"Search Your Heart. Also, Get Over Yourself..."

Since kids are hellbent on using their technological privilege to utterly destroy themselves and each other, it's time to reach out to them with a message of common sense, compassion, and reason. The courier of this message? James Lipton and his magic beard:

I like that the message at the center of these PSA's isn't merely "Don't do this because it's BAD!" Rather, they're saying "Think about this carefully before you make a decision. Ponder the consequences. Search your heart. Also, get over yourself." And the avuncular Lipton is the perfect funny, non-parental, and (apparently) non-judgmental figure to impart this wisdom. He cares about you -- he would take his beard off for you.

I'd like to think of the Six of Swords as a rite of passage, the moment when that Liptonian beard lands on your face and you find yourself examining your situation from all sides. It announces the arrival of a certain maturity, it encourages you to set off in bold new directions and make prudent use of technology, it quiets the lower instincts that keep you embroiled in back-and-forths unworthy of your attention. And afterward, if you still wind up sending someone a picture of your junk, you'll know that it was not an act of impulse, but one of deep consideration -- was, in fact, the only logical choice. [Via]

Previously On Arcanalogue: The Six of Swords