Admittedly, I don’t use Twitter all that often. I just don’t get it. Maybe my life isn’t exciting enough, but I can’t see the purpose of constantly updating the world about my day. It seems a little too precious…a little too self-important.
But that’s just me. If it floats your boat, go to town.
Be warned, however. If you post about yourself a little too much, you may find yourself on Tweeting Too Hard, a site that claims to give “self-important tweets the recognition they deserve.”
A quick perusal of the site turns up such gems as:
“I have a wife who’s beautiful, a Mac & iPhone user, developer, gamer, Trekkie, and a fucking D-cup. Compromising is for other people.”
“Anything to declare? Only my rugged good looks and sharp wit.”
“OMG i was saying how i couldn’t afford the gas to fly daddy’s jet to the riviera this summer, and this barista totally rolled her eyes at me”
I can’t decide if such statements are being made sarcastically, ironically, comedically or seriously. In any case, I handed out a few pats on the back: “Yes, you are a wonderful person. Now STFU.” (See? I know some Internetese.)
T. Keith Edmunds
4 Responses to “Putting the “twit” in “Twitter””
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But, to be clear, Absurd Intellectual as an entity happily posts a Twitter feed for all of its micro-blogging pals
Absolutely. I speak only for myself.
Yes I joined twitter but am twitterless…never go on there, I just don’t get it as well and I had a hell of a time trying to find people I knew on there…ah well, I will just stick to AI.
I think Twitter makes a lot more sense if you start thinking of it as endless Facebook status updates. Also, you can arrange to do it all via your phone — like texting, but on amphetamines — which makes it much more immediate and (apparently) addicting.