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That ‘Holy Joe’ could be 'not-so-Holy' on Instagram

Lady Speak
 Photo: Courtesy

The Internet is your oyster. On any of the many social media platforms available, you can literary become whomever you want, or portray yourself however you want to be portrayed. Instagram is my personal favourite. I learnt long ago that people aren’t always who they pretend to be online.

One guy who I will call Sam reinforced that a while back. You think you know someone until you check his or her Instagram feed. I met Sam through a friend. He painted the picture of the typical nice guy.

He was nice, sensitive and courteous. I could definitely see him opening doors and pulling chairs for women. He was shy and reserved and could not even look at me in the eyes. He would blush at the mention of anything even remotely sexual. A modest and moderate man of genuine piety and irreproachable morals; or so I thought.

It was not until I came across his Instagram profile when, lo and behold, I discovered another side of Sam. A sickening and sinister side. His Instagram was a deluge of explicit material with equally disturbing captions to boot. His Instagram persona was a macho and virile male who does unprintable things to women.

I would have called you a barefaced liar if you even lightly suggested that Sam had a perverted bone in his body. I felt cheated.

There had been no tell-tale signs of his sick obsession. I never caught him leering at me or staring me up and down and grinning. Nor did he ever blurt out anything inappropriate.

I wondered if his nice guy conduct was just a ruse to throw me off and he was just waiting for the opportune moment to whip out his junk and show it to me. The next time I saw Sam, he was as usual nice to a fault. When I looked at him, I just could not shake the feeling that there was a perverted weasel bubbling underneath the surface.

Sam is really just a nice boy but I do not understand why he would want to present such a façade to other people. Why would he upload such seedy images?

The reason why we take the time to log on to Instagram and post photos is so that we can make other people believe that our lives are a little bit more interesting that they really are. Sure, you are allowed to stretch the truth a little bit, but with so many options to choose from, why would you choose pervert? 

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