Doing Facebook Wrong
OK, so it's another failbook story. But it's quite a monumental cock-up, so I thought I'd share:

My cousin, C, is just out of his teens and spends most of his time getting wasted with various chemicals and then picking fights. This isn't entertaining in itself, the icing on the cake is the fact that after each fight, he posts the whole thing on facebook and all his mates comment on it, bigging him up for being such a manly man, or something.

The latest jewel in the crown was when he spent several posts telling a story about a fight he got into with some underage kids. This story of bravado and machismo was cut short by "and then their big brothers arrived so I fucked off." Even his mates were telling him off for writing it badly- doesn't sound too 'ard, does it, beating up a bunch of kids?- when his dad saw it. Rather than chew him out in private, he posted a huge response starting with the phrase, "YOU ABSOLUTE TIT". C's mates found this hilarious and waded in. C disappears from FB for a few weeks, and the next thing we know he's been arrested and put in jail for a few months based on certain online evidence...

The last time I checked his page, there were loads of posts congratulating him for getting put in the nick. I doubt he'll be posting much when he gets out.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 19:29, 2 replies)

This is a fail
But not yours.
What a dumbass.
Not you.
(CactusZack Shaved his coin purse on, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 19:33, closed)

So, in reality...
This is his fail, in so much as it's not actually *his* fail.

Or does this fail Cyclic Redundancy Checking?
(SatchmoR No, mummy, don't put knitting needles in my ears!, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 14:50, closed)