Fuck! It's the INTERNET! y so srs?

[CrAz3D]

Main story in short:  friend has a meeting w/dean of student affairs tomorrow over shit he posted on facebook.

Before I get to the main story, I will preface it with a few background stories.

1)  Batman is the friend.  He is a fucking character.  He is also in a really shitty place in life (his wife was a bitch, ran up credit cards, ditched him), but it's looking up (wife is gone and divorced).  Ppl either love or hate him.  He is amusing, but his diatribes in class never end - nice for eating time, shitty for us caring.  Further, he is rude, crude, and social unacceptable - but he isn't flat-out mean.  He likes to joke around, and says "fuck you" to people that get offended by him.  He is a generally chill dude.

2)  Student Bar Association (SBA) elections were yesterday.  SBA elections, as any student/real elections = popularity contest.  Batman, in his classic mockery and disdain for the unimportant, setup a Facebook event called "Batman, Batman, Batman, Batman for SBA" (all the "real" SBA election events have four names too).  Anywho, our current SBA officer that is apparently in charge of bitchiness and elections saw the page and told Batman to take it down.  He said no.  She sent out an email saying that any write-in vote for Batman will be ignored.  He started to mock her on FB.  She got bitchy/threateny.  He got insulty.  She got reporty (i.e., reported his comments on FB as "inappropriate" and FB "reviewed" them).

SO...because of all the back and forth bullshit, which I feel was instigated by Batman in that he created a FB page, but escalated to an absurd degree by the SBA officer, he now has a meeting with the dean of student affairs.

My take:  fuck. that.  He posted something on the Internet as a goddamned joke.  Everyone knew it was a joke, but the prissy SBA officer got her panties in a wad.  He she let it be, everyone would've lol'd at Batman's page, Batman would've made his point - that SBA elections are popularity contests - and life would've gone-the-fuck-on.  Normally, no one would give a shit about any of this.  But, now, I think it's a matter of "she is a bitch and needs to get over herself" principle.  I hope Batman prevails.




What do yall think about taking Internet parody to heart and getting a decently-liked kid (he is 33) in trouble?



/that said, 31 is a little old to be making fun of people, but whatever...its the fucking internet

[rabbit]

People take shit too seriously and in general everyone just needs to chill the fuck out.

[Furious]

People take shit too seriously and in general everyone just needs to chill the fuck out.

Pretty much this.

[while1]

Man that bitch SBA officer... shit, ignoring write-in votes pretty anti-democratic.  Anyways, sounds like she needs to get laid, she sounds too wound up.

[nslay]

Wait, I thought everyone was willing to give up privacy! After all, pictures, comments and affiliations are harmless information, right?

As I said months ago, people from two decades ago would be horrified by our society.

And yes, HR also monitors the Internet for your presence. All that harmless information you gave out can mean the difference in getting a job or losing your current job.

Privacy has value, only 90% of the population doesn't know what it's worth and continue to incrementally give up more to Google, Facebook, Myspace, etc...

And ooo, I get to say it: HAHA, I told you so! Good luck getting a job you hippy/pot smoker/occupy protester/republican/democrat/ron paul supporter/etc

[Sidoh]

Myspace

hahahahahahahahahahahah

[nslay]

Myspace

hahahahahahahahahahahah

Doesn't matter how irrelevant it is. If you want to put your life up on Myspace for your employer or potential employer to see ... go for it!

[Newby]

... vgetting a decently-liked kid (he is 33) in trouble?



/that said, 31 is a little old to be making fun of people...

omg you're old. 33 is not a kid btw.

[while1]

I find it hilarious the guy legally changed his name to Batman.

[Blaze]

I find it hilarious the guy legally changed his name to Batman.

It's an admirable pursuit, for sure.

[CrAz3D]

... vgetting a decently-liked kid (he is 33) in trouble?



/that said, 31 is a little old to be making fun of people...

omg you're old. 33 is not a kid btw.

meh....I refer to everyone attending the school as kids...even the crazy old vet lady that has dropped out of law school twice now (first time she had crazy family stuff, this time cuz she couldnt cut it still).

[MyndFyre]

omg you're old. 33 is not a kid btw.

It will be soon.... :)

[Sidoh]

Myspace

hahahahahahahahahahahah

Doesn't matter how irrelevant it is. If you want to put your life up on Myspace for your employer or potential employer to see ... go for it!

I was just giving you a hard time. It's just funny when anyone treats Myspace like it's still relevant. Shit... kids these days would probably say "what's a myspace?"

I have quite a bit of information about myself on the web, but I definitely don't care if anyone sees it (including my employers, students, professors, family, etc.). I don't care if Facebook knows I like Donnie Darko or if Google knows I buy things from Amazon.

Privacy is important to me, but I'm not willing to inconvenience myself to protect elements of privacy I just don't care about.