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And For a Brief Moment, Twitter Seemed Worth It

by John Cole|  November 24, 20096:02 pm| 47 Comments

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  1. 1.

    General Winfield Stuck

    November 24, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    First three times in a row. Thank you comcast.

    Prisoner?

  2. 2.

    General Winfield Stuck

    November 24, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Opps, I lied.

  3. 3.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    November 24, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    Oh Christ, are we gonna pretend now that pithy and witty never existed before Twitter??? Isn’t Twitter just the public bathroom wall made digital?

  4. 4.

    bago

    November 24, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    We are 138.

  5. 5.

    calipygian

    November 24, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Shit My Dad Says makes Twitter a little worthwhile, too.

  6. 6.

    demkat620

    November 24, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I don’t get it.

  7. 7.

    calipygian

    November 24, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    # “I don’t need more friends. You got friends and all they do is ask you to help them move. Fuck that. I’m old. I’m through moving shit.” 11:00 AM Nov 16th from web

    Shit My Dad Says is pretty sublime. Even if it is fake, which it may be.

  8. 8.

    Zifnab

    November 24, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    @calipygian: Somebody is making up those quotes. That’s not nothin’.

  9. 9.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    November 24, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    @calipygian: Hell, that’s almost as funny as Mark Fucking Halperin.

  10. 10.

    me

    November 24, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Who is number one‽

  11. 11.

    bago

    November 24, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    @me: Who does number two work for?

  12. 12.

    LorenzoStDuBois

    November 24, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    FakeAPStylebook has been single-handedly making Twitter work for me for the last 3 weeks. It’s absolutely brilliant.

  13. 13.

    freelancer

    November 24, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Someone here found loadedsanta the other night, that’s pretty win:

    http://twitter.com/loadedsanta

  14. 14.

    ChrisZ

    November 24, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    @demkat620:

    Me neither =(

  15. 15.

    evinfuilt

    November 24, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    @demkat620:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

    And after that, you should still not “Get it”, that’s the point of the story

  16. 16.

    Annie

    November 24, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    @demkat620:

    I don’t either…

  17. 17.

    cmorenc

    November 24, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    It’s no accident that the root word for “Twitter” is:
    “Twit”.

    ’nuff said.

  18. 18.

    General Winfield Stuck

    November 24, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    @evinfuilt:

    I can remember watching the original back in the day, and being absolutely fascinated, and when someone would ask what was going on, I would just say I don’t know but it doesn’t matter.

  19. 19.

    SpotWeld

    November 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Wow.. geek cred.

    I’ll be seein’ you.

  20. 20.

    drillfork

    November 24, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    OT: Sparkman death ruled a suicide.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_us/us_census_worker_hanged

    Honestly it seems unbelievable to me. Still, I guess we shouldn’t race to conclusions after all…

  21. 21.

    Joshua Norton

    November 24, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    I’ve tried to watch the show but I keep falling asleep. 11 pm on a Sunday nite just is not a good time to try to figure out vague nuance.

  22. 22.

    Zifnab

    November 24, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    @cmorenc:

    It’s no accident that the root word for “Twitter” is:
    “Twit”.

    I think technically it’s “Tweet”

  23. 23.

    Joshua Norton

    November 24, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    I think technically it’s “Tweet”

    That’s the verb. He’s right. The root of the proper noun is “twit”.

  24. 24.

    r€nato

    November 24, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    @calipygian:

    so does Loaded Santa.

  25. 25.

    ellaesther

    November 24, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    @demkat620: @Annie: I’m fairly certain that it’s a Prisoner reference (my husband watches, and passing through the living room, I’ve picked up that the Prisoner is #6).

    BUT, before I realized that I was just loving it as a completely random thing to say. Six? The rules don’t apply to six. Six is a free man!

    But I’m a bit odd that way.

  26. 26.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    November 24, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    @demkat620:

    Catch some reruns of “The Prisoner” (original series; haven’t seen the remake, not sure I want to). It’s a pretty classic line.

  27. 27.

    r€nato

    November 24, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    @Joshua Norton:

    I think the past particle, then, is ‘twat’.

    I don’t care what it really is. I’m using ‘twat’. So there.

  28. 28.

    r€nato

    November 24, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    participle. fuck.

  29. 29.

    r€nato

    November 24, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    @drillfork:

    no, we shouldn’t.

  30. 30.

    Andre

    November 24, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    @calipygian:

    I saw this and couldn’t stop laughing.

  31. 31.

    calipygian

    November 24, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    @Andre:

    I saw this and couldn’t stop laughing.

    I’m crying. One of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time.

  32. 32.

    Annie

    November 24, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    @ellaesther:

    thank you….

  33. 33.

    Warren Terra

    November 24, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    The hash tag “#18thCenturyMovieLines” can be pretty funny; some examples:

    I’ll wager you are Pondering; did he Discharge ONE shot or NONE?
    —
    Good day. My name is Inigo Montoya. Thou hast slain my father. Prepare for thine mortal end.
    —
    Indeed sir, you have seized me, but my question remains, what keeps you aloft?!

    The similarly themed #18thCenturyPop tweets don’t work for me quite as well, maybe because I don’t listen to much music, but this one was cute:

    Tried to make me go to Bedlam but I said Nay, thrice nay

  34. 34.

    Zifnab

    November 24, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    @drillfork: I’m sorry, but I am full of incredulity. I mean, call me paranoid and all, but we kill innocent men down here in Texas for having a space heater light his house on fire.

    I wish this investigation had been done by the FBI rather than by Chuckles the Bumbleton Assistant Deputy coroner.

  35. 35.

    Warren Terra

    November 24, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    Good news:I successfully kept my separate lines within one blockquote. Bad news: in each case those three hyphens were meant to be, and when last I saw them were, on their own line, rather than being appended to the previous line.

    How’s that edit function coming along, anyway?

  36. 36.

    PaulW

    November 24, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    The remake sucked. Incoherent as hell. I got the feeling they filmed enough for 10 episodes and then edited the hell out of it down to 6. Too much overt mind-screwing, and yes I know that was the point of the original series as well, but it was better paced back then dammit.

  37. 37.

    geg6

    November 24, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Tried The Prisoner for about 10 minutes. Jesus Guy continues to totally creep me out, not to mention his totally wooden acting. How does this guy get work? He’s an insane Catholic of the Gibson family variety and his “technique” is non-existent. He makes me shudder. Much as I adore Gandalf, that show is unwatchable if only because of Cavezel.

  38. 38.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 24, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    @geg6:

    I walked by just as Gandalf ate a hand grenade. I wish I could’ve just recorded that ten-second bit.

    Twitter is definitely for twats. And Loaded Santa is a cheap misanthrope compared to FIRELAND.

  39. 39.

    cmorenc

    November 24, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    @Joshua Norton

    He’s right. The root of the proper noun is “twit”.

    @r€nato

    I think the past particle, then, is ‘twat’.

    So, it would be proper useage to note that:
    “The TWIT TWATTED thusly yesterday…and set the blogsphere all aTWITTER with his inane comments.

    If Sarah Palin chimed into the discussion via Twitter, would it be proper to say “The twat twittered” or the “twat twattered”?

  40. 40.

    L. Ron Obama

    November 24, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Re: twit and twat, congratulations, everybody. You’ve successfully discovered a play on the word Twitter. Please queue up with your 215,764 predecessors for your reward.

    God help us if you ever hear about the Wii.

  41. 41.

    Morbo

    November 24, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Seriously? 40 comments and no one has yet said “Up The Irons!”

  42. 42.

    gypsy howell

    November 24, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    I tried twice to watch the new AMC version. Couldn’t do it. Loved the oringal, so I had such high hopes for liking the remake (except for the Jesus guy- I was a little worried about that, rightfully so apparently.) Now that Mad Men’s over for 9 months, I was hoping #6 would take up the Don Draper slack. Guess I’ll just get more sleep on Sunday nights.

  43. 43.

    Lex

    November 24, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    @r€nato: “particle” was funnier. In fact, “particle” was full of WIN.

  44. 44.

    cmorenc

    November 24, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    @L. Ron Obama

    God help us if you ever hear about the Wii.

    Oui!

  45. 45.

    ruemara

    November 24, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    @r€nato:

    Much to the chagrin of my tweeting friends, I too say “twat”. Because it’s too darned apropo.

  46. 46.

    raptusregaliter

    November 25, 2009 at 10:20 am

    The first two hours of the remake were tolerable. The rest of it sucked hard. Don’t waste your time.

  47. 47.

    eyepaddle

    November 25, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    @Morbo:

    Yeah, that was what I thought right away too.

    UP THE IRONS! \m/ \m/

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