An example of the joke
This is a play on another trademark of the technological age. Sexting is not new; as soon as people could send electronic message, people inserted sex. That's just what people do. With the advent of instant picture sharing apps, sharing got even easier.
What does this say about how technology is affecting relationships today?
People joke about intimacy. Maybe this makes some people uncomfortable, but I think its only natural. Humans have primal, carnal, desires and we're not always good at hiding or controlling them. Our intellectual side needs to rationalize these moments of animalistic behavior. It's only natural, healthy even, that we make jokes about it. Without levity, progress is scary.
I agree there was a period about a month or 2 ago where snapchat and instagram (primarily snapchat) was flooded with these memes and videos of people accidentally spilling something into the shape of the words "send nudes", when in reality the act was intentional and planned the whole time. I could only hope that no one fell for this trend, and the idea was quite silly, really.
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