Please stop sending me Face Book prayer hands and hearts for each hurricane

I live in Pembroke Pines, Florida.  It between the longitude of Miami and Fort Lauderdale but 15 miles inland.

When hurricane Milton was on its way toward Florida, I started getting prayer hand icons and hearts on Facebook.  

Im agnostic on religion.

What bothers me is I don't know the people posting the Emoticons to me.  I think the senders are using the hurricane to make themselves feel good.  They get instant gratification that they performed a good deed. It seems like an advertisement for the belief in prayer.  

My condo and auto are insured to the point that I won't be financially ruined if they are destroyed.  When the storms look bad, I use it as an excuse to visit my family up north.

I answered back rudely to one person saying "prayer is like watching your sports team and thinking that you are making a difference to the outcome of the score.  It does nothing".  It was rude of me, but I was working on getting flights out of Florida and it was annoying to see a stranger sending me the FB Posts.  

If I'm in a situation where I have no control such as a disease, I get some comfort from talking to the universe.  I'll even thank people for thinking about me and hoping for the best.  Sending energy my way or offering condolences feels good.  The part I don't like is when it seems like people are watching their phones for messages of a disaster and start sending emoticons.  

If I could draw well, I'd like to make an emoticon that stands for "I appreciate your thoughts, you don't really care,  you are only making yourself feel good by promoting your way of thinking,   you are a nuisance to me right now".  At the same time, I'd like to to seem friendly if possible.

Kevin

Just tell them to forwards those thoughts and prayer to their nearest elementary school. Never hurts to be stocked up when you live in the Land of the Free!

No point in trying to snap back at them. Their book tells them it's wonderful to be "persecuted" in the name of their religion.

Problem is, these yokels can't tell the difference between being crucified and being told to shut up because they're annoying insensitive jerks.

I sometimes write back:

May the Flying Spaghetti Monster Smother you with sauce and touch you with his noodly tendons.

Rigatoni 23:55

Ah, like the "thoughts and prayers" offered after yet another school shooting. If people truly cared, they'd involve themselves in efforts to limit the effects of climate change, and to limit the spread of guns.

I'm reminded of the lyrics to A Perfect Circle's song TalkTalk.

Tim Moores wrote:Ah, like the "thoughts and prayers" offered after yet another school shooting. If people truly cared, they'd involve themselves in efforts to limit the effects of climate change, and to limit the spread of guns.

I think the effect of climate change on school shootings is pretty small. The effect of having a society where a gun is a magic wand that solves all problems is a much bigger one. Especially since agressively asserting one's rights without regard for others is a big part of it.

But if people truly cared, pro-lifers would fight for neonatal care, pediatric health, school nutrition, etc., and eliminate the death penalty. You're not really pro-life if you only concern yourself about one small fraction of life.

Stephan...I like the image.  I can't hear rhe lyrics clearly.