#my lies here on tumblr have generally been small or exaggerated but sometimes I throw in a contradictory detail or two to spice things up

[badolmen]

I think the internet youth need to remember that they can - no, SHOULD - lie online.

Back in my day, I was a 40 yo man in Rhode Island who was a bartender. Sometimes I was a recent graduate of UCLA working on my first screenplay. Another time, in my omegle days, I would pretend to be a Lithuanian grandmother trying to contact her estranged YouTuber grandson who made omegle reaction videos. There were moments in my internet life, even here on tumblr, where I would blatantly lie about who I was, what I was doing, and where I was doing it.

Keep ‘em guessing, keep yourself safe.

#ra speaks #personal #internet safety #my lies here on tumblr have generally been small or exaggerated but sometimes I throw in a contradictory detail or two to spice things up #I see kids putting their faces and legal names on their tiktok accounts and it makes me want to hyperventilate #sure once you curate your space you can tell trusted friends when/what you’re lying about #but jfc just get comfortable lying about personal details on the internet. to hell w strangers who ‘want to get to know you’ #I think it’s p clear but this is about personal information not like. malicious misinformation.