SUCKER!

When do you think people will learn?  The old adage still holds true, “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me!”  There certainly are a lot of FOOLS out there.

With the advent of Facebook, we’re constantly seeing Darwin’s plan in motion as people get sucked into those things that bite them back.

It all started with “You won’t believe what this Daddycam caught on his daughter.”  I wonder, who really wants to know what this Dad saw?  Like the just can’t NOT look at the car wreck,  I hover over the link, the better part of me saying, “Don’t do it, it’s none of your business what this Dad saw on his Daddycam!”  I’m glad when I start getting Facebook messages and postings to my wall from my friends, “Look what this Dad saw……”  Curiosity got the better of them as they wanted to find out what the Daddycamgate was all about.  Daddycam turned into Spammycam for many a Facebook user.

The Osama Bin Laden death pictures, another hitting my wall and spreading like wall fire.  If the President is not releasing the photos all we have to do is call WikiLeaks and they’ll be out soon.  Be patient for your death shots and you’ll not spread SPAM on the internet!  Of course, there are those friends that say, “Gee look Earle, got to see the Kill Shots of Osama Bin Laden, I want to see them too!”  And there you go, Darwin in motion as he starts getting emails from friends, “Really?”

Did anyone know that Miley Cyrus has naked pictures on the Internet?  Several thought so as it posts to their profile that they were curious enough to take a peek, had it been Vin Diesel?  Well…….I guess it could happen to anyone.

Then finally comes the “Who’s been stalking you” ware that hits the internet.  Don’t you want to know who’s stalking you?  What if your ex-boyfriend is stalking you?  Don’t we all wonder that?  Don’t we all make sure all these wonderful pictures of our family and ourselves sit out there so those old boyfriends and ex-husbands can look and say, “Gee why did I let that one go?  She looks incredible!  She must really be working out!”  Or do we fall for this one because we’re the stalkers?  Personally, I hope this software doesn’t exist because then all the people I’m stalking would know (and I’m still not gonna tell) or worst yet I find out NO ONE is stalking me!  Why am I posting all those wonderful pictures then?   Humiliating.

I got sucked in once and only once (so far) before all this stuff got prevalent, I got a link called Kanye West your friend.  Remember the Taylor Swift incident, well, no one, including myself was really fond of Kanye West, so what better trick to play than to create a picture of your friend holding the microphone for Kanye West?  I was humiliated when it then posted that picture on all my friends’ walls.  Even your humble Facebook Diva got suckered once, but I bucked Darwin’s trend and when the second one came across my page, I didn’t wonder, “Gee I really need to add a DISLIKE button to my profile, I’d better click on this one!”  The human species survives!

So think about it.  Anything that seems interesting take a second and think Darwin.   Miley Cyrus nude?  Osama Bin Laden Kill Shots?  Who’s stalking you?  Now the spammers are getting sneakier, the latest is, “You’re on the Who’s Who List!  Click here to complete your entry!”  Oooh, vanity now that could be a load of trouble!  Anything caught you?