DO NOT call fans of New Kids on the Block "digital groupies." Unless you want to get them riled up. In which case, put it right in the headline. They go crazy about that stuff.
Monday, January 25, 2010
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All right, you've blown my mind. This time.
Mathnet, I'll be your everything.
I do not even give a crap and they personally @me to keep me in their loops.
Never read the comments! IT IS A FOOL'S ERRAND.
Actually, don't read that article either. It contains the word "twug."
The internet has ruined portmanteau forever.
(Tears)
I'm scared by the term "naked bubbletweet".
It's all right, you don't have to be scared. It only hurts a little...
"Twitter has brought a family into my life that I have never had! I have made friends, no SISTERS there because of NKOTB that I will take with me for the rest of my life!!!!!
There are an awful of disconnected people, to whom the internet or more specifically their corner of the internet is the be-all and end-all.
I don't think it's about SEX per se, but more about using celebrities as social lubricant and intra-group competition and oneupmanship.
Yeah, these people are less analogous to groupies than the author thinks. They remind me of people who follow soap operas or reality TV: it's a way to bridge the gossip gap when you aren't familiar enough with each other to chat about friends or share personal drama.
Finally, a rationale for zombie housewives.
This is actually incredibly lucid and articulate by Daily Beast commenter standards. Usually they go from zero to "Obama is Satan" in about thirty seconds, regardless of the topic at hand.
Blockheads? I had no idea
I think "nkobheads" is a little more appropriate.