When your friends stretch the truth farther than a clickbait headline, you want to call them on it, but typing out the words seems a little hostile. Maybe a cute graphic is something you could get away with? You can blame the hostility on us.

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If you follow your kids’ friends and other young people, you may sometimes see things you can’t unsee, or comfortably keep from telling their parents. Issue a timely reminder of the intergenerational reality of social media by pasting one of these in the comments.

Maybe you’ve done it quietly, but certainly you’ve found ways to avoid being bombarded by friends who never learned not to talk about politics in mixed company. Make your point with one of these graphics.

My mother’s deep admonition against chain letters leaves me unable to follow copy-and-paste demands that seem so common on Facebook. If you feel the same, these may come in handy for uploading into comments.

Seriously, Facebook, while you’re adding reaction emojis, how hard could it be to throw in the capacity to quickly and kindly tell your friend they’ve fallen for crap?

Seriously, Facebook, while you’re adding reaction emojis, how hard could it be to throw in the capacity to quickly and kindly tell your friend they’ve fallen for crap? 

The Internet needs a comment-filtering button so you can just read the ones you agree with without suffering the sings and arrows of yahoos.

The Internet needs a comment-filtering button so you can just read the ones you agree with without suffering the sings and arrows of yahoos.