The brain cell killing qualities of Twitter

[Spinsah]

Yeah, Twitter is just about people eating lunch. That or critical dispatches from the battle torn streets of Cairo - I mean, either or.

 

[janiecakes]

I have a new twitter account that is linked to my blog - so I post stuff related to science nerdiness and nature and I use it to promote that and what we are doing.

I was very skeptical at first, but I'm figuring it out and it's definitely increased traffic to the blog. And by following other science-nature people I get all kinds of ideas and cool links.

Yes! Science people are really fun on Twitter.

 

[janiecakes]

There are a lot of really interesting writers, journalists, activists, etc on twitter that I would not have come across so easily otherwise. I'm baffled that people think it's just inane shit about lunch.

 

[Spinsah]

I know a few activists that have found so many valuable contacts and friendships through Twitter, and it has become a key forum for the dialogue and organization of their movements.

And another tip: sports. If you've ever read Norm Macdonald's live tweeting of a golf event, you don't know how brilliant a torrent of inane updates can be.

 

[mitsuko souma]

You can keep the excessive selfies, the pet stuff, the grandstanding, the bullying, the mindless self-promotion, the meal breakdowns, all of it.
Stupid.
I don't care. Nothing you say will make me care.

 

[janiecakes]

I don't think I have seen one selfie in my feed in months. Or pets. Or meal breakdowns.

 

[janiecakes]

I mean unless I missed the abortion clinic escort's selfie or the ex hooker undocumented immigrant activist's lunch info, but I don't think so. Maybe Pat Martin snuck one in there in between swearing at people. (I miss him)

 

[Spinsah]

It's mind boggling to have people criticize a medium based on the content they themselves have selected to receive. It's as if someone were to pick up a copy of '50 Shades of Grey' and declare: "Books are stupid! I don't care about sex!".

 

[mitsuko souma]

It's mind boggling to have people criticize a medium based on the content they themselves have selected to receive.

I'm not on Twitter. I thought that was obvious.

 

[sk8]

Yes! Science people are really fun on Twitter.

Science people are really fun in general!

 

[mitsuko souma]

And the fact that someone was dumb enough to tweet for weed alone is more evidence that Twitter kills brain cells.
Probably weed does too
#6monthssmokefree

 

[mitsuko souma]

Science people are really fun in general!

They are.

 

[Spinsah]

https://twitter.com/coffee_dad

 

[MoFo]

I want to see people's lunches and know what's going on in Cairo.

 

[Bumbaclat]

Proclaiming that twitter is just about "people's lunches" makes a person seem outdated and stuffy.

 

[mitsuko souma]

Proclaiming that twitter is just about "people's lunches" makes a person seem outdated and stuffy.

Okay how about, Twitter is the ultimate in narcissism?

 

[Krzysiu]

Oh, I can be much more in love with myself than just with twitter. My vanity translates across all social media platforms.

 

[janiecakes]

My kid's school has started using twitter. I think this is so cute.

 

[glych t.anomaly]

Hack the twitter account !

 

[The Watcher]

Harper Says He Twerks Occasionally — Thinks It Means Tweeting

 

[glych t.anomaly]

snicker

 

[Maui]

I think of twitter the same way I do about religion. I don't care if you want to follow that crap, just don't bring it around me.

 

[mitsuko souma]

I think of twitter the same way I do about religion. I don't care if you want to follow that crap, just don't bring it around me.

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