-averagejoe493 - Jul 14 2012 - Sisters Butt.flv- -

Because that’s all it ever was. Not porn. Not scandal. Just the quiet, ugly, hilarious reality of being a teenager with a webcam and zero impulse control.

I’m not going to delete the file. Instead, I’m going to rename it: Time capsule - Jul 14 2012 - The sound of boredom.flv . -Averagejoe493 - Jul 14 2012 - Sisters Butt.flv-

Rest in peace, Averagejoe493. Wherever you are, your carpet is immortal. Have you found a similarly weird, inexplicable file on an old hard drive? Share the filename in the comments. Let’s excavate the digital past together. Because that’s all it ever was

I don’t remember downloading this file. I don’t remember Averagejoe493. He could be a software engineer in Seattle now, or he could be a ghost. But looking at that 47-second carpet scan, I realized something profound: Just the quiet, ugly, hilarious reality of being