Putting the “twit” in “Twitter”

 Posted by on 1 August 2009  Modern Life
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badge_i_am_very_importantAdmittedly, 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

  • http://www.absurdintellectual.com/ Grant Hamilton

    But, to be clear, Absurd Intellectual as an entity happily posts a Twitter feed for all of its micro-blogging pals :)

  • http://pennywise-books.blogspot.com/ T. Keith Edmunds

    Absolutely. I speak only for myself.

  • Juel

    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.

  • http://www.absurdintellectual.com/ Grant Hamilton

    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.