It’s beginning to get a little freaky moving around in Singapore now. Try scratching your rear end in a Public place, and don’t be shocked to see an ugly picture of you in action printed in the million pages of mypaper newspaper, the following day. If that’s not worse enough, the same picture will be up in the Stomp Website with hundreds of people flocking in to write comments and laughing at your fate.
I think Singaporeans are getting some kinky fun out of these acts, that they enjoy gaining some publicity by taking these pictures of unaware people, not caring any less about how the “victims” in the pictures would feel.
Stomp first started out as a pretty cool site which caught socially irresponsible people in action. I remember articles on people who occupy many seats in the MRT to conveniently lie down prior to falling asleep, the itsy bitsy maggots which was found in the MacDonald’s curry sauce and some other interesting bits of Singapore. But as of late, I came across really weird articles in the website which leaves me wondering what in the world is wrong with the “photographers”.
Sometimes about two weeks back, I came across this picture of a young couple deeply involved in a romantic act of some sort. On the picture, big bold words said the teens were involved in ‘heavy petting’ and even more absurd information were given on how far they went in public. The worst part was when this stomper who uploaded the picture and details mentioned that he was irked by the sight of this couple, but he noticed them in action for 30mins. Which idiot in the right frame of mind would actually sit and videocam a couple making out for 30mins if the sight irked him right? I think this guy has some serious mental ailment.
Since Stomp is quite an established site among Singaporeans, I think it’s time they sit down and filter out what’s needed from the rest, instead of just blindly publishing everything. Spare a thought for people captured. Do they really need this unnecessary attention?
The next time you encounter a wedgie, or you find you need to pick your nose, or you feel the urge to scratch ‘restricted’ areas, do make sure you’re not being watched by a kuku with a camera or a phone in their hand. Or fame and glory might be yours, sweetheart.
