Meet Our First Hall of Shame Inductee, Hunter Moore!

Hunter Moore might just represent everything that is wrong with our country today.

You see, Moore is the humiliation business. The site he created -- which I'm not mentioning here both to avoid giving him hits and because the mere mention of it in a post causes sites such as Facebook to classify the entry as "spam" - traffics in what some call "revenge porn", nude or otherwise comprising photos of men and women which are often submitted by people with an axe to grind. (A quick google search of his name will easily lead you to his NSFW site should you feel compelled to look.)

As if that's not bad enough, the site's submission form asks for links to the photographed person's various social media sites so that not only are the naughty photos they made the mistake of sending to someone made public, but their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds are featured as well. See someone you want to mock, torment or otherwise humiliate -- despite having no clue who they actually are? No problem. Moore's site gives you everything you need to cyberstalk his victims.

Worse, Moore takes absolutely no responsibility for his actions. When asked during an interview with NPR's On The Media why he hurts people, Moore replies, "I actually don't. People hurt themselves. I'm just making a profit off of it." A moment later, when it seems as if a morsel of humanity might be surfacing as he speaks about sometimes feeling bad and occasionally having considered taking down the site, he adds, when asked why he washes away any notion of redeeming qualities by replying, "It's just too much fun."

He is also, it is probably not surprising, the worst kind of hypocrite. When asked if he would post photos of his sister or mother, he seems almost horrified by the question. "Of course not!" he declares, later adding, "Why would I post pictures of my sister? That's crazy!"

The families of others, however, are clearly fair game. And it is for this hypocrisy, as well as his complete lack of shame or common decency, that Hunter Moore becomes our first inductee into the Rude, Crude & Socially Unacceptable Hall Of Shame.

The Parent Trap

Last weekend, I took a trip to visit my family. The plan? Spend two nights at mom and dad's house and help my sister throw a small party to celebrate my niece's 5th birthday. And me being me, that meant tweeting the entire weekend via @howrudeareyou. For those who missed the fun, or simply want to relive it, I offer up this abridged edition of #FamilyVisit!

  

@howrudeareyou: Oh my god. Staring out the train window, half-asleep, caught myself singing along aloud with "Girl Put Your Records On." Mortified.

@howrudeareyou: My parents don't quite get the concept that when watching a movie, the people on TV are supposed to talk, not you.

@howrudeareyou: My dad wanders away for 10 minutes at a time, then comes back and asks what he missed in the movie. Then wanders out again.

@howrudeareyou: A crucial scene in the movie, and my folks are discussing dryer sheets.

@howrudeareyou: My parents are trying to give me their wi-fi password. Six guesses so far, none right. This could take a while.

@howrudeareyou: My 5-year-old niece redefines the term "rambunctious."

 @howrudeareyou: Apparent, my niece made her Elf on the Shelf cry last night.

@howrudeareyou: My mom has a running dialogue with herself. Maybe she thinks she's a Days Of Our Lives  character.

 @howrudeareyou: I've sold 11 copies of my book, Crimes Against Civility, so far. Mom said "We bought three!" yeah, that makes me feel better.

@howrudeareyou: My sister was going to buy a copy, but found out dad got extras. My own family is undercutting my sales.

@howrudeareyou: Apparently, there's a debate between my folks about whether a pair of jeans smell like gas despite bring washed. "Sniff this!"

@howrudeareyou: Mom wants to visit a much-mentioned cousin who quit her job. Where does she live? "Not sure." "What did she do?" "Not sure."

@howrudeareyou: My dad went to watch people do a polar plunge at the lake. I suspect he's hoping for some bikini action.

@howrudeareyou: As I'm making wings, ribs and enchiladas for tonight's gathering, dad is watching something on NPR about obesity in America.

@howrudeareyou: Oh dear. Cake time. Because the children need a sugar rush.

@howrudeareyou: These people just sang my niece the worst rendition of happy birthday I've ever heard. And by "these people" I mean my kin.

@howrudeareyou: My niece wound up on the naughty mat. Huh. That's not what I thought they were for.

@howrudeareyou: The theme of my niece's birthday party? Loud. Turns out, kids like to scream. A lot. As do adults when football is involved

@howrudeareyou: Following a touchdown, the adults reacted by screaming so loudly the kids came in and said, "Daddy, you need to stop screaming!"

@howrudeareyou: Sis and I gave mom and dad kindles as early Xmas presents. $200 kindle fire so mom can play free slots app.

@howrudeareyou: Mom turned the kindle sideways and the text adjusted. She squealed. "Your mother is easily amused," said dad.

@howrudeareyou: Mom is now talking to my niece, Kayla. Who is asleep. At my sister's house 10 miles away.

@howrudeareyou: My dad is snoring really loudly down the hall wait, that IS dad, right? Mom, is that you???

@howrudeareyou: I'm not sure what's going on, but my father is talking about a self-destruct button. Hope he doesn't find it.

@howrudeareyou: I thought my parents need hobbies. Turns out, they need to sleep more. It's 7 am, people! You're 70! Sleep in!

@howrudeareyou: Turns out that 70-year-old parents are a lot like newborns. When either wake up, so does everyone else. No volume control.

@howrudeareyou: Dad announced that while he doesn't usually like "lady tattoos", the woman's on the show American Picker's   look "like a nice necklace."

@howrudeareyou: Mom has implied several times that men in general - and dad in particular - stink. As in smell. I can't really argue with that.

@howrudeareyou: Mom took a picture of dad on the toilet with his laptop. "I like having something to read!" he said.