Your inappropriate pictures subsequently create jobs.

That's right. Someones complaints that their keg stand photos were prohibiting them from getting a job sparked someone's imagination. Therefore, they started a potentially incredibly profitable business of cleaning up after your messes.

NPR tells us a little bit about a couple of these businesses. The first is Reputation Defender. This site finds your inappriate pictures and tells you to delete them. If you don't, they are more than willing to take legal action against any employer who won't hire you--freedom of expression, right? This appeals to both you and your parents, who are offered their own link to defend you in the workforce battlefield. The second NPR brings up is Naymz. This is geared specifically toward college students.

These sites, these weapons of self defense, are a great tool for college students especially. Hypothetical situation: you go to a party, you drink, you dance on a table, you do things you regret. It happens. Now the next day, you are not going to deny it! Because if you do, you are just not cool. Even the Naymz blog (see above link) would admit, "If you aren’t a complete nerd, odds are that you probably have some incriminating photos, dubious comments, and questionable friends on these sites." It is definitely a toss up..."should I do the right thing, or should I be AWESOME?"

I, of course, air on the side of capitalism. If you want these pictures up, by Jove, have them up. This is why we have lawyers with more and more new specialization areas every day! This is why some entrepreneurs have jobs! Take a risk, have fun, and let your grandma know that college is fun and you have no regrets (well, when it comes to the internet).

As a sidenote, I had to mention this.

MAD PROPS TO MYSPACE. I know that myspace is actually very annoying and trendy, but this time it did something right. My favorite band EVER, Nine Inch Nails, put up their previously unreleased songs onto the internet for all to hear via myspace.

Click here to listen to (in favorite order) "My Violent Heart", "Me I'm Not", and "Survivalism".