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the_deep_magicSeems like a lot of people on my flist are having a rough week. Makes my head cold seem downright enjoyable by comparison. I'm sorry, you guys, and I hope you get through it. I wish I could offer you some serious consolation, but this is the internet, so please enjoy this gif of a dolphin being a real dickbag instead:
What's with celebrities on Twitter a) begging for followers; and/or b) retweeting people who tweet them about how awesome they (the celebrities) are? I mean, it's not like I'm surprised they're not all humble, barely-coherent inanity like ZQ, but you're already famous. If you need to retweet people who tell you they love you in order to encourage more people to tweet to you telling you they love you, you might have a personality disorder. Or you might be William Shatner. I love the Shat, but he is SO GUILTY of this.
Speaking of Twitter, I know I posted an abbreviated version of this over there, but I think it's worth repeating. So my dad and I are watching L.A. Confidential, which is one of my all-time favorite movies (and not JUST because of pre-bloat-era Russell Crowe)(but a little bit because of that), and he sees fit to pause the movie to comment on one of the cars: "That there's a 1951 Ford. That's the first car I can remember my family owning -- black, just like that one. It's also the car your Uncle Kenny fell out of when [your grandmother] took a corner too fast. She didn't slow down enough, and... [explanatory hand gesture] out he went."
This explains A GREAT DEAL about Uncle Kenny.
What's with celebrities on Twitter a) begging for followers; and/or b) retweeting people who tweet them about how awesome they (the celebrities) are? I mean, it's not like I'm surprised they're not all humble, barely-coherent inanity like ZQ, but you're already famous. If you need to retweet people who tell you they love you in order to encourage more people to tweet to you telling you they love you, you might have a personality disorder. Or you might be William Shatner. I love the Shat, but he is SO GUILTY of this.
Speaking of Twitter, I know I posted an abbreviated version of this over there, but I think it's worth repeating. So my dad and I are watching L.A. Confidential, which is one of my all-time favorite movies (and not JUST because of pre-bloat-era Russell Crowe)(but a little bit because of that), and he sees fit to pause the movie to comment on one of the cars: "That there's a 1951 Ford. That's the first car I can remember my family owning -- black, just like that one. It's also the car your Uncle Kenny fell out of when [your grandmother] took a corner too fast. She didn't slow down enough, and... [explanatory hand gesture] out he went."
This explains A GREAT DEAL about Uncle Kenny.
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Date: 2012-04-01 05:09 am (UTC)Watching movies with your dad is a lot like watching with my mom, only there's more, "Who is that?" "I don't remember him in that one, did I see that?" "Oh look, that's the car your Grandpa had when Daddy and I were going together, the one I threw up in." "Who is that?" "Oh right, you did just tell me."
All the while the subtitles are playing because the volume cannot be high enough for her, do you know how ard it is NOT to read a movie?
:-P
...ah, russell...
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Date: 2012-04-02 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-02 05:08 pm (UTC)In fact, I might steal it. :-)
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Date: 2012-04-01 02:33 pm (UTC)As for your comment regarding celebrities...I follow very few, because they're people just like us, except they're famous and if they're not gonna follow me back, they'd better be amusing or entertaining or insightful or something or I quit following them. I did that recently with Cusack, who never did make sense to me and RTd remarks that were incredibly obscure and meaningless. Also unfollowed Diane Keaton, who bored the crap out of me, and several others who failed to amuse me.
I don't follow celebs only because they're famous. I see no point to that. Simon Pegg always makes me lmao, and Stephen Frye is wonderful. Love Denis Leary's tweets; often hilarious, always pointed. I follow maybe five celebs, and that's plenty. They all have to earn my allegiance. Heh.
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Date: 2012-04-02 03:07 am (UTC)Yeah, I'm learning that the Venn diagram of "actors that I like" and "actors who have thoughts that are actually interesting/funny/worth sharing" has a very small overlap. Definitely demystifies some of the celebrity aspect. Or, y'know, A LOT of it. I like your qualification of having to EARN your following-status.
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Date: 2012-04-02 02:00 pm (UTC)I follow/unfollow lots of regular folk for the same reasons. I don't expect them to be constantly juggling for my amusement, but if all they do is tell me about what they had for dinner or how many times they went to the bathroom that day, chances are good I'm gonna quietly unfollow and move on.
As for my twitter friends...they're friends. They can say just about anything they like and I'll be there for them.
No one is interesting all the time, not even celebrities, but I'm much harder on the latter, as they're never gonna talk to me, so yeah, they better have something to say or buh-bye.
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Date: 2012-04-01 06:20 pm (UTC)Yeah the twitter thing is bothersome... I also hate it when people only use it to advertise...
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Date: 2012-04-02 03:09 am (UTC)I don't mind a celebrity advertising something ONCE. Over and over again drives me nuts. Like, I get that social media is about publicity, but endless tweets and retweets about the same obscure event are counterproductive.