Everybody likes puppies and kittens, right?
I just read an article pointing out the ugly side of our Internet world. A student at some American university put together a power point presentation, maybe it was like a joke class project or something, in which she catalogued and rated all of her sex partners. It went viral, which I guess is webspeak for “became popular” and now she is reportedly very embarrassed and in hiding.
She could potentially be sued, although only by men with tiny dicks who come too quickly. One would think that such men would want this whole story to die as quickly as possible and not be dragged into a courtroom, but who knows? Some people have a higher threshold for humiliation than others.
I’m not quite buying her story that “she didn’t intend for it to go public.” Most people out there today understand that the rules have changed. Privacy is dead. At least on the Internet. Actually, it never existed on the internet. If you want to exchange information privately with a small group of friends, you can still do it in person, in physical space, as long as no technological communications equipment is in the same room. Nothing has changed there. Knock yourself out.
I can live with the Internet code. The things in my life that I’ve done which I am embarrassed about are things about which I will not type. I will also avoid making any racist or sexist comments or jokes, unless of course they are really, really funny but at least I promise to think twice and carefully consider whether it’s worth it. In short, I am operating under the premise that anybody could read my stuff, at any time, now or in the future. I won’t post drunk.
You know how they say “You can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself.” I’d like to amend that, since this blog is meant for public consumption and I am, in fact, trying to please everyone.
My new motto: You can’t please everyone, but if you think for about 2 seconds before posting and make a little bit of an effort to not be a total asshole, like this woman or Fifty Cent with his recent homophobic tweet, you can probably please 75-80% of the people most of the time, and that is not too bad.
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