The Big Apple: “Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from January 27, 2020

“Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet”

"Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.

“Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet” was posted on Facebook by Alt953 on November 5, 2019. “Stop taking Facebook so seriously, most of your likes are coming from people in the toilet 😒🤷🏾‍♂️💩” was posted on Twitter by Faisal Zaman on November 5, 2019. The saying probably originated on an image.

Wikipedia: Facebook, Inc.
Facebook, Inc. is an American social media and technology company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, originally as TheFacebook.com—today’s Facebook, popular global social networking website. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Amazon, Apple, and Google. Facebook is one of the world’s most valuable companies.

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Alt953
November 5, 2019 ·
Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet.

Twitter
Faisal Zaman
@zamanfaisal
Stop taking Facebook so seriously, most of your likes are coming from people in the toilet 😒🤷🏾‍♂️💩
2:11 AM · Nov 5, 2019·Facebook

Twitter
Mo
@mysonisgenius
“Stop taking Facebook so seriously. Most of your Likes are coming from people in the toilet” 💩
5:54 AM · Nov 6, 2019·Facebook

Twitter
MoneybaggFolks
@Sonny_G_74
Stop taking Facebook so seriously most your likes are coming from people on the toilet. 😒🤷🏿‍♂️💩
1:32 PM · Nov 6, 2019·Facebook

Twitter
TheGingerNinja
@misogynyology
Stop taking facebook so seriously. Most of your likes are coming from people on the toilet. #okboomer
6:00 AM · Nov 7, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
John Wales
@jomusichn
Don’t take Facebook so seriously. Remember most of the people responding, are doing so from the toilet.
12:15 PM · Jan 21, 2020·Facebook

Twitter
Allergic to Bullshit
@virdiharry12
Stop taking Facebook so seriously.
Most of your likes are coming from the people sitting on the toilet!
3:22 PM · Jan 21, 2020·Facebook

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