Thinking Things Through

It wont be the end of the world & neither is this predicament a catch 22; yet there are still no satisfactory solutions to this quagmire.  As always you can trust that, that which I’m blabbing on about, reliably leans towards being a complete non-issue; so let’s get to filling you in.

Once upon a gathering last month, photo’s were taken. People posed; smiles showed their faces; fingers pressed click & flashes flashed. Harmless for the most part, even despite the very blatant traces of drunken merriment written all over the faces of many. The conflict lies with what one wishes to do with these pictures. For storytelling purposes, we shall Christen this “one” with an asexual name; we shall call “sh-im” Karabo. 

One of Karabo’s greatest thrills in life is that of being able to share their every captured moment on the virtual streets of spaces like Facebook. As far as Karabo’s concerned, the fun is tripled by the ability to tag people in the photo’s which they permitted themselves to be taken in. I (as the narrator that is), have almost -1 sympathy for those in the pictures; should the pictures go on to be uploaded and tagged. Karabo is seemingly way more considerate than that, and thus somewhat torn about whether or not to include the pictures with a certain someone in them. You might ask why any one someone should be exempt from this very standard grade task. The answer has everything to do with whether or not the consequences of not considering what the consequences of so doing would be; could come back to bite Someone.

Let’s play them out.

A)  All the pics are uploaded & every single someone is aptly tagged. In the lifeline of Someone’s FB photo’s, these particular ones would make zero sense & in turn raise a few eyebrows. Beyond just that; you’d then get those who know too much, & would in turn post incriminating commentary about Someone’s presence at this affair. At the end of the day; Someone could wind up in hot water having to answer too many questions about that 1 evening in their life. . . & maybe even another someone.   

B)  All the pics are uploaded, but everyone EXCLUDING Someone is tagged. In a world where God is real, then no nosey individual would help themselves to tagging the omitted Someone, nor make any fishy comments. This is still not that shatterproof a way for things to play out because the world is unfortunately smaller than it needs to be. Karabo & Someone have mutual friends, with whom they are individually friends; exclusive of each other. i.e. Karabo is friends with Alex because they went to school together; yet Alex and Someone are acquaintances because their sisters are best friends. So whether Someone is tagged in these pics or not, the threat still exists that anyone else could spot Someone in the pics & casually mention it in an unfitting situation that could yet again land Someone in hot water.

C)   No pics of Someone are uploaded. This in essence takes away the joy of it all for Karabo, who would like nothing more than share the complete experience; Someone included. Other people present at the soirée in question, may even go ahead & post comments enquiring about the whereabouts of Someone in the pictures. Someone themselves could also have their ego bruised at such an exclusion; they would however be completely free from any consequential baggage that could have come from being included. This still wouldn’t be a happy ending though.

D)  An even unhappier ending. . .  No pictures uploaded whatsoever :(

So what’s conflicted Karabo to do?

A; B; C or D?

Either which way, I’ve learnt my lesson. There’s just no fun in thinking things through.