tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post2207313848700533126..comments2024-02-26T21:27:17.091+13:00Comments on The Fundy Post: TweetPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-65893257065276808412009-03-05T17:13:00.000+13:002009-03-05T17:13:00.000+13:00You are most welcome to hit on me.You are most welcome to hit on me.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-91580979019039226982009-03-04T17:00:00.000+13:002009-03-04T17:00:00.000+13:00I thought you said "Please do not hit on me". Oo,...I thought you said "Please do not hit on me". <BR/><BR/>Oo, I'm gonna tweet this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-43305103667367742012009-03-03T10:34:00.000+13:002009-03-03T10:34:00.000+13:00This seems apropos:http://www.qwantz.com/archive/0...This seems apropos:<BR/><BR/>http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001417.htmlstephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486889878636801969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-42536586912878159202009-03-03T08:24:00.000+13:002009-03-03T08:24:00.000+13:00I don't like to think of myself as a snob &...I don't like to think of myself as a snob & an early adopter wannabe but something about the way everybody is jumping on the twitter bandwagon is making me want to jump to the next thing whatever that may be <BR/><BR/>I agree with Robyn that twitter is a medium of casual conversation & just like in everyday life there are life and death type moments being recorded there amidst the more general chat e.g Martha twittered during her labourAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797661728002935006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-44756202359954947422009-03-02T21:33:00.000+13:002009-03-02T21:33:00.000+13:00The eternally recurring post/comment; I cannot res...The eternally recurring post/comment; <A HREF="http://bit.ly/bDpSZ" REL="nofollow">I cannot resist</A>.<BR/><BR/>Online trends are frequently diagnosed in other media as narcissism, exhibitionism or incipient mental illness, but then so are any number of my interests by members of the wider public and indeed my extended family. <BR/><BR/>(Of course they are right about the mental illness, but it was never my hobbies that gave that away.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-65516730452369740612009-03-02T20:08:00.000+13:002009-03-02T20:08:00.000+13:00The abundance of tweets, even from more dashing co...<I>The abundance of tweets, even from more dashing contributors, saying things like "about to have breakfast", "too tired", or "Masterchef final was very good" confirms that age has finally surrendered its monopoly on unembarrassed inanity.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh dear.<BR/><BR/>Not everything you can read online is intended for <I>you</I> to read, which can be difficult to grasp for someone coming from the old days of print where everything was written for a mass audience.<BR/><BR/>In ordinary life, we casually chat with our friends about what we had for breakfast, that we're tired, and about the Masterchef final and no one considers that inane. It's casual conversation. It's not supposed to be deep and meaningful.<BR/><BR/>But somehow when it's on a webpage instead of verbal it becomes inane. Nah, I don't buy that. It's someone from an older generation who can't grasp casual conversation appearing in written form.<BR/><BR/>Excuse me. I must now go and clip my fingernails.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278675946018423652noreply@blogger.com