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23 September 2007

I have just seen a co-workers MySpace page. I feel like I've waded through his cesspool of a mind and now I need a shower. Ugh.
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It's not that anything was particularly bad or unexpected. He's not into copophilia, at least that I know of. But it was kind of weird to find that many of his bad characteristics were not only on show but are in even clearer view than I had expected.

There's the part where he describes himself as someone who doesn't just tow the line, but as a blue sky thinker and a renegade.

There's the bit where he says he has ideas for solving global warming.

There's the hilarious bit where he lists hundreds of films and TV shows as favorites but then says he doesn't have time to watch them. He then berates the reader for spending so much time with such trivialities.

Jesus, what a total cock.

OK, I've changed the details slightly to prevent Inspector Google working out who it is.

post by: dodgygeezer at: 10:11 | 17 comments

I hada similar experience when a co-worker found Urinal Talker's myspace where he describes himself as a 'bisexual swinger.'

posted by jonmc 23 September | 10:14

The best thing about the Internet is that it gives everyone a chance to express himself.

The worst thing about the Internet is that it gives everyone a chance to express himself.

posted by jason's_planet 23 September | 10:40

I didn't know adults HAD MySpace pages.

I kinda thought they were like that Club Penguin thing, with beer bongs.

posted by BitterOldPunk 23 September | 11:09

sooooo, what is this "cop-a-feel-ia"?

posted by pieisexactlythree 23 September | 12:36

I have one, but just because it streams four of my songs for free.

posted by chuckdarwin 23 September | 12:54

There's the part where he describes himself as someone who doesn't just tow the line, but as a blue sky thinker and a renegade.

Are you a perhaps a citizen of the British Empire? Because I have no idea what this means.

posted by Citizen Premier 23 September | 12:54

It means he's a total cock.

posted by dodgygeezer 23 September | 13:14

How did you find the page? A couple of weeks ago I came across the MySpace of the 18 year old who interned here in the summer. I wish I hadn't. Ugh.

posted by iconomy 23 September | 13:19

Once upon a time, I googled the name of an attorney I worked for. I did this pretty much because she was young and cute and I had a crush on her.

I found some of her online comments from a class she had taken and came to regret that little exercise because the comments made her seem . . . not so swift.

I remember saying out loud "Nooooo. Nooooo. Why do you have to be so uninspired and inarticulate, (cute young attorney)?"

Be careful what you google for.

posted by jason's_planet 23 September | 14:00

Part of my job is updating myspace pages for a couple comedians...with groupies. I never know wtf I'm going to click into in the inbox.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 23 September | 14:29

Due to some fairly strange circumstances at work I came across his preferred user name. I did some googling and came across the page in question. I also came across his Wikipedia history which was a bit strange too.

posted by dodgygeezer 23 September | 15:25

Look on the bright side, at least he's not posting on a diaper wearing fetish forum.

posted by orthogonality 23 September | 16:56

I did some googling and came across the page in question. I also came across his Wikipedia history which was a bit strange too.
I think that people would be surprised about the on-line life of anyone they don't know well, because it is often a glimpse through a window that is usually tightly curtained to the rest of their life.

posted by dg 23 September | 17:32

yeah... someone I know once gave me their myspace address for no good reason I can think of, and I was like, "Wow, awesome. Did you know you can't spell at all? Not even a tiny bit?"

I sometimes think that sharing myspace pages is like compulsive confession; when you just can't live with the shame anymore, you end up blurting it out... to the shock and regret of the innocent bystander.

posted by taz 24 September | 01:10

My wife's ex-husband has a myspace page, and it's just exactly like the pages of the other teeny-boppers out there--background music, lots of pictures of him with his drunk friends, him in various come-hither poses, lots of shout-outs to and from various hot young chicks, pictures of his car.

He's 35 years old, and in the Marines.

posted by mrmoonpie 24 September | 09:25

My wife's ex-husband has a myspace page . . . He's 35 years old, and in the Marines.

I! DONT! KNOW! BUT! I! BEEN! TOLD!

35! ON! MYSPACE! IS! WAY! TOO! OLD!

posted by jason's_planet 24 September | 14:35

35! ON! MYSPACE! IS! WAY! TOO! OLD!

Uh oh. I'm in trouble, then.

posted by dersins 24 September | 14:52

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