It is inevitable that with success, all your dirty laundry will be unearthed and splashed all over the international media. Evan Spiegel, co-founder of the popular messaging service Snapchat, is definitely no exception.

These emails have surfaced between him and his frat bro’s. We have only included some of the most… uhh… interesting ones but you can check out more here.

Maybe you can chalk this up to youthful indiscretion—but you can’t discard it as such. Silicon Valley worships youthfulness, adores the scofflaw, the pirate, the reckless kid. Investors and Valley pundits seek out boys like Spiegel, “where’s my bong?” emails and all, on the assumption that the same lightning that zapped Zuckerberg will continue to strike, and strike, and strike.

But if the bazillions swirling around tech companies and their boy-king founders is going to continue to flow, we need to remind ourselves who exactly these kids are. And maybe, upon reflection, maybe, offering billions of dollars to children is not always prudent.

Hmm, we don’t know about children, but there is definitely some merit in capitalizing on young energy before the humdrum of adult life kills all creativity, don’t you think? Maybe this is why Snapchat’s messages are not stored… removing evidence there, Evan?