Or you could find yourself asking a certain blog publisher to remove an obnoxious comment which she may or may not be inclined to do.

She knows why you want the obnoxious comment removed.

Said obnoxious comment happens to rank on the first page of a Google search for your name.

The rest of the search results are all respectable scientific papers that reflect positively on your image.

You didn’t think her little ol’ science blog would have just as great of an impact on Google, didja?

Be honest about why you want the obnoxious comment removed and maybe even tell her you were drunk off your a** when you wrote it.

She may remove it. She may not.

Just remember that what you say online stays online and could come back to bite you in the a**.