Delusional Lady Insists She's Student's Mother on Facebook
When College Humor is your source, you can't assume the material is 100-percent real. But that said, even if "Facebook Mom" is purely fictional, it's not hard to imagine that someone has experienced something similar.
According to the popular humor site, the above screen shot depicts a Facebook conversation between a Penn State student and some woman who seems to think she is his mother. The image was passed to the writer by his brother, to whom it was forwarded by a friend.
The conversation starts like this:
Slightly Dense Woman: Dear Gregory, My friend Susan just started on the facebook and she helped me set one up too. She's using it to talk to her son in graduate school and I thought that since you have trouble returning voicemails from your dear old mother I'd give it a try. xoxo, MOMAnd winds up like this:
Confused Student: hey ms _____ i think you've got the wrong person. honest mistake im sure.
SDW: Or you could just tell that slimy whore of a stepmother you have that she could have brought you and your brothers to baseball practice all these years. I'm footing half of this tuition...It gets worse from there. Check out College Humor for the entire conversation, and a reminder of why not to let your (or anybody's) parents use Facebook. [From: College Humor]
Facebook Crime and Punishment
Blackmail
Sending any personal info or incriminating pictures to someone on Facebook is a huge mistake for many reasons. One of the worst possible outcomes is getting blackmailed for money, sex, or, well, anything these sickos dream up. Really, whether they're using a fake profile or not, it's a horrible idea. Read up on the story of an 18-year-old who blackmailed 31 male classmates after he posed as a girl and asked for nude pictures. That's lesson enough.
Impostors
Sure, it can be harmless to impersonate a celeb online or create a fake profile for a movie character. But seriously, there's a definite line you shouldn't cross when pretending to be someone else and it can lead to dire consequences for you. Maybe it's not as extreme as the Moroccan man who was jailed for 43 days after creating a fake Facebook profile of a prince, but you never know. Just steer clear of it.
Self-Incrimination
Do we really have to explain this? Just look up the shoplifter who posed with her stolen merchandise, the many photos of drunk underage teens, and, most recently, the album featuring a couple who killed and ate an endangered iguana in the Bahamas.
Suicide
Social networking sites has been blamed for a lot of things, fairly and unfairly, but in our opinion, the worst offense has been their indirect involvement in suicides. Obviously, there are a lot of factors responsible in each case, but there does seem to be links between social networking and a rash of suicides, and obviously tehre's the case tragic of Megan Meier, who killed herself after a classmate's mom impersonated a teen boy and harassed her over Myspace.
Murder
We've reported on numerous incidents of people getting in trouble because of their online behavior. Now, people are becoming victims because of what they're doing on the Web too. In England, a man was convicted of murdering his estranged wife after she changed her relationship status to "single." So, be careful of who can see your profile and what you're doing, no matter how harmless it seems.
Nigerian Scammers
Oh, you thought this only happened via poorly worded emails, right? WRONG. Once people got wise to their old ways, these con men are turning to social networking sites for new targets. This time, they're hacking into people's accounts and impersonating them to ask for money, usually with some weird sob story. You can check out a transcript of one of these conversations here.
Cooperation
Even if the law isn't on a case, a victim, his friends, or empathetic strangers might be. Since it's easy to get word out for anything online, people are using blogs, forums, and social networking sites to help track down criminals. In one such case, a vehicle thief was tracked down by a bunch of anonymous car enthusiasts after the victim posted his story on a forum. In the end, they identified the guy through his Facebook profile.
Self-Incrimination
Do we really have to explain this? Just look up the shoplifter who posed with her stolen merchandise, the many photos of drunk underage teens, and, most recently, the album featuring a couple who killed and ate an endangered iguana in the Bahamas.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mrgoodwrench7242aol.com said 8:33PM on 9-11-2009
Stop using a Blogging Site to advertise your E-Bay Junk Company. People are already aware E-Bay is a joke and most of the people who work there are RIP-OFF- ARTIST, I know because I got charged for the sale fees of an Item I still have because E-Bay and Pay Pal (Partners in Crime) wouldn't check to see if the jerk who made the Final Bid had the required funds to be bidding above $15,000.00 and as it turned out he didn't have the funds, But they charged my account the Fees anyway. Then there isn't anyone that will talk to me. So please take your Bull somewhere else, Not online.
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Man+Woman=ellohveeee said 8:44PM on 9-11-2009
LOL. Her son is going to be so embarrassed.
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mcrforeverr said 9:37PM on 9-11-2009
poor dude. i would be screaming and destroy my computer if i was him
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tami said 9:58PM on 9-11-2009
Fake. She would not be able to write all that if she was not his friend on facebook. And if she is his friend on facebook, he approved her. Even I know that and I have an 18 yr old on the site..and I'm not her friend there : )
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amy said 10:27PM on 9-11-2009
She can write to him without being his friend. It's called email. Obviously some of you need to research what you preach about.
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LyMan(Nature Boy) said 10:50PM on 9-11-2009
HEY! SHE CAN BE MY MOTHER, I could use a new JEEP, LOG CABIN HOME, AND 2 BOBCATS. GIVE ME A CALL PLEASE!!!!
Nature Boy 007
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sek.sy.girl said 11:31PM on 9-11-2009
OMG!!!! That is so freakin' funny!!!
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Bwanasrrs said 11:02PM on 9-11-2009
Come on this was pretty funny while being a fairly accurate commentary on life today. Chances are really good the person in question did allow the conversation to continue because he found it funny. IT may have seemed hurtful to the mother in question and later terribly embarrassing as she used her photo in her avatar. But the "son" seemed to be trying to use common sense and good manners. People write some totally inane things on facebook. The language can become not just salty but beyond vulgar and then you have the guys who seem a couple of beers away from passing out but just really need to make another "clever quip" in the hopes of finding a person who will understand and appreciate their thinking and humor.
Facebook is a fun and easy to use social network. But at the end of the day it comes down to what YOU want people to know about you.
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Ashley said 11:06PM on 9-11-2009
@Tami. There is something called private messaging. You don't have to be a friend to send one. My mom has been doing it for a month to find out if certain people are the people she's looking for.
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jennifer said 11:16PM on 9-11-2009
Wow that is embarrassing. I wonder if that really is his mom and what was her reaction when he replied "heyy i dont really know whats going on but youre not my mom"
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Heather said 11:20PM on 9-11-2009
Ashley is right - you don't have to be friends to send a private message (PM). And if you look at the top of the image of the conversation, you can see it's the format of Facebook PMs.
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aethericlegacy said 11:56PM on 9-11-2009
I hope this guy isn't an English major at Penn State. It's kind of sad when someone over the age of 40 has better spelling and grammar than a member of the technological generation. This kid doesn't deserve to be in college with the way he types. XD
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Heather said 12:56AM on 9-12-2009
It wouldn't be embarrassing at all if it was a PM. If it wasn't posted on your wall, why would you care? Not really all that funny.
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David said 2:23AM on 9-12-2009
Time to close the Facebook and open an account on a different site.
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Cora Fellenstein said 2:53AM on 9-12-2009
What's the deal on the Facebook quizzes - that everyone who takes one or shares one opens up all YOUR personal stuff?
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herbclark300 said 2:37PM on 9-12-2009
ridiculous to finish this article with "and a reminder of why not to let your (or anybody's) parents use Facebook." This was most likely a joke, but parents have to join facebook just to keep an eye on their kids. Too many online predators out there.
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jketprovo said 4:22AM on 9-12-2009
Don't talk to your maw like that! I'll bend you over my knee and spank your bare backside with my hand. Your roommates there in college will be real impressed with you then won't they.
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Binspiredtoday said 8:35AM on 9-12-2009
I personally know of a mom who's capable of this type of mistake. Just saying.
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Binspiredtoday said 8:33AM on 9-12-2009
I personally know of a mom who's capable of this type of mistake. ANd the next day would say, she doesn't remember the incident. Lol.
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