Each and every Thursday night, my fellow bookies and I slave away at our Mac desktop computers in an effort to create a wonderful yearbook for you all. In the midst of some gossip amongst some of the staff members tonight, I have heard the words “yik yak” come up in conversation multiple times.

While I had never heard of  a “yik yak,” moments later, I had been informed that Yik Yak is an application designed to feed anonymous posts from people in your surrounding area, much like Twitter. Unfortunately, for the classy students at Mill Valley, most of these posts have involved targeting specific students, vulgar language and, quite frankly, everything none of our mothers would be proud of.

The reason I am taking to Mill Valley News to discuss this horrendous addition to today’s social media is because I find it absolutely disgusting that anyone would ever have the desire to post such demeaning things about their fellow classmates, or anyone in general. Not only does this show the character of the Mill Valley students who have posted horrible comments about other students, but it shows how oblivious our generation is to the real world.

I strongly believe that most kids who use this application are just trying to forget about their own problems, and it’s absolutely appalling that they feel the need to take it out on others. As soon as we all graduate, it will be a rude awakening for the kids who don’t understand how to take care of themselves and respect others. Just because someone hides behind an anonymous username while posting nasty things online, doesn’t change the fact that it still hurts others.

What this all comes down to is the day-old saying: treat others as you would like to be treated. Don’t take out your personal issues on others.

Also, if you haven’t yet heard of Yik Yak or downloaded it, do yourself a favor: don’t.