Some people never learn, which is why I’m writing this PSA. You can consider it a freebie, this time.
Here’s the deal: the internet is a very public place. Veeeerrrryyyyy public. It may even be the most public experience possible, because it’s not just people you know or even just people you want to know. It’s not contained to that one space or time in which you actually write, post, or do something. It’s out there, on billboards, being played over and over for everyone to see. So, if you’re going to break the law (or a variety of other stupid things you can do on the internet), you should take care to keep the documentation of your law-breaking off of the internet.
For instance, changing your name and marrying another woman while you’re married to someone else? That’s still bigamy, and if your new fake wife posts pictures of you two getting married, that picture will eventually be viewed by your actual wife. Duct-taping your child as a “joke” in response to her hitting you? That gets you charged with a felony. Post a picture of your baby playing with a smoke-filled bong? Get investigated by child services and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
It boils down to this simple rule. In life, you have to edit yourself. Not every thought you have gets carried through and not every thing you do should be posted online. Granted, Bigamy Dude didn’t post it himself, but he’s a whole other class of idiot. Maybe tell your second (fake) wife to block your first (real) wife from her account on Facebook. That would’ve been ridiculously easy, actually, seeing as they’d had a previous altercation. But if he could have planned ahead like that, he most likely would’ve also planned to get divorced before getting re-married.
To the parents who must post pictures of the stupid things they do to their children: please keep doing so. This PSA doesn’t apply to you. Unlike bigamy, where no one is in direct danger, if you weren’t posting pictures of how you mistreat your kids, no one might ever step in to help them. Your very stupidity may ultimately save your child! Go ahead, give yourself a pat on the back. On a certain level, that’s good parenting!
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