#internet shaming

Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ – Jon Ronson, The Guardian

What Really Scares Me About Social Media

Last week , the below picture went viral all over the media, and I say media because it went beyond Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. It was also on major network news and discussed on the radio.

I am the first to admit that I rolled my eyes at this story. Here it is, yet again, a bunch of young girls more obsessed with taking a selfie than interacting with the real world. But then something…

Hola, Sneakers! This week on Sneaky Dragon, Ian and Dave discuss Dave’s mysterious new job; Dave opines about cancer bores..again (Is he a cancer bore bore?); Ian and Dave both praise some Netflix documentaries – Ian like Hurricane of Fun, about the filming of the original Wet Hot American Summer and Dave likes Muscle Shoals, about the famous music studio in the little town that shouldn’t; Dave also talks about the Foo Fighters’ doc Sonic Highway, which he only gives a partial thumbs up due to its high Foo Fighters content; Ian and Dave roundly condemn hunting; Dave also roundly condemns Facebook shaming, Ian not so much; Ian poo-poos death threats; they discuss perception of crime; scary mob mentalities; liberal and conservative bully tactics; and Ian thinks the younger generation will be safe from Internet hysteria – Dave, the dad, disagrees. Hmmm.

Thanks for listening.

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