So I am sure a lot of your Facebookers out there have heard of this whole dude naming his kid Spider-Pig thing. The whole debacle has even garnered some minor media attention which is kind of funny. Basically a guy forms a group and says if it gets to 100,000 members then he will forever ruin his child’s life by naming him Spider-Pig, like from the Simpsons movie.
Lo and behold the group has actually made it to 100,000 people and there are people ranging from supportive to hyper critical (ie. Take this guy’s kid away from him). I think there is yet a fascination with the sheer numbers and connectivity that Facebook allows and no doubt this guy wanted to do the group but had serious doubts it would ever get there, thus creating yet another timewaster (Pirates vs Ninjas anyone, or Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, Weretoads, Weresocks etc.) and then was no doubt somewhat surprised when it actually happened. Here’s a thought, Welch man. Welch on the whole thing. Who gives a crap what people think…. THEY DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR DOING SO. Funny isn’t how we give ourselves importance by either criticizing or applauding a complete stranger for doing or not doing something we can never prove. How will I ever know if the guy did actually change the child’s name. He could Photoshop a birth certificate and absolutely no one would be the wiser, and I highly doubt anyone would care. In fact, unless I met the guy in person and saw all the legal documents at a law court I wouldn’t believe him so who cares whether he actually does it or not? Why get bent out of shape, why care about these kinds of things?
Facebook is pretty consequence free after all. I could form a group that says I will chop off my own arm if the group gets to 100,000 people. Would I actually do it? I would do my darnedest to make it look like I had, but no I would not. “But why”, you may ask, “You made a promise.” No I didn’t make a promise, I made a lie. Yes lying is wrong, but then so is one cutting off their own arm.
When I was a kid my parents used to ask (as I am sure many parents have), “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it?” No, no I wouldn’t neither would I do it if 100,000 people told me too. What I might do though is prove how gullible 100,000 people are by getting them to join a group that said I would if they all wanted me too.
3 comments:
Good Rant Man!
Its a good reminder to see how out of control all this can get!
that's a pretty derivative group name - I'm surprised its getting so much attention. a couple months ago, i joined a group called "if 100000 people join, my fiance will let me name our son spider-man." the founder of that group had indeed welched and left the group by the time i joined.
Exactly, who cares if he calls his kid 'Spider-pig' or not.
Does it really make anyone THAT upset? I doubt it.
Besides.. spidey is a cool nick name.. or is this another DC vs MARVEL thing that we need to get in to?
Its all hypothetical. People signing up for him to do it is the same as voting.. You really want your vote to count, but deep down you know your candidate is going to do whatever the hell they want to after they are in voted in.
Its more of a 'what-if' poll than anything. All very funny if you ask me.. I wish I was named Cockroach-deer.
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