Twitter has had quite the press opportunity the past couple of weeks, if for no other reason than a vehicle for the ever-increasingly popular practice known as "sexting". I won't get into the mechanics of sexting, nor touch the moral and ethical implications that accompany this New Age form of communication, but I will say that only a bird-brain would dare think that he (or she) could possibly remain anonymous in the now-world of instant (and traceable, I might add) communication. Where a person's brain goes to engage in a hare-brained (use of "hare" intentional) Twitter relationship (casual encounter.....give me a break) is beyond me. Anyone who is "Twitterpated" enough to imagine that photos and tweets sent into The Cloud will stay there is delusional, to say the least.
I possess not one ounce of sympathy for someone who finds him or herself in a Twitter entanglement. It seems to me that Twitter should have a link to a tome that would keep twits out of trouble - an instant link to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh - any edition could have helped. In fact, I believe there should be an "app" that Twits everywhere can download for this book. If an "app" had been available, the word "imbroglio" would have popped up immediately. This is a fun word, one that you just do not see everyday......but I'll bet Shakespeare knew about it. It means, and I quote: from the Italian imbroglieare to entangle. 1: a confused mass 2 a: an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding.
To avoid an imbroglio, here are some suggestions:
- Remember that "The Cloud" is no longer associated with just Mr. Whipple's Charmin
- If you want to avoid being a twit, be careful what you Tweet
- Instant communication means just that
- There is no such thing as anonymity any more
- Let's leave "twitterpated" with Bambi and Walt Disney
Ancora imparo
