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Death to theogeo

I killed my Twitter account. I wish I could say it felt good, that it felt like a burden had been lifted, but that’s not altogether true. I feel a bit like I threw my car keys into the ocean. But that’s silly, isn’t it? Mostly I don’t feel much of anything. Do not fret. I’ll be around!

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I am inching closer and closer to hitting the delete/deactivate button

… on my Twitter account. Because I will post silly things that are just attempts to be funny, and I will come back later and see a string of condescending replies from people who missed the humor (or “humor,” as your preferences may deem it) in their rush to jump at the opportunity to be pedantic, preachy assholes. This doesn’t just happen on Twitter; I notice it more and more in Google Reader threads too.…

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Look what happens when I turn my back on you, Internet

I’ve been struggling with sour soul lately, so I did a little bit of unplugging, including from Twitter, and what happens? Last night I get a notification that my mother is now following me. That flash you just saw? That was the illusion that I am not a foul-mouthed, drunken degenerate taking to the sky with pigs. So, Internet, welcome my mother to Twitter. She has three followers right now: Me, my sister, and “Britney…

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Grooooooan

Hi, Geoff? Just because you’re bad at Twitter doesn’t mean that Twitter itself sucks. Just saying. Twitter is only bewildering and unmanageable and dumb if you can’t figure out how to apply your filter — either figuratively or literally using specific applications. (An aside: How tedious to have to keep explaining this kind of thing to people as they throw their hands up and proclaim that the technology is beyond their grasp. Or — worse…

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