That’s… not your boyfriend
Sorry for not posting anything for quite some time! Swamped in stuff for the University of Amsterdam, Gamekings and the copy of ‘The Ultimate Hichhiker’s Guide (of the Galaxy)’ I received from my girlfriend had me tied down to some extent! Not that this new post will entail much, just a weird anecdote I’d like to share with anyone reading this blog. Yes, all two of you! You know who you are, although I don’t… It’s just an example how people fail to grasp that stuff they put on the Internet can be SEEN!Well… Someone I know, I won’t tell her name so please don’t ask, recently went off to India for about two months. Her boyfriend stayed in the Netherlands. Alas… The girl proved not to be trustworthy, as she cheated on him with one of the locals. Well, we all know stuff like this happens, no biggy right?
Right!
After she returned to Holland, she spoke things through with her partner. He was, of course, put off, disappointed, angry etc. Still they decided to continue their relationship. A bit sad, but no biggy right?
Ehrm… right!
The real shocker occured shortly after the reconciliation. Probably thinking that ‘her boyfriend would not care because he already knew’, she put a couple of pictures online which featured her and the Indian local kissing. Kissing in a tuk-tuk, kissing on the back of an elephant, kissing in someone’s house, and generally looking very happy about it. Not on her site or something. No, she decided to put it out in the open and put them on her ‘Hyves’-page. Hyves is the single largest social networking site, a Dutch ‘Facebook if you will. No biggy right?
Wrong!
Oh my God! What was she THINKING! Not only is it quite humiliating for her (soon to be ex-?) boyfriend, who’s friends will ask: “Erm… Who’s that guy putting his tongue in your girlfriend’s ear?” It might also be quite harmful for the girl herself. All her friends, and probably family, will suspect that something is quite clearly not right. I get tired even thinking of her having to explain the whole story for the ump-tienth time because of all the people asking: “Uhm… That’s not your boyfriend, right?” Mother’s weeping, father’s disappointed etcetera, etcetera… It’s hard to keep this rather silly situation a secret if your retard daughter puts it online for all to see!
Again, putting this sort of stuff out in the open is retarded beyond belief! Even when people tried to convince her to remove the pictures, she responded with a “Not everyone can see it, as not everybody has a Hyves-account”. Well, if that’s what you want to believe…
Situations like these are making me think that empowerment through the Internet is a myth. How about this? “The Internet gives us new, unexplored ways of acting like a complete dumbass.”
