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Originally Posted by GGG
To you first point I would argue that if you are famous and you take a naked picture of yourself it will get out. This to me is a statement that passes no judgement it just is generally true.
If I upload family vacation pics to whatever site and they get stolen its likely my fault. I am responsible for securing my privacy.
I might just lack empathy but regardless of the situation when something bad happens my first thought is that really sucks for you. My second thought is why didnt you do this or this to prevent it and how would I prevent it from happening to myself. I think photons comment about wanting to be able to exert control over our existance is part of it. Heck half the reason I wear a life jacket is so that if I drown I am not blamed for being an idiot.
I see these types of situations as learning opportunities for everyone. So I quickly get by the that sucks it happened to you empathy stage and move quickly to the root cause analysis. I think the lesson here to be learned by everyone with a dick pic of themselves on their phone is that its not safe and will eventually get out. Not that it would be that sought after, And if your not comfortable with that risk delete it everywhere.
I do agree that we shouldnt tell anyone how they should have lived their lives or judge them negatively because of it.
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I do see what you're saying. I think we can't really know if being famous and having naked pictures of yourself means they'll get out. Some definitely have been, some even on purpose (the whole calculated sex-tape thing), but I don't think we can make any judgement just based on the fact that we don't know (nor should we) how many naked (private) pictures of people are out there. I also think it's super important to remember that these photos weren't uploaded to any site or sent to anyone. It was on their computer. I agree if you upload a photo to a site, or to Facebook or something, you know it's "out there", but I doubt very much 90% of people know that their stuff could be accessed just by sitting on your computer.
I think the way you process things is totally fair, but there is a right time and a wrong time to share certain thoughts. Your first reaction should never be "This person could've avoided this." If that IS your first impression, maybe it's best saved? Again, if it's not something you'd say directly to a person right off the bat, why say it on the Internet? After all, it IS "out there"
