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The Internet Talks To The Internet About The Internet, Makes Fun Of You
One of our greatest fears as social animals is that someone (or a large group of someones) might be mocking us behind our backs, in ways so silent or subtle that we might never know that we are in fact being mocked. Is this happening to you, right now, on Twitter, while you remain ignorant of it? Yes. Yes it is. Here's how it's happening.
And when you're done there: "I would like to discuss (hot on the heels of the excellent subtweet Branch) what the nature of the Twitter canoe is. Let's canoe this up. What is it? What are its defining features?"
i feel left out
jk
anyway i only subtweet former employers and am*nd* p*lmer (whose fans i am scared of enough to ALWAYS block her name, scientology-style)
@Maura Johnston : She Who Must Not Be Tweeted?
@Maura Johnston They're protecting their investment
Don't you people have work to do or something?
@petejayhawk I feel like I'm eavesdropping on the table of cool kids. And now I'm worried that if any of my comments were favorited, it was more like a sub-fave. I'm totally going to go cry in a corner now.
I.just.can't.
Yeah, Choire, I just BET you sub-fav. You're the kind of sub-faving jerk who sub-favs his favs all over the sub.
Alternate take :
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choire faving a tweet basically translates to "wow, you sure did say that!"
I think "Deleted by user" is the only appropriate response in this instance.
Does this mean it's safe to subtweet @dluogylime again?
Is this happening to you, right now, on Twitter, while you remain ignorant of it? Yes. Yes it is.
No. No it isn't. No one gives a flying fuck about me. So I feel pretty confident they're not wasting their valuable data plans on the subject.
And speaking of subjects, I'm filled with a sense of "huh?" See if Miss Manners can give you a ruling. In 160 characters.
This is the most boring made-up thing ever.