White Feminist @WhiteFeminist 1 Apr
Yoga! #yogaExpand
― crüt, Monday, 26 August 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha
― maven maven (Matt P), Monday, 26 August 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
What was the original MO of weird twitter? Was it just alienating people? I know there have been thinkpieces about this, but I'm never gonna read one.
― kaleb, Monday, 26 August 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
I think it was just dudes from a somethingawful board propagating their humor on a new medium
― mh, Monday, 26 August 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's pretty accurate
also i'm glad this post got preserved for posterityhttp://www.tehposts.com/fiction/open-palm-slam-a-vhs.html
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 August 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
yeah "Weird Twitter" is literally just an extension of FYAD except you can't beecock unfunny people's threads so accounts like JonnySun get popular
― Andrew Kornfan, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link
@WhiteFeminist reminds me quite a lot of https://twitter.com/Chino_Wanker
― transmisogyny express (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 07:44 (ten years ago) link
do cool dudes not like chinos any more
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 09:15 (ten years ago) link
tbf that account peaked in 2012 so maybe the pendulum has swung back
― transmisogyny express (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 09:17 (ten years ago) link
Occasionally you run into something that looks like Weird Twitter but really isn't. A selection of Twitter user https://twitter.com/rob_slash05 reveals a deeply malevolent intelligence wreaking havoc on Toronto, and one with no apparent understanding of the distinction between Twitter, email, and postal mail.
@rob_slash05 Robert bennede✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧ hi paula
@TOMayorFord hello mayor rob ford rose and vince caputo@72 yore rd. toronto
@VisitNovaScotia I wish to receive info on nova scotia tourism vince caputo@72 yore rd. Toronto ont m6m1w7
@HarbourfrontTO maria sale✧✧✧@rog✧✧✧.c✧✧ take me to harbor front please
@AirCanada @calgarystampede hey rob! say hi to your nanna
@AirCanada rob_slas✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧ hi Robert how I Ashley?
@lpluser carmine sale✧✧✧@sympat✧✧✧.c✧ hello from vince
@TTCnotices hello ttc I wish to receive ttc route map for Toronto vince caputo!http://t.co/UYBMtR8oDq
@globeandmail alberta http://t.co/hVVb8Rq5KW
@vincecap✧✧✧@sympat✧✧✧.c✧ hi maria
hello rob_slas✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧ vince
mike_✧✧✧@m✧.c✧✧ hi mike say hi to Robert from vince and nanna
@RootsCanada I wish to receive brocohures vince caputo@72 yore rd. Toronto ont.canada
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 7 September 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
i think that counts as weird twitter
― max, Monday, 9 September 2013 10:57 (ten years ago) link
semi-weird:
https://twitter.com/emeliosalazar
― goole, Monday, 9 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/wizardishungry/status/382517771315445760
― diamonddave85, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
lol http://github.com/WIZARDISHUNGRY/magical-effect-tweeter
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
this is the most unsurprising surprise
― You are kind, I am jerkface (DJP), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
in honor of horse_ebooks's passing, here is the original tweet that got SA/weirdtwitter people following it via @fart:
https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/44114266613231616
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
see, tbf, the buzzfeed guy didn't take it over until september
real horse_ebooks died a long time ago, friends
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
september of 2011, that is
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
tbf the buzzfeed guy is the tweeter formerly known as @agentlebrees
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
legendary tweeter I should say
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
lol at all this twitter conspiracy shit people are throwing out there now http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/horse-ebooks-the-dril-question
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
Ah yes, good old Agent LeBrees.
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
We've had a little bit of chatter about this on the Pronunciation Thread, maybe enough for a dedicated thread? Or maybe not, it'll be old news pretty soon.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
reported by susan orlean lol http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/horse-ebooks-and-pronunciation-book-revealed.html
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Susan Orlean is also performing at the installation today, reportedly.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
wait until they reveal that Susan Orlean was horse_ebooks before September 2011
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
this account is promisinghttps://twitter.com/UpWorthIt
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
The shocking part isn't her lack of legs, it's what she chose to do without them.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
I'm not an orphan. But I think we should listen to this one.
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe AGB works at fucking BuzzFeed of all places, that's the saddest thing in the world
― Andrew Kornfan, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
everyone needs jobs
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
unless you can get paid for weird tweets i guess
lol buzzfeed is a p cool place to work
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
what's his buzzfeed twitter handle? is he verified ✔ now at least?
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
they said he works in the ad department he doesnt do #content
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
buzzfeed for sure a cool place to work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OfTPGnzqQ
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
that must be him in standing up
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
haha nicely done
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
― Marlo Poco (Phil D.), Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
did everyone miss this post, it's a+
― Lee Ranaldo's Putting Challenge (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
Tom Gara @tomgara 2mI just called the horse ebooks phone number. They answered and said "getting the attention of top marketers", then hung up.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
otm
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
can I just say UpWorthIt is great
― You are kind, I am jerkface (DJP), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
I never thought a pizza party could end centuries of ethnic cleansing. Then I saw this.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
on BuzzFeed.com you can literally go to an article about drone strikes or a 10y.o. who murdered his father in cold blood and vote them "LOL" and "WIN" and then include a gif of you smiling with Respond With A GIF, Sponsored By Starbucks Frappuccino
― Andrew Kornfan, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
everyone who works there should be killed share this if you agree most are too afraid
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
like obviously I'm speaking from 22y.o. youthful naivete privilege here but there are genuinely a billion other websites to work for that aren't as awful. it's not like capitalism, where it's inescapable and you're forced to work within the system or perish (although within the year it probably will be lol). I'll drop the subject tho
― Andrew Kornfan, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
aren't they all the same awful, though? or travel in the same circles of awful?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
forget it guys its websites
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
cant believe a popular tweeter has a well-paying job at buzzfeed its the most depressing thing in the WOOOORLD
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
*cries for the tweeters*