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Shadowlayer
03/04/09

In reply to Daily Show Discovers Twitter
You know a fad has peaked when even mainstream media is making fun of it...

As for me, I hated twitter way before it was cool to do so.

Take that posers!

PS: WTF is wrong with gawker's comment system?
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Shadowlayer
03/04/09

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mkknyr
03/03/09

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Colbert was Twittering during the Stewart-Colbert election coverage. It's just not that rich of a subject to keep on satiring... is it... gawker?
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TwiceShy
03/03/09

Stewart made fun of Twitter even as recent as Feb 26th....
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adam_b
03/03/09

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Even trendier than using Twitter is hating on Twitter.

Doesn't it make you feel good, kids?
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Stream Of Consciousness
03/03/09

@adam_b: Yes it does...but I was one of the original twitter haters!!
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Shadowlayer
03/04/09

As for me, I hated twitter way before it was cool to do so.

Take that posers!
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Aatom
03/03/09

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I'm with the Daily Show on this one, the media's Twitter obsession is beyond ridiculous. Was there some sort of group memo sent out to every major media outlet?

"@NYPersonnel all on-air prsnltys mst mntion twitter 2X per segment."

I'm still not quite sure what distinguishes Twitter from text messaging, except that now everyone can access your stupid text messages. Shut up, Twitter.
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Owen Thomas
03/03/09

@Aatom: Just to be clear: We agree with the Daily Show on the strange madness which infects the citizens of Twitteronia.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
03/03/09

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You can't mock something no one knows about. Hence the Daily Show's need to let Twattier build up steam before knocking it down.
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root-one
03/03/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC:

Correct.

Clearly Owen is having one of those slow news mornings, which is hard to believe considering all the valleywag 'news' is just one angry fabricated/exaggerated piece after another.
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celery
03/03/09

@root-one: @swagv: @Brawndo: Wow, I didn't know that the Daily Show fanboys have a bot now that generates their overly defensive posts. Color me impressed. Does it automatically register new sockpuppets too?
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Monster Chalk
03/03/09

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Sorry Stewartoians,

HE IS OFFICIALLY AN OLDS!!! live wit it.
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NoelleBlue
03/04/09

@Monster Chalk: Oh, we do, we do. Illustrating why that is a good thing quite well!
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CaptainFantastic
03/03/09

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My parents asked me about Twitter about a month ago. Daily Show FAIL.
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CaptainFantastic
03/03/09

@CaptainFantastic: Oh, and they know what a blog is and what texting is, so I explained it as: like texts that go to whoever is signed up to get them and anyone can view on a webpage, I think.
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Mick
03/03/09

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I hate twitter. I'm 24 years old and obviously the key demographic. However, I have zero interest in what Shaquille O'Neill had for lunch and whether pornstars like performing on beds or desks.
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SidAndFinancy
03/03/09

@Stylist Mick: Thank you for sharing in approximately 140 characters.
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lobstr
03/03/09

@Stylist Mick: you mean to tell me you are not concerned with what song Tina Yothers sang out loud to while on the 101?
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DavidWatts
03/03/09

@Stylist Mick: Wait, pornstars have Twitters? OF COURSE IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF IT SOONER. Off to follow some fuckers!
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HenryLovesFonzie
03/03/09

@SidAndFinancy: It's interesting that everyone is obsessed with this "140 characters" concept. Not "one sentence" or a "brief statement"... Even Barbara Wawa mentioned the exact number. So strange.
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MahaliaBorus
03/03/09

@HenryLovesFonzie:
140 characters is not arbitrary. It is the character limit of an SMS message, one of the primary interfaces Twitter was designed to work with.
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Owen Thomas
03/03/09

@MahaliaBorus: Actually, SMS is limited to 160 characters. Twitter reserves 20 for the username.
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Kid Twist
03/03/09

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I'm never late to a trend. I read the Times' Thursday Styles section so I'm always hip to the very latest.
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Phyllis Nefler
03/03/09

@Kid Twist: Heh, at first I read this as "I never read the Thursday Styles so I'm hip to the latest. It made sense too but like in that deadpan instead of sarcastic kind of way!
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Private Hangnail
03/03/09

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I'm still waiting for a service that allows one to communicate via obscene emoticons.
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Nice Beaver
03/03/09

@Private Hangnail: Whereas I desire a way to communicate with other automobile drivers via adhesive strips of weather-proof paper that can be attached to my automobile's back bumper that can convey amusing or trite messages. I call them "adhesive strips of weather-proof paper that can be attached to an automobile's back bumper that can convey amusing or trite messages."
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Private Hangnail
03/03/09

@Nard: My Detention Student Can Beat Up Your Honor Student

Say No To Greenpeace: Nuke the Whales

Dole/Kemp '96
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CaptainFantastic
03/03/09

@Nard: I often desire a device that places a bumper sticker (i.e., adhesive strips of weather-proof paper that can be attached to an automobile's back bumper that can convey amusing or trite messages) on the rear bumper of the car ahead of me.

I only pull halfway into the left-turn lane before slamming on the brakes

I enjoy merging onto the highway at speeds approaching 30 mph

I reserve the right to drive 48 mph in the fast line while texting and eating french fries
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SidAndFinancy
03/03/09

@CaptainFantastic: Can't you read my Yosemite Sam mud flaps? BACK OFF!
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Perhaps Not
03/03/09

@Private Hangnail: And you know what I say to that?

8=>

So there.
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
02/21/09

In reply to Shaq, 'Citizen of Twitteronia,' Welcomes Twitter Stalkers
Shaq is 100% pure teflon. I swear to god, he can say anything, do anything, get away with anything and we all still love it. Me included.
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jasonelias
02/21/09

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I was about to snark but this is actually pretty cool.
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billybobnyc
02/20/09

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The best item that I have ever read about twitter.
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pufflehuff
02/21/09

@billybobnyc: I concur.

Do you think Karl Rove would react in the same way?
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kitkatsplash
02/20/09

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Shaq is the only reason I log into twitteronia once or so a week.
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