Some terribly unfortunate students at the University of Michigan had to spend a semester scratching their eyes out in front of a screen, counting the millions of times Tea Party people have taken creative license with the English language and coughed up a mauled, dismembered sentence in 140 characters or less. You will probably not be surprised to learn that these are the people who do the most blabbing on Twitter, compared with Republicans and Democrats.
Not true. According to Twain (Mark, not Shania) lies have higher velocity. A quantum lie (aka a tweet) can reach its destination before being sent. As when Repubicans all say "Washington has a spending problem" at the exact same time. However, faster than lie travel is impossible or I'd be younger, thinner and smarter.
"Tweet" seems like the perfect term for these content-free messages. Birds are constantly broadcasting vocal bursts that ethologists tell us amount to "Bird! Bird! Bird!" Or possibly "Crow! Crow!," "Magpie! Magpie!," etc.
"I agree with what #OmahaJim said about voter fraud!" "I agree with what #PatriotBill said about small government!" "Douchebag! Douchebag! Douchebag!"
Is it really any surprise that teabagger theories and policy arguments are easily conveyed in 140 characters or less? The fact that there are a grand total of 19 such thoughts, endlessly recycled among people with very short attention spans, is also no surprise. Also, in a Twit, your factoids just have to go without citations. Twitter and teabaggers are a match made in heaven. (#brainless)
Dems need to send entire paragraphs, and documents with preambles, logical arguments, and conclusions, so it's email and pdfs for those nerds. Twitter is, however, good for sending the occasional dick-twit to some random chick you don't really know.
I know engineering school is tough but this is just plain inhumane.
I used to love listening to birds sing until I realized that their songs usually were the following:
"C'mon here bitch...I got your red breast right here"
"My nest my bitch motherfucker! Don't make me peck you!"
"Warning warning warning! Predator!"
"Don't let the 'pecker' thing fool you baby"
Looking at these, I realize that they are all pretty much GOP talking points. (In this case, the predator is "big government".
I don't know, but if the tards were literate and understood humor, they'd be trying to ban the Bard for all his raunchy humor.
Not true. According to Twain (Mark, not Shania) lies have higher velocity. A quantum lie (aka a tweet) can reach its destination before being sent. As when Repubicans all say "Washington has a spending problem" at the exact same time. However, faster than lie travel is impossible or I'd be younger, thinner and smarter.
That is the call of the LBJ Bird.
So the conservative message is best explained in short soundbites? That's the lesson here, right?
"Tweet" seems like the perfect term for these content-free messages. Birds are constantly broadcasting vocal bursts that ethologists tell us amount to "Bird! Bird! Bird!" Or possibly "Crow! Crow!," "Magpie! Magpie!," etc.
"I agree with what #OmahaJim said about voter fraud!" "I agree with what #PatriotBill said about small government!" "Douchebag! Douchebag! Douchebag!"
Is it really any surprise that teabagger theories and policy arguments are easily conveyed in 140 characters or less? The fact that there are a grand total of 19 such thoughts, endlessly recycled among people with very short attention spans, is also no surprise. Also, in a Twit, your factoids just have to go without citations. Twitter and teabaggers are a match made in heaven. (#brainless)
Dems need to send entire paragraphs, and documents with preambles, logical arguments, and conclusions, so it's email and pdfs for those nerds. Twitter is, however, good for sending the occasional dick-twit to some random chick you don't really know.
i heard this and all i could think was: good god ANOTHER right wing conspiracy that's actually true.
and then i wondered when i would hear it on wonkette.