I don't know if it's something in the pixels or if the constant flow of friend requests are finally getting to some people but in the last week I've heard some of the most insane stories about bullshit people have pulled on social networking sites. And by bullshit I mostly mean people doing things online and then being surprised when other people find out about them. I'm actually kind of impressed by the level of ignorance going on, and thought you might be too. Here are a few situations I've heard about this week, all of which are entirely true. Names, of course, have been changed to protect the guilty.

Jack is dating Jill. Seriously. Like, a serious "committed" relationship. Jill isn't online as much as Jack but decides to check out his MySpace profile one day. This profile is full to the brim with photos of and notes too / from other girls that Jack is apparently hooking up with on a regular basis. Jill is obviously upset by this and confronts Jack. Jack denies it. Jill pulls up his profile right in front of him. His reaction - "oh, um... yeah." Jack is no longer dating Jill.

Thomas knows about Susan, but doesn't like her. He makes several posts on his MySpace blog about what a whore he thinks she is. Susan does not really know Thomas so doesn't read these posts. Thomas meets Susan in person and has a problem, she's totally cute. Thomas takes tons of photos of him and her together at a party and posts the photos to his Facebook profile, seemingly to prove that he has actually talked to cute girls before. Thomas tags Susan in the photos. She finds them and follows the links back to his MySpace page and sees everything he's written about her. Thomas is shocked, SHOCKED when he asks Susan out and she says No.

I don't even know what to say about this except... really? Someone actually thinks this is at all entertaining?

Tina and Laura have been hooking up pretty regularly. Laura invites Tina to do something one evening and Tina declines saying she can't because her job has her working extra hours and she can't do anything except that for the next week or two. That evening rolls around and Laura starts getting tweets from Tina about a great party she's at. A little shocked, Laura sends Tina a text message asking what she's up to. Tina responds saying she's still at work and will talk to Laura later, then sends one to twitter saying "just got txt from old girlfriend while hanging out with new one... awkward!"

Jeff meets Katrina at a party. Katrina tells Jeff about her ex-boyfriend Louis. Louis is her ex-boyfriend because Katrina caught him getting busy with his coworker Janet. And by getting busy I mean having sex. Jeff is sympathetic and understanding. Katrina and Jeff leave the party together and one thing leads to another. And by one thing leads to another I mean they have sex. The next day Katrina finds Jeff on MySpace and leaves him a cute, flirty comment. Then clicks on his photos, where she finds several photos of him with Louis, and some with Louis and Janet. At their office. Where they all work together.

Mike and Ted are friends with Steven and Francis. Steven and Francis get in some stupid tiff with Ted and then Mike and Ted decide to no longer be friends with them. Mike is especially vocal about not liking Steven and Francis anymore because of what happened with them and Ted. Ted is psyched that Mike has his back. Months later Mike makes up with Steven and Francis and starts hanging out with them again but tells all his friends not to let Ted know. Mikes friends feel uncomfortable but keep their mouths shut. Steven however isn't so quite, and posts photos of them all hanging out on his Flickr account. Mike doesn't know this, but all his friends do, and are just waiting for that bomb to blow up.

So what I'm wondering, is when did people all the sudden forget that when they put things online, other people can see them. And if you have a secret, putting it online isn't the best way to keep it a secret. Did everyone simultaneously suffer head injuries? Are other people seeing this kind of thing or have I just found a patch of online idiots this week?