There’s a phenomenon that’s been haunting the Internet for some time now, and I think I’ve had just about enough of it. It’s not celebrity sex-tapes, it’s not porn, and it’s not even the recent influx of spam I’ve been getting on my Gmail account about winning the international lottery(!).

No, friends, what I’m talking about is the epidemic known as Girls Posting Slutty / Drunk Pictures of Themselves on Facebook.

Obviously, this isn’t a new trend, but as I enter the age of (supposed) maturity, I can’t help but feel frustrated at the onslaught of obviously wasted half-naked girls clogging the photo albums of kids I used to baby-sit in high school.

I admit, I used to have a fair share of “I’m so DRUNK” pictures on my Facebook account, but as soon as I started to assert myself as an adult, I went and erased every single picture that made me seem…less than smart. I’m of age, I’m allowed to have fun, but how mature can I really make myself out to be if there are pictures floating around somewhere that show me hanging upside down off someone’s couch or double fisting two shots of Jack?

We all know it’s not just our friends who can see those wild and crazy pictures of us, and the more exposure Facebook gets, the more I wonder why so many girls are going out of their way to make themselves look cheap and easy to the entire internet community.

What do these girls think these photos will do? Get them dates? Get them exposure? Get them fans? Based on my knowledge of the human race, I’d say the only thing one can expect from slutty, sexy pictures are a bunch of guys simultaneously getting of on and making fun of whoever’s the subject.

Obviously, dudes post drunk pictures of themselves online too, but as Britney and Paris prove, nothing draws a crowd like slutty (or slutty seeming) girl—and nothing makes that crowd lose respect of the photographed faster than getting exactly what they asked for.

How interesting or challenging can a girl really be if she treats herself like an object?

Keeping those drunk antics from the public eye isn’t always about morality or being a prude, sometimes its just common sense. Post a few pictures of you making out with other girls, lifting up your shirt, or posing provocatively, and people are going to expect that from you all the time.

Go out, have fun, but think twice about making yourself into a lush purely for the benefit of others. Once the damage is done, it’s real hard to undo it…especially on the internet.

Just ask Miss New Jersey.