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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 5:51:31 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 27, 2010 13:23:34 GMT
I wish someone would explain the point of Twitter to me. I can't even criticize it, as its appeal so completely escapes me. Either click on the link above or here: twitter.com/ and go to "Top Tweets". ~??~ What? Why? And every website, blog, etc. has "follow me on Twitter!" Even if you were determined to turn your brain to mush by following all this random remarking, when would you find the time? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2010 14:37:18 GMT
That's what the people looking at their iPhones 35 times during a metro ride are probably reading.
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Post by onlymark on Sept 27, 2010 14:41:50 GMT
K2, you've missed the letter F from the front of the second word of the title.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 27, 2010 18:39:05 GMT
I don’t get the point of Twitter at all. Why do people feel the need to write about their most inane thoughts 24/7? And, eagerly read others’ inane thoughts? The other day I was with an acquaintance who is wired into all of this stuff. Her cell phone rang incessantly (she always picked up), talked very loudly (as people on cells always seem to do), cast eager glances at me as she talked (thinking I was vicariously appreciating this fascinating moment)….felt the urgent need to check some Tweet from her partner and ‘shared’ with me…’Hey, Jason found his lost sneakers in the closet in the spare room!’. Well, you can appreciate that this was the highlight of my day  . I counted the moments until she left. I think it's subjective and individual. I prefer quality to quantity. If I am with another person, he or she is the focus of my attention in the moment and I choose not to leave them dangling while I answer phonecalls etc. Later, I will catch up on messages. I think it shows a lack of respect for the person that you are with, and a narcissism or selfishness on your part if you spend time on your cell/ texting/ tweeting while sharing time with another individual. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 28, 2010 0:51:50 GMT
That's another mysterious thing ~~ the previous, accepted etiquette of not abandoning the person you're with in order to carry on a phone conversation has not carried over at all to the various in-touch crapola people carry around with them nowadays.
Another thing I don't get -- anything on Twitter is essentially a blurb, with a 140 character limit per Tweet (is that the right term?) The US govt. is on Twitter, the Vatican is on Twitter, NOAA Twitters. Now, presumably those august bodies aren't tweeting about Jason's sneakers, right? So anything they write would have to be followed up with googling, flicking on the tv news, etc. So-o-o-o, once again ~~ what's the point of Twitter?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2010 18:38:03 GMT
I don’t get the point of Twitter at all. Why do people feel the need to write about their most inane thoughts 24/7? And, eagerly read others’ inane thoughts? There are chat sites very similar to this one, hosted by ProBoards, which certain people seem to revel in. Go figure. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2010 20:06:30 GMT
If something is not inane, is it ane? What is the root of that word, please?
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Post by onlymark on Oct 1, 2010 20:54:43 GMT
Inane has it's root in the Latin for void.
In Latin a void 'ane', so to be 'in' an 'ane' is to be in a void, hence empty and useless.
The word 'asinine' (devoid of intelligence) is actually a corruption of 'assinane' which means in old Roman that it isn't a clever thing to hang your backside over the top of the castle walls (between the crenellations) when you want a crap. You are in effect putting your ass over or in a void, which you could easily topple over backwards into.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2010 8:23:50 GMT
So that's what happened to Humpty Dumpty!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2010 15:32:46 GMT
Even though I know that Mark would never ever pull our collective leg, I did look up inane. Interestingly enough, the word does mean empty. www.thefreedictionary.com/inaneHere's the picture illustrating inane.  |
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Post by onlymark on Oct 4, 2010 16:00:38 GMT
My 'leg pulling' always has a basis in truth, in whatever small way. Unless it is so ridiculous it is obvious from the very start. Unfortunately that is how my mind works and it is burden I alone can bear. My sense of the ridiculous is acute and has dogged me throughout my long and unserious life.
Even though I do enjoy sharing it with you.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2010 18:12:00 GMT
You must reeeeally enjoy sharing it with me ~~ queen of the literal-minded confused contingent!
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 5, 2010 7:38:26 GMT
Please, everybody stay couth. ;D
I recently asked a friend why he used Twitter and he said it uses less of his handphone resources than instant messaging or a forum. He doesn't use it on his real computer.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 6, 2010 15:38:32 GMT
I am really a dinosaur. I'm still at the point of trying to imagine multi-purpose phones.
What I don't understand is how other people's Twitters are checked. Almost every site now has a "follow me on Twitter!" blurb. If you subscribed to all those different Twitters, would you get a display with the various updates, or do you have to go to the individual accounts?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2010 17:06:28 GMT
I think I registered at Twitter one day and never went back once I saw that I already had 3 followers without ever having written a single message.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 6, 2010 18:13:33 GMT
I think I registered at Twitter one day and never went back once I saw that I already had 3 followers without ever having written a single message. You too? |
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 11, 2010 10:57:54 GMT
Ha, ha. That sounds like you two must have magical powers!
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. I counted the moments until she left. 
