First of all, if you’re going to go to the trouble of stealing something, it really shouldn’t be a Facebook status. I probably see one status a day that’s notable to me in some way, whether its clever or insightful or whatever, and then like the lead character in Memento, I go to sleep and forget it ever happened. On the other end, if someone “stole” a lyric I posted online, I’d hope my reaction would be to realize that I live in a place where I have constant access to drinkable water and no hovering threat to my safety and that having an acquaintance post the same meaningless crap I do is not a real problem. But, hey, at least someone’s addressing the real issues facing HuffPo readers.
This article appears in Aug 2-8, 2012.
Yep. First world problems at their best, including bitching and/or generalizing about Huffington Post readers.
But let’s not give Huffington Post all the credit for “weird problems.” We all have them–things like wedgies, dying crops on Farmville, and typos.