i know this is annoying, but can i get a c & d on the irl name?
Yes, sorry! It took me until just now to realize what c & d meant, and then to realize you weren't talking about Green Apple Grill.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
i was advised to make a twitter so there's a yearbook editor twitter tooi never realized how unnatural self-promotion is
sorry to be a pud about the name thing
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
clearly i want to be visibly invisible
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
You're not being a pud! It is a reasonable request. I'm just slow on the uptake today.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
ok i give up, what does "c&d" mean? cloak & dagger?
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
cease and desist!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
oh! doy.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
is that not a term? i just wanted to say please stop posting my name please in a nonconfrontational/nonpissy way
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
This is the time of year when I need a longsleeve shirt for outside, but our building overcompensates and it is 82 inside.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
LL what is the twitter for your tumblr? that's a better way for me to follow it since i'm never on tumblr
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
nevermind, i figured it out
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
@Yearbook_Editor
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
i think i hate twitter
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
i like-a the twitter
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
something about it makes me feel like i am just barfing up words and then they just sit there on my lap in a messnothing i have to say is important enough to broadcast scattershot like thatlike seriously NOTHING
at least on ilx there is a semblance of conversation and topici dunno, i realize this is just me
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
that's why you don't tweet anything important. it's only for dumb stuff.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
i don't have that many dumb things to say, i guess
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
well i'm sure people who know me would contest that but ykwim
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
twitter! it's not for everyone!
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
i just miss jibjabbing with you guys here i guess ;_;
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
personally I really liked the puppy mspaint portrait yr hubs posted last night
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
my handiwork is best represented in picture form i guess
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
c&d, keep her on the dl asap
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
Me too. I tried, but it's not really for me. I like reading funny absurdist stuff on it, but it sucks for conversation - especially group conversation - pics, and events.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
I think it suits my brain better than long form discussion. All my ideas start to fall apart after 140 characters.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 September 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
Twitter is much better for beefs than blogs. Can't go on too long.
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
I have no interest in beefs.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
Sometimes beefs find you, or so I've found.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Another good reason to hide then. I guess I just wanted to say I miss u, chilx.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
For example, I tweeted about The Toadies today and not for the first time.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
tenative deal for the CTU
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
tentative too
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Carl fyi yr toadies post made me lol in the breakroom earlier this afternoon. Luckily I was alone in there.
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
I was on my third go-round of Possum Kingdom when it occurred to me that with the windows open, I was surely not the only person listening to the song (just possibly the only person voluntarily listening to it).
I also like Twitter for keeping up with people that I used to be FB friends with but don't know well enough to communicate regularly via email, and for following writers who don't have dedicated RSS feeds for their stuff (so for example, Lindy West, because fuck following all of Jezebel on Google Reader). It's not idea for the latter because at least three times/week I have to declare Twitter bankruptcy and just mark all 100000000 tweets as read. Also sometimes I want to reply to someone but it's been four hours since their tweet and the tweeter has long since moved on.
Come to think of it, Twitter kind of sucks.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, I follow the LL's tumblr output via Google Reader because if I just followed it on Twitter, I'd miss half of the posts and that would be :(.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Also it is definitely very warm in the direct sun, at least out in the auto-centric wasteland that is the Elston/Logan big box shopping center mecca/gateway to hell.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know that I would be all about Twitter if I weren't tweeting as part of my job. Even though we can technically tweet whatever we want, the context in which I'm doing it definitely shapes the kinds of things I tweet -- lots more links that I would normally share, for instance. I'm not really a "hey check out this out" guy, but it's a useful Twitter mode.
Also, I just tweeted at a noted jazz musician, and he tweeted me back. High five!
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
i have a professional twitter account too but it's pretty boring, mainly i just use it to tell people if we're going to be closed during weird times, i can't really figure out how to make it more interesting.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
of course it's got like 4x as many followers as my personal account
I gave up on my professional twitter. I even locked it when I was interviewing for my last job, since it's one of the few related results that come up if you search for me via my full name.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
I'm better off keeping my dumb thoughts to myself even if it means I'm a little lonely for jibjab.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
I like your dumb thoughts.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
I think 85% of my twitter followers are spam bots, but then I also rarely have anything worthwhile to say. I'm so bad at tweeting though, I always see so many clever people on there that I feel intimidated into trying to be clever and I try too hard and suck at it. Super jealous of clever tweeters.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like spending a half hour figuring out a precise wording that conveys the right tone, is comprehensible, and is also within 140 characters.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
I bought some dryer ballz today.
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
see deez dryer ballz
I made a deez nuts joke to my cat this morning.
I also like Twitter for keeping up with people that I used to be FB friends with but don't know well enough to communicate regularly via email
See, it doesn't meet my expectations for this purpose. It's tiny-information overload, it's too fleeting, and it's too one-way.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 14 September 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
exactly
i'm not jealous of clever tweets at all, and i don't even aspire to produce them, i just don't really like the medium because it's not how i interact with people
i'm just going to start calling you all on the phone. i'm all about phone calls now.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 14 September 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
How retro!
― carl agatha, Friday, 14 September 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link