The popular “#first7jobs” trending hashtag/meme popped up around Twitter a couple weeks ago, with an expanded Facebook counterpart following suit. I didn’t post mine because it seemed a little too bizarre to be believed (it included “pool boy” and “hedge fund” in close proximity, which sounded fishy); I also couldn’t remember exactly in what order […]
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More Failed Jonathan Franzen Plans
As further proof that all writers need editors, there’s this story from the Guardian about controversial lightning rod author Jonathan Franzen who “once considered adopting an Iraqi war orphan to help him understand young people better, but was persuaded against it by his editor.” First of all, THANK YOU NAMELESS EDITOR. You certainly earned your […]
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The Best of Ian Karmel’s Twitter War with Memphis
Currently Ian Karmel is trending in Memphis. How did such a thing occur? The answer lies in Ian’s “Everything as Fuck” column this week in which he ladled on a heaping helping of hilarious shit-talk on the Memphis Grizzlies. READ IT HERE. Then Ian tweeted this: As it turns out, people in Memphis have Twitter, […]
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Jon Stewart Goes to Bat for Trevor Noah
Should people be called out for dumbshit things they say on Twitter? YES, THEY SHOULD. Do YOU need to call them out after they’ve been called out by a million other people? NO, YOU DO NOT. At that point, you’re dog-piling… and nobody respects anyone on top of the dog-pile. And with that, here’s Jon […]
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Judgmental Preacher Insults Portland; Ian Karmel Schools Him in Most Hilarious Way
In case you missed it, yesterday we posted this on our Twitter account: This did not sit well with Baptist preacher and new Oregon resident Tom Estes, who tweeted us back the following: OH NO HE JUST DID NOT. But don’t worry folks, Portland #1 Fan and Ambassador Ian Karmel quickly and decisively jumped to […]
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More Terribly Cruel (Read: Overwhelmingly Hilarious) Celebrity Mean Tweets!
Yay! It’s another installment of Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets” in which celebrities (like Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Lena Dunham, and more) read the meanest, stupidest—though sometimes cleverest—tweets about them. Pay strict attention to Chloë Moretz—she delivers one of the sickest reverse burns I’ve heard in quite a while!
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It’s Almost Time to Abandon Twitter
I’ve been a fan of Twitter for five years now, and a vocal Twitter advocate. But over the last year, I’ve become less and less enchanted with Twitter, to the point where I’ve thought about quitting the service multiple times. My complaint has nothing to do with advertising in the timeline—they’ve gotta make money somehow—but […]
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The Great Facebook Kiss-In
Michelangelo Signorile wants you to show your support for football player Michael Sam—and your contempt for the people who are still freaking out about Sam kissing his boyfriend—by changing your profile pics on Facebook and Twitter: “Gay people need to be kissing more in public. There simply needs to be more queer smooching to desensitize […]
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The Point Is Mute
Twitter users: You know how sometimes you follow friends and they go on long rants about TV shows that nobody should ever care about? And you know how you don’t want to unfollow them because it feels too rude? Today is a very happy day for you: Twitter is enabling a mute function, so you’ll […]
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Twitter Is Great Because of Its Limitations
Yesterday, Twitter made some changes to its service. Ashley Feinberg wrote about them for Gizmodo: Not only can a single tweet now hold multiple photos (each with up to 10 tagged friends), but none of that extra baggage takes away any of your precious characters. I’m not crazy about Twitter’s newfound love of photographs. I […]
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“Wow, My First Tweet Was Fucking Stupid”
Someone in the office just looked up their first tweet and said that. You can look up your first tweet here. Everyone rolls their eyes when an internet thing like this comes along, and then we all turn toward our computers and do what we just rolled our eyes about doing. My first tweet was […]
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Today in the Funniest Thing on Twitter
I've been speaking to @BarackObama about the situation in Ukraine. We are united in condemnation of Russia's actions. pic.twitter.com/7Rk2k8iOIK — David Cameron (@David_Cameron) March 5, 2014 .@David_Cameron @BarackObama Hi guys, I'm on the line now too. Get me up to speed. pic.twitter.com/xhmJG5KpxT — rob delaney (@robdelaney) March 5, 2014 .@robdelaney @David_Cameron @BarackObama I'm now patched […]