The Prude vs. Filthbook

My childhood was rocky. I'm not really ashamed to admit it because I was taught several lessons and avoided potential pain by watching others make those mistakes. I got to see the true effects of alcoholism, drug addiction, loveless relationships, abuse in it's various verbal and physical forms, etc. Yeah, I know...cry me a river.

Anyway, what has it made me? A prude. Yup, and happy to be one. Why? 'Cause I'm alive and I know I have never caused anyone true pain.

Now, when I say prude, I mean I don't do drugs, drink excessively, smoke, cheat, etc. That doesn't mean I have a stick up my butt.

Imagine my surprise when I downloaded the Facebook application "FilthBook". I saw it on a friend's page and assumed all was harmless. Sure, why not? The idea is to answer a series of questions to rate your "perversion and deviance" against your friends. So I think: "Fun!" and "How bad can it really be?". Famous last words really. Here are some sample questions:

• Used cocaine?
• Taken an opiate in any form?
• Taken LSD, peyote, or psilocybin more than twice?
• Had sex while under the influence of Ecstasy/X?
• Drank your own urine?
• Drank human blood?
• Tasted someone else's nasal mucous?
• Willingly defecated on yourself?

Should I go on? Didn't think so. To be fair, there are hundreds of questions and I pulled a few of the more offensive ones. I wasn't about to start listing them all.

Regardless of your answers above, my point is that "demons of your past" are not things to score and be proud of. My brother recently died of drug overdose and I honestly feel that a certain % of peer pressure accounted for his addiction. Sure, let's roll in online peer pressure through Facebook too. After that, let's set up an application for online sex through Facebook. Maybe posting a penis on someone's wall means you've screwed them. Then you can up your Filthbook rating! Awesome.

Why do we need applications like this? Get a job, get a life and clean yourself up.

My brother Jimmy
Died Nov 9, 2007 at 25 yrs old
Addictions: heroin, crack, pain medications, alcohol, people