More Social Parenting

I continue to follow the comings and goings of several teenagers on various Social Networks. For the most part, I've grown numb to their youthful rants and misdeeds but occasionally I'm stopped in my tracks by a Tweet or Facebook post. This one from New Years Eve caught me off guard and struck a distasteful cord.

What exactly was the 17 year female hoping to accomplish with this declaration? Sometimes it is easy to become wrapped up in the mob mentality around a 'viral' Twitter hashtag and trending topic, many of them are in fact, hilarious! When the trending topics have faded the works is left with commentary related to you, an action or opinion which may not be so hilarious when taken out of context of a 'trending' topic.

Ironically, college admission directors or employers have no way of knowing 'if it's real'.