It's happened to you at least once, or maybe twice if you hand the phone to your mother and she tried to zoom. You liked someone's picture from more than four weeks ago, and unless you're a guy on a girl's social media, you can't recover just by her thinking you're flirting.
Here are five ways to bounce back from looking like an insane creep, having a screenshot taken of your mistake and talked about in a group message.
1. Give up on life and die.
I prefer the whole fake-your-death option, but if you're into theatrics the real thing works too because you basically just committed social suicide. It only costs roughly $12,000 to complete the task at hand, change your name and relocate. Highly recommended, but alas, some people can live knowing they crippled their creep game so we shall carry on down the list.
2. Pray for forgiveness.
For God to have mercy on your soul, and their apps to crash and burn along with any evidence of your screw up. You can repeat after me, "Oh Lord, I know I have failed you and may my butterfingers fall off if I ever double tap another selfie from 62 weeks back again, please grant me this one blessing and let *[insert person's name here]'s* phone blow to pieces in a huge fiery eruption that is unrecoverable. Amen."
3. Stand your ground.
So what, I liked your video from a long time ago while I was showing my mom your impression of a twerk that got 200 likes. Now it's 201, I'll be expecting a thank-you card any day now.
4. Put the blame on an animal, or small child
They are one in the same. Do you know how many videos I have seen of cats running across keyboards or tapping at a phone screen? Infants, holding onto a phone like their past 18 months of life depend on it? I don't, but I can guarantee more than 100... if they are ballsy and ask why you liked it, just say that you were letting a baby play with your phone and somehow they unlocked your extensive password, opened Instagram, somehow managed to get on his or her profile (because it's not on your most recently searched everyday) go 10 weeks deep and viola... you're surprised that little genus baby didn't post a comment! Also, tell them how you're waiting to hear back from the Genius Children's Academy on the babe's early admission.
5. Revert back to number one.
Usually the most effective option.
