Reasons to Throw Possums
So Twitter has replaced FetLife as the most aggravating thing in my life.
Seriously. If I didn’t have to follow it all day for work, I’d totally turn the shit off for like… a month.
Reasons to throw possums:
- Saying things just so people will think you’re really edgy and cool? *blink* Yeah. We believe you.
- Self confidence is awesome. Conceit is ugly.
- Formspring? Is the stupidest thing EVER.
- A velvet cape does not make you goth.
- If you’re going to school to be a *insert uber profession here* and you can’t deal with simple issues without asking for advice on twitter? PLEASE tell me when you graduate so I don’t go to you to do my taxes or fix my sprained ankle or represent me at my divorce hearing. Please.
- If you need to tell me how kinky you are? Hahahahahahahahhahaha. No.
- Keeping track of what I’m doing more thoroughly than I do? Omg, get a life. Please. Please. Just… please.
- Snobbery is nasty
- Repeating yourself ten times a day so that someone, anyone, will give you a bit of attention makes you sound desperate and no one any longer wants to give you attention. (See my Bob post from a year ago. My opinion hasn’t changed)
- Backhanded bitchiness is ridiculous. You’re still a bitch. Why not just be one outright?
- Also? My boobs hurt.
That is all.
p.s. Yes, I DO realize I’m guilty of some of this stuff. Fuck it. I shall throw possums at myself.
Great list. My worst one is probably the formspring though. :( I’m bad about it.
Aside from that, I’m actually pretty fond of Twitter. It’s a great way for me to keep up on some of the news and other blogs that people post. :) Like yours, silly goose. :P
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You gotta stop following people. >.> Just do it. Or maybe you have to follow people for work, so you’re kinda stuck, I dunno. I want attention! I do. Why else would I have a blog and a Twitter account? It’s nice to be noticed.
I feel ya on the “bob” issue. And I’m really glad right now that I haven’t been open about where I’m going career-wise, heh. Being bitchy without actually @-ing the person who you’re trying to bitch at is annoying to the rest of the followers. I’ve seen a lot of that from a lot of people and I’ve also done it. But I try not to. I hope Twitter gets less stressful for you (and for everyone).
We all want attention, otherwise, you’re right, we wouldn’t do all this stuff.
But there’s good attention and bad attention, ways to seek attention that are healthy and good and ways to draw attention to yourself that are… less so. It’s the less so ones that irk me. :)
Ha ha, I would say that I haven’t noticed this on Twitter ~ but I’m not on it practically 24/7 like you have to be for work. I’m sure I’d get just as annoyed as you are. It’s funny how outright bitchy people will be on the internet to each other because you aren’t talking face to face, but in person no one will be that way. I don’t think that I’m guilty of any of this stuff, that I know of….
This. Is Why.
I don’t use Twitter for anything other than contests that force me to do so. Two reasons- 1. I’m not so damn interesting that every.damn. thing. I. do. must be spooged all over the masses and 2. I really don’t need to know the scattered thoughts that float in and out of someone’s head all day long if they’re no cohesive enough to even make it to a blog post! :D I feel for ya and the necessity you have with your job to deal with the idio-babble that Twitter is saturated with!