes later they are back on there saying “Y’all need to stay out of my business.” And Goodwin is not having it.
“Like, you just posted it 13 minutes ago. What are you talking about?” I mean come on. We have all seen this person on our timeline. We have probably been this person if we are being real about it.
Then he goes after the grown men who are poking people on Facebook. “I got grown men on there poking me. Don’t poke me,” he says. “Keep your side of things to yourself.” And the crowd just loses it because it is so true.
But here is where it really gets good. He starts talking about this woman who was on Facebook bragging about her son scoring a 1460 on the SAT. She is going on and on about how he can go to any school in the country.
And Goodwin has to break the news to her. “They’ve changed the SAT since you’ve been in school, y’all. They added a whole another 800 points to the SAT.” So basically her son got the equivalent of a D. And instead of celebrating on Facebook she probably needs to “log off the computer and come on in the room. Help your son with some of his homework.”
That right there is the whole point. We are spending hours scrolling and posting and commenting and poking people apparently. And meanwhile our kids need help with homework. Our families need us present at the dinner table not glued to a screen.
Goodwin says it plain. Helping your son with homework is “probably a better use of your time.” And he is absolutely right.
We were not created to live for likes and comments. God gave us real people to love and real moments to be part of. So maybe tonight put the phone down.
Go sit with your kids. Ask them about their day. Help them with that math problem they have been stuck on. Because that is where life actually happens. Not on Facebook.
WATCH: Mike Goodwin Hilariously Breaks Down Social Media Culture and Everyone Relates
