More discussion on twitter in response to that last post:
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Andy, to me:
I guess it depends on your definition of “ghost writer”. I tend to think of them as “literate”. But I suppose if you don’t employ that definition, than yes, Pierce might have one as well.
me, to Andy:
I hope you aren’t saying this is literate then:
http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ
Andy, to me:
Jesus. It must be his fucking cousin, or infant child or something.
me, to Andy:
I actually didn’t mind twitter at first, I didn’t understand it (it’s basically away messages, same as facebook, AIM, gchat, right?) but without the additional usefulness of those applications. Am I missing something? But after seeing it become “mainstream” as in everyone freaking out and talking about it, I kind of hate it, because its in my face all the time. And now famous people use it, and are either idiots themselves revealed on it, or idiots for having other idiots write for them. Brutal.
Andy, to me:
That’s what I’m saying. It has clearly jumped the shark several times over. Fact: if Britney Spears thinks something is cool, it’s bad for society and an insult to the intelligence of mankind. Britney Spears thinks twitter is cool. Or at least her publicist does, which I think is just as bad.
But generally, what is the point? To see what other people are doing all the time (who cares?) To tell people what you’re doing all the time (who cares?) Can you put up a “tweet” that just reads, “reading tweets”, or will the whole system explode?
Theoretically, isn’t that what everyone’s doing when they’re on twitter, so realistically everyone’s message should read the same thing, making twitter no longer relevant? If everyone has a truthful away message that reads, “reading away messages,” then nobody’s communicating and the system becomes obsolete. This is all very philosophical, but I think it applies here.
Tags: burritos, life, philosophy, society, twitter
Good Lord. I am never activating a Twitter account. I hate you for posting links to Paul Pierce and Shaq’s respective Twitter feeds. Their tweets are most definitely written by armless 5 yr old retarded kids. You’re giving away free tickets? I don’t care. In fact, I don’t want them because if I were to accept them, I would be indicating my association with both Twitter and you, Paul Pierce. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love the C’s and Pierce has had two wonderful seasons with some talent around him, but the man has the grammar of a chimp. Actually, I retract the last statement, as Travis the chimp clearly deomonstrated his higher level learning ability by driving his owner’s(I use that term loosely because he really owned her) car around and then eating said owner’s friend’s face. FML on all counts.
Cousin Rob, I’m using Twitter like a mad man for marketing and it’s working. I’ll stick with it until it’s not working anymore, Shaq and Britney be damned.
what the what is twitter?
nothing you need worry about… yet.
i am worried about it! its referenced on like 10 new someecards and i dont like it when i dont get what they’re about!