I normally don’t hijack posts from other sites as blatantly as I am doing here. But this is just worth sharing, too good to be true. From Daily Kos, Author: Bamos
Twitter + Stimulus = Conservative Stupidity
If you don’t believe the title, consider that a number of conservatives believed that Laura Bush racked up nearly a million dollars in gambling debt during her international trips as First Lady, and that there was a provision in the stimulus to pay it off.
And that they believed it based on an unsourced, nameless Twitter account. (read all)
I never used twitter, my old cell phone won’t let me anyway, but this gives me ideas. How about you?
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Me, I’m twitterless. I’ve got more on my plate between family, work and teaching, that I just don’t want to make time to twitter.
Hell, I can’t even figure out how to send text messages on my cell phone. Geez.
My life is way too boring to twitter about. My trivia is my own, and I don’t care to share.
the cell phone company was aghast when i asked them to disable texting on our new phones.
no need for a stream of unsolicited crap beeping away at me. people who matter know my cell number and can call…..
that being said, i guess i’m not ever going to be bothered by a twitter addiction.
I don’t see the point of Twitter. Or texting.
An extremely ditzy cheerleader named Stacy at UI has apparently given all her ditzy friends her number so they can call and text her at all hours of the day and night — except it wasn’t HER number, it was MY number. How stupid does one have to be to say, “Are you sure?” after I tell them they have the wrong number? My next strategy is to start making social plans for our Miss Stacy…
Hi There, texting can be quite useful, it’s cheaper than a call over here. I have seen relationships broken up due to imprudent texting and not deleting, however. Girls – and boys – spy on each others’ text messages all the time here.
That is so wrong!
Another problem with texting is that my vision sucks. It would be embarrassing to have to carry a cell as big as a laptop. Heh.
Zooey, my son showed me something on his I-pod touch and I couldn’t read it. “Pensioner’s zoom then” he said and enlarged the picture with a wave of his fingers. I wanted to strangle the brat.
EV, that sounds like my son. He would hold things far away from me so I could read them, until I had to admit that I couldn’t see far away either. He’s such a booger head.
Texting among adults seems to be much more common in the UK and Europe than in the US. I found it extremely useful coordinating a bunch of drunks arriving in various cities at different times, and it’s also far more likely to get a response from my kids than an actual phone call.
Twitter, though, makes no sense to me.
Why did Republicans and Conservativesadopt Twitter so rapidly when even the few of them who weren’t actually tech-averse, were (and still are) ‘internet incompetent’?
Twitter is technology that fits them to a ‘t’:
1) it is dead simple
2) they are dead simple.
3) it’s character limit demands simple messages/
4)simple messages are what Republicans do best.
5)simple messages are what Republicans comprehend and respond to.
Twitter is the 21st century competitor of the the 19th century telegraph, but without the point-to-point privacy and the punctuation.
In my traveling tech days I had a Motorola two -way alphanumeric pager which was very useful in coordinating the team I was in as we flew about the country.
When the price of cell phones came down the pager became redundant–even though the paging service was cheaper.
One can transmit a lot more in one minute than one can peck out on an alpha pager in the same time.
Where are you? is worth texting
How do I remove the outer casing to expose the detonation circuits? –That is where you want a phone!
As if anyone would possibly be interested in my 140 characters of drivel even if I desired to become a twat (that IS what they call them, no??
). Who would give two shits that I was petting my dog or watching some tube? Noone, that’s who.
As for texting, I love it. I can shoot off texts to people who: 1) I don’t really want to talk to but need to, 2) love notes to my sweetie when I cannot talk. What’s not to love about that. Pure convenience!
MizzJ,
Maybe I’d appreciate texting if I had a sweetie.
Twitter? Screw it. Don’t have anything to say that anyone would care about: “Bathrooms at this McDonalds could use a clean. Still, having a great bowel movement – sinking the Bismarck here” – nope, can’t see the point. Who cares?
I’m a huge tech Luddite, hate phones, only got a cell after all the phones at airports started going away. Had a Treo for a couple of years (used to bang away at Thinkprogress from airport bars all over the place until I quit the bloody travel job and stay home). Now using a Sony Walkman 2 phone for the radio while I ride the bus about.
What Real Protest Looks Like (h/t C&L)
Some powerful imagery here, from protests requiring a whole lot more courage than waving signs on the lawn of the Capitol building.
MsJ: “Twat” – oh yes, I like that…
My wife and I text when either of us is at work, neither employer wants us interrupted when we are busy. She might be with a customer or in a meeting, and I might have my hands in a machine and need a minute to get it running, before I can respond.
Zooey, haven’t you gotten your patented pocket magnifying glass yet? I believe they are still available on the infomercials at about 3am on the teevee machine.
Twitter sucks.
Texting is good to get in touch with kids when they’re in a class or something but who wants to talk to people all day.
Zooey, what about getting glasses?
Hi, Shayne!
You didn’t notice I was wearing glasses when we met!?
Been wearing them since I was 10.
I need an upgrade of my bifocals, I guess.
If you will pardon the pun, twittering is for the birds.
Texting has some advantages but I will be damned if I am going to sit and poke 437 little keys on my razr to send one message. My kids have all got phones with teeny tiny key boards on them and text like mad. I tried typing on my son’s once.
Ever see Fantasia? Where the hippos are dancing?
Heh. Georgia is threatening to secede.
Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, ya maroons!
Good pun med. I prefer to say that twittering is for twits. I heard of a study that indicates university students that twit and text and facebook have significantly lower grades. I am glad I didn’t have this technology when I went to university. I barely escaped with B average after mastering Asteroids, Pac Man, snooker, darts and following all major sports I could watch (not as many channels ‘back then’ lol)
That’s because they’re on the damn facebook while they’re in class!
Parents think they’re sooooo smart buying that laptop for their kid to take to college, but it’s a rare thing to see a student with a laptop actually taking notes in class. They’re on email, facebook, myspace, youtube, and playing computer games.
In class.
Putting the average 18 yr old in college is a serious waste of time and resources. Even if they manage to graduate, the degree is fairly pointless.
Dycker, my first semester in college I managed to become a pinball wizard and ended with a C- average. With all basic GDR classes.
I agree, Med. I found that out with my youngest. He thinks I’m joking when I say he’ll be paying me back for that wasted year.
I did my first semester in 1973, spent most of it partying. Then joined the Navy a half step ahead of the draft and the bill collectors.
I went back in 1984 and with a new wife and two kids managed to graduate with a 3.96 average in two and a half years. Serious motivation.
I won’t be surprised if that’s the path my son takes, Med. I’ve always thought the military was a great way to help kids mature, but I’ve been less than enthusiastic about the prospect since we’ve been at war.
Nor are the benefits as good, Zooey. One can always finesse the military system with a little bit of common sense and a tad of talent. The GI Benefits for college today just aren’t what they were for the Viet Nam era vets. Another little gift from George and company.
If your son gets serious about the military option, get some input from the vets here. There are choices and options available, especially to the bright and sneaky.
Thanks, Med. I appreciate that.
Zooey, if he’s serious, I can try pulling a little influence with the Coast Guard, provided he can meet minimum requirements. My friend Charlie has helped a few other young men get in; they might even have a special category for landlocked white boys.
Ha! Thanks, gummitch.
He’s not a great swimmer, but he’s put on so much weight he’d probably float nicely.
Coasty? That isn’t military.
But a damn fine option.
Good for you med. I think going straight to university after high school is a mistake. I did it and I don’t have any kids to give advise too, but I think for a most people, more maturity is needed before university.
There is always a need for buoys, Zooey.
Plus, boot camp has a neat way of redistributing weight. Sort of socialist. The chubby ones slim down and the skinny ones beef up. Sort of like magic.
Charlie (and his wife) started as enlisted and eventually worked up to officer (both of them). In the early days, he traveled everywhere and had a blast. Hardly travels at all now, but after 20 years and OCS, they make a ton of money.
Great life for a single guy, apparently.
gummitch,
I have a friend in school who just retired from the Coast Guard. 22 years. Now she’s finishing up her degree at UI. It’s weird that she’s 6 years younger than I am, and she’s getting started on her second career.
Well guys, I’m supposed to be studying for a huge exam tomorrow, and I don’t appear to be doing so right now. I need to back away from this computer for a while and concentrate.
I’ll check back later.
Ah ha! The blogging technology is threatening to derail Zooey’s studies. Quite ironic given the topic.
Good luck Zooey.