twitting the night away
gawker totally stole the idea for its twitter article from me. i feel so vindicated. but everyone knows that twitter, like myspace, is a bottomless black hole to be avoided at all costs, at all times. it’s like facebook status updates all juiced up on a-rod’s ‘roids. dr david lewis, for the win: “Using Twitter suggests a level of insecurity whereby, unless people recognise you, you cease to exist.” i think he’s watered-down saying what i was about how social networking supplants the comforts of full-on religion. he’s a doctor. talking about religion is probably like the third rail of science. you touch it and you die.
i do, however, have to admit that meeting shaq is kind of flippin’ sweet.
upon further reflection, social networking seems to have two categories of uses. useful ones, such as grabbing an email address or cell phone number from facebook. meeting shaq in a diner. organizing a party of seldom-seen friends. etc. when i go back to facebook, those are the ones i’m going to focus on. the other category is completely useless, such as stalking strangers, poking people, making elaborate 25-item lists about yourself (for the record, i did this, because i am just as vain and narcissistic as i so esoterically pretend not to be).
“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” -Andy Warhol, 1968. think about it. he said that before al gore had even invented the internet. what a smart dood.
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David Hodges | February 23, 2009
By Andrew, February 23, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
that’s right whore. you better freakin facebook me 20 years from now when i have a sexy career and own the world.
By David Hodges, February 23, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
as long as you let me lease out parts of north carolina, i think im pretty much okay with an andrew hulbert-owned world.
By Liz, February 25, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
shit, I tweet. It makes me feel like a social media guru.
By David Hodges, February 25, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
massive fail liz. haha i exaggerate about twitter being so lame. i simply refuse.