A girl snuck out on a blind date with a guy she met on Myspace, and her Mom got to be worried and sit up all night. Being responsible, the brother grabbed his video camera and taped the massive confrontation so we could all share lulz...
It's said that a cinematic work of art oft times does not need much setup commentary. Such is true for our subject today. Here are the ingredients for what you will soon watch: 18 year old girl, random stranger from Myspace, date, worried Mom, brother w/ a video camera who loves lulz.
Here we go...
Classic. Now, some of our readers, or more likely passer-bys, may sympathize with the girl in the tape. Like she said, 'she's 18 years old and she can do
wat she want!'. Whatever.
The thing is this. If you think it's fine and cool to hook up with random folks online, you deserve an idiot tag nailed to your forehead. Never has it been ok to hop in a car with a stranger you've just met. Word is that Brad Nowell from Sublime had a story about a girl he knew. She met a random guy in a bar. The story for all parties involved ended in one way...
Naturally. At any rate, here are my online parenting tips of the day for teens or ridiculous parents who have trouble raising the kids they shouldn't have spawned in the first place.
Online Safety Tips1. Get the F(*# off Myspace in efforts to find dates.
2. Everyone you meet online is not who they say they are...
3. "I'm petite, a hot blonde and single" really means "I don't like showers, have cheeto stains on mah shirt and do truckin' through Lubbock, Texas, for food fixins. Oh, I'm a burly, hairy dude."
4. "I'm a nice guy and we'll have a good time" =
Thriller.
5. 9/10 times it ends in surprise buttsecks, as the brother in the video above mentioned.
So if you have a teen daughter, make sure you whack her with some logic. We don't need to hear about any more Myspace related crimes.
As reported by Zero, companies are already vying to tie down social sites with political dreg such as 'too dangerous for kids'. If you're sage, you'll see that new arguments against net neutrality are being created. A part of the process of allowing major media companies to control the internet involves breaking down major social news and sharing sites. That, however, is a story for another time. Until then, good readers, let's not let things get out of con-trol...