And I bet they don't even use condoms
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
I have been thinking about the total lack of logic in the world. Of course I have always said that, as a whole, the world is somewhat twisted. But lots of things are just absolutely stupid.
I am sure most Americans are aware of how Dateline NBC did a series on how online sexual pervs are trying to hook up with teenagers. I personally don’t consider this news. As long as I have been aware of the Internet there have been stories of old guys using it to meet young girls. And, of course, there are certain twisted fucks that go beyond just trying to have sex. We have heard stories about some guy who meets someone online and ends up kidnapping or even killing them. Hell, that one dude in Germany actually arranged to meet someone to kill and eat them.
So, of course, we tell people to be careful online. You really shouldn’t give strangers your real name, address, phone number, school… You know the drill. But some people just can’t seem to figure out what is and isn’t a risk. And, as is often the case, the easiest place to see the stupidity is MySpace.
Let me explain something to people. If you have a blog, personal photos, every detail of your life and anything else imaginable on your profile, that is a risk. However, after you have done this incredibly stupid thing by putting your whole life out there for anyone to see, adding someone as a friend is not really an additional risk. It’s different if you have a private profile and only show that information to approved people. But if you haven’t made this little attempt at protecting your privacy, allowing someone to add you to their list of hundreds of “friends” isn’t going to expose you to too much more danger.
But, people will reject friend requests because that random stranger could be some sort of dangerous stalker. Never mind the fact that the “stalker” already has access to everything he might possibly want because you made it so fucking public. If anything I’d say that turning down his or her request might even be a bad idea because while a psycho stalker is a bad thing (trust me, this I know from experience) an ANGRY psycho stalker is much worse.
I dunno. I guess I appreciate people being careful, but careful and stupid in tandem are still annoying.
Discuss safe sex or whatever in the forums.
I am sure most Americans are aware of how Dateline NBC did a series on how online sexual pervs are trying to hook up with teenagers. I personally don’t consider this news. As long as I have been aware of the Internet there have been stories of old guys using it to meet young girls. And, of course, there are certain twisted fucks that go beyond just trying to have sex. We have heard stories about some guy who meets someone online and ends up kidnapping or even killing them. Hell, that one dude in Germany actually arranged to meet someone to kill and eat them.
So, of course, we tell people to be careful online. You really shouldn’t give strangers your real name, address, phone number, school… You know the drill. But some people just can’t seem to figure out what is and isn’t a risk. And, as is often the case, the easiest place to see the stupidity is MySpace.
Let me explain something to people. If you have a blog, personal photos, every detail of your life and anything else imaginable on your profile, that is a risk. However, after you have done this incredibly stupid thing by putting your whole life out there for anyone to see, adding someone as a friend is not really an additional risk. It’s different if you have a private profile and only show that information to approved people. But if you haven’t made this little attempt at protecting your privacy, allowing someone to add you to their list of hundreds of “friends” isn’t going to expose you to too much more danger.
But, people will reject friend requests because that random stranger could be some sort of dangerous stalker. Never mind the fact that the “stalker” already has access to everything he might possibly want because you made it so fucking public. If anything I’d say that turning down his or her request might even be a bad idea because while a psycho stalker is a bad thing (trust me, this I know from experience) an ANGRY psycho stalker is much worse.
I dunno. I guess I appreciate people being careful, but careful and stupid in tandem are still annoying.
Discuss safe sex or whatever in the forums.
posted by R. U. Serious at 6/14/2006 12:03:00 AM
I'm R. U. Serious
From United States
I have nothing to say. I plead the 5th.
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