I hate stupid people making life more annoying for the rest of us!

Ok, so a few weeks ago I was watching one of the big 24 hour news conglomerates when a story about a lawsuit against myspace came on. Evidently yet another teenager met yet another predator through myspace and yet another set of parents are pissed that myspace let their daughter use myspace to communicate with the predator. There have been suits against myspace before, but it's not like myspace is doing nothing. They have all sorts of filters and won't let people underage sign up for a profile. They fall short of taking steps to legally verifying a persons age, but even if that were the case then the teenage crowd who populates myspace would find a way to get profiles and say they are 18, only to wind up falling victim to more predators and causing myspace to get sued yet again!

HELLO! MYSPACE ISN'T THE FUCKING PROBLEM YOU STUPID FUCKING PEOPLE! THE PARENT'S ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE ONLINE, AND IF THE KIDS GET IN TROUBLE THEN THE PARENTS SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES HOW THEY, AND NOT MYSPACE COULD LET THIS HAPPEN TO THEIR KID!

So I continue watching TV after commenting about the stupidity of all of it, only to forget the story even existed after about 5 minutes......

.....until about 5 minutes ago.

I log into myspace and there's a safety warning that reads:

Hey folks a friendly reminder about Safety!

MySpace is a public space. Don't post anything you wouldn't want the world to know (e.g. your phone number, address, instant messenger screen name, or specific whereabouts). Don't post any nudity, violent, or offensive material, or copyrighted images. If you violate these terms, your account will be deleted.

People aren't always who they say they are. Exercise caution when communicating with strangers and avoid meeting people in person whom you do not fully know. If you must meet someone, do it in a public place and bring a friend or a trusted adult.

Harassment, hate speech, and inappropriate content should be reported. If you feel someone's behavior is inappropriate, react. Talk with a trusted adult, or report it to MySpace or the authorities.

This is followed by a checkbox that makes you tell them that you've read it before they let you into your profile. After the checkbox, it continues and says:

We have recently updated your account so that you have to approve all comments before they are posted to your profile. Do you wish to keep this setting?:

It makes you tell them if you want your comments to be in your control or automatically posted. Now i've always had mine under my control, but I don't like them automatically changing this for me just because of some stupid fucking teenagers not following the first cardinal rule of social networking.....DON'T MEET PEOPLE IN PERSON THAT YOU MEET ONLINE UNLESS YOU'RE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.....IF AT ALL!!!!!

So I continue on into my profile, and I go to leave a comment on a friends profile. Above the comment box, there's a Warning! It reads:

Warning - Please be aware that MySpace is accessed by thousands of users every day; since you do not know every user on the MySpace site, exercise caution when posting personally identifiable information.

Ok, I've had about enough of this shit. I'm 27 years old, and I shouldn't have to put up with this shit just because of a few fucknut predators and a few stupid ass teenagers who fall victim due to their own fucking ignorance!

To all the teens out there, don't be fucking stupid. Don't meet people in person that you meet online without taking precautions because there are people out there who mean to do you harm. This goes for anyone, not just teens. And for all the parents out there who are looking for someone to blame because your kid was a dumbass, then BLAME THE FUCKING PREDATORS AND NOT SOME PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL OUTLET FOR PEOPLE! And if you're wondering who to blame for you not knowing what your kid was up to online.....

HERE'S A MIRROR! HAVE A LOOK!