edna Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 Though to be fair, you succumbed the instant this thread was created. I beg your pardon?
Farin Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 What Radhi meant, was that while this thread was started to satirise the twitter phenomenon, almost every poster here actually did use it like they would twitter, without making fun of it. (and maybe, but that's just my speculation, without realising it)
Levis Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 ^ bingo ...and QED - In the event that I actually do change my research topic (because I haven't properly settled on one yet) I am definitely using this thread as evidence
edna Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 Oh, I see... But I post here and "twitter" as a joke... I won't sign up there.
Shawna Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 which is opposite me, I signed up with Twitter and haven't made a single post there. I just signed up to see what it looked like.
Lea Posted September 27, 2009 Report Posted September 27, 2009 Ditto for me Shawna. I just wanted to see what all the hoopla was about. I seriously doubt I will ever post to it I did add some SFer's to follow tho. At least the ones I recognized.
Levis Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 See, you don't need to post to twitter, you're already doing it here. The argument 'why would I want to announce what I am doing every second of the day' is null and void as proven by these 100 pages of thread. Furthermore, a lot of people on twitter don't literally post what they are doing at any given point of time. So that makes this is even more banal.
edna Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 which is opposite me, I signed up with Twitter and haven't made a single post there. I didn't sign up either... I haven't even been there... Songfacts fullfils all my needs...
berjo1429030949 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 I'll take a stab at twittering here... Well, its fast approaching 7:30 am (EST) and the eastern sky is a pale pinkish colour. Cool too. I guess I should get more food into me. I'm a big time breakfast eater. I've already ate one bowl of LIFE cereal, a bowl of instant oatmeal (with brown sugar) and my blueberry/bran muffin that packs a little more than 300 calories (I add extra margarine which probably makes it around 450 calories). And then my usual can of Diet Pepsi (I don't drink coffee).
berjo1429030949 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 You mean SF can't bend the rules?
Levis Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 No, see, then it's call 'posting' Anyway we have specific threads for whatever 140+ character 'tweets' you might have 'what grinds your gears', 'what sweetens your coffee', 'what are you craving', 'what are you eating/drinking' etc. SF (any message board actually) was twitter before twitter existed
berjo1429030949 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 Sure, no problem. This is only the 2nd thread I've run into with rules. I guess I'll go seek another and make it three in a row. P.S. Don't read into my words, I don't mean any disparaging remarks to anyone or at this site. That tone is my usual self-jest that could be easily misconstrued.
Levis Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 Oh no, I don't read into words, I just read words! I'm just trying to point out the irony in a thread that was originally meant to be 'satirical' so to speak (as in 'haha twitter, what a stupid concept') yet took on a perfectly serious life of its own (as in 'right now I'm doing this...')
berjo1429030949 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 I'm now eating half of large cinnamon bun coated with margarine.
berjo1429030949 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 and yes, I understand the irony. I just didn't think you (or the original poster unless it was you) were that serious.
Lucky Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 Personally I feel no need to tweet. I think that you won't find one tweet or twit in this thread from me. And now, before it's pointed out to me ..... I've just negated that.
Kevin Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Posted September 28, 2009 You needn't do so ; we already know know you are a twit .
RyanTurtle Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 I'm reading people's amusing comments...and doing so to a soundtrack of Leonard Cohen...
RyanTurtle Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 Oh and eating way too many doughnut holes...
MindCrime Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 Petting my cat that won't get off my lap
MarcM Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 putting batteries in my daughters leapster
Otokichi Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 Waiting for the portable computer's battery to finish recharging so I can head for an air conditioned refuge from El Niño.
edna Posted October 9, 2009 Report Posted October 9, 2009 Petting my cat that won't get off my lap Same here...
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