Re:How to remove a Digital Tattoo
by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @11:26PM
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For all of you saying "well, other people will also have done the same thing, so it won't matter" or "if you don't understand and forgive me for stupid stuff I did when I was 12, then you're not worth having as a boss", etc.
This is rationalizing. The problem is that people are only too willing to NOT forgive you for stupid stuff they did themselves, only didn't get caught at it. So yes, perhaps there will be lots of "cool" places where everybody has a colorful public past, but you can better damn be certain that there will be lots of places where people didn't leave their dirty laundry around on the internet.
I'm not saying I like it. I'm saying that expecting other people to cut you some slack because basically, well, we're all screwed up at one time or another -- that's whacked. People have known that we're all screwed up for centuries. Hasn't changed the nature of mankind at all. I seriously doubt the internet is going to change that.
This is rationalizing. The problem is that people are only too willing to NOT forgive you for stupid stuff they did themselves, only didn't get caught at it. So yes, perhaps there will be lots of "cool" places where everybody has a colorful public past, but you can better damn be certain that there will be lots of places where people didn't leave their dirty laundry around on the internet.
I'm not saying I like it. I'm saying that expecting other people to cut you some slack because basically, well, we're all screwed up at one time or another -- that's whacked. People have known that we're all screwed up for centuries. Hasn't changed the nature of mankind at all. I seriously doubt the internet is going to change that.