From the ‘we-can’t-make-this-stuff-up’ department
Sometimes, visiting the top stories on NewsOK can make it pretty difficult to believe our world is a good place.
And the social media and pop culture world, which I’m happy to be a part of, is often the backdrop for bad stuff in the world. See from these recent stories on NewsOK.
First, we have the story about the former youth minister in Lexington (a person still active in the church) who is accused of posing as an 18-year-old woman on Facebook in an effort lure boys to send him nude photographs on themselves.
The wife told the FBI she recognized many of “Terri Smith’s” Facebook friends as individuals from the church she and her husband attend. She said she recognized others as individuals from summer church youth camps they had attended.
That marriage is likely to not end well.
Second, we have the wire story of a Florida teen accused of killing his parents and then having a party that was advertised on Facebook.
He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley, who police believe were struck on their heads and torsos on Saturday, sometime after their son posted on Facebook to tell friends about the party.
And finally, our current most popular story on the site from the last 24 hours is the story about the suspect in last week’s firebombing deaths saying, according to police, that he got the idea from the recent “Jackass 3″ movie.
What part of the movie the boy referred to was unclear. The 2010 movie is a series of often raunchy pranks, stunts and skits. It ends with fiery explosions that propel the stars into the air. A version called “Jackass 3.5” was released on DVD in June and features skits not shown in the theater. One skit features shaken pop bottles rocketing across a room.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not blaming the Internet or Facebook or movies. Those places aren’t so bad on their own.
But the world? Not so good.
But just to offset this post, I’ll make a point to find some happy stories to share in a post tomorrow.
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