Stop Sharing ‘Lifetime Passes’ to Fast Food Restaurants On Facebook

"Lifetime Pass" links for Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, and other fast food restaurants have been blowing up my Facebook feed of late. I've got one word for the people sharing them -- stop.

How gullible are you people? Granted, most of us are well versed in this sort of internet f---ery, as we've seen these "internet coupons" for everything from $200 in free groceries at Kroger to $100 off any Lowe's purchase. There is one thing that all of these internet coupons have in common -- they're all bulls---.

We all have that doe-eyed grandma or kooky aunt that innocently wanders onto the information super-highway thinking that everyone is kind, and has their best interests at heart. They see stuff like this in their news feed and say, "Oh, little (insert your least favorite family-given childhood nickname here) loves the Mickey D's -- I better share this with them!" Unfortunately, that's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

If you haven't figured it out by now, every single one of these "Lifetime Pass" internet coupons are worthless. No fast food restaurant will ever put a coupon for unlimited free food on Facebook. Hell, most of them make you download an app to get regular coupons now, despite the fact that their local employees don't know how to accept said coupons without asking two co-workers, a manager, and then placing a call to corporate.

Technically speaking, I suppose these are "real coupons." Nothing is actually promised on them, but people assume that because it says "Lifetime Pass" it means "free food forever." No legitimate corporation would print a coupon with language so vague that it could be open to interpretation. I've never seen a coupon, even for 10 cents off, that had less than a paragraph of fine print at the bottom. If all of that isn't convincing enough -- Snopes always has your back on these things.

Remember, anyone with a computer and Google image search can slap together a legitimate looking coupon. Check out this one I made in less than 10 minutes below:

The bottom line is that sharing stuff like this is a good way to get your Facebook account hacked. There is another one going around saying you can get free $5000 in free flights from Delta if you like, share, and declare the page your legal guardian or some such shite. The thing is -- it's not even an official Delta Airlines Facebook page. You should only participate in these contests when you're absolutely certain it's from an official brand page, and you should even proceed with caution after that.