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Also, I mean, I write a lot of jokes on Twitter (or RT jokes since I'm not really super funny too often). Twitter is awesome for jokes.
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Flex wrote:I tend to think of it as more conversational than sound bite-ish per se. I mean, the idea is you toss some stuff out there and have folks respond to it sort of organically. It can often end up being pretty sound bite-y, but I think people who are just tossing of sound bites without any interest in having it be part of a discussion are missing out on a pretty huge value of the medium.
Okay. I admit fully that my experience is seeing stuff that other people repost, which is usually either a news-y blurb or some observation that is either crudely controversial (leading to Ricky Gervais/Kevin Smith/Patton Oswalt/etc getting snippy with those who take exception) or a short joke.
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A Twitter thingee that I check on regularly, dedicated to bad advice for fiction writers: https://twitter.com/WorstMuse
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Dr. Medulla wrote:A Twitter thingee that I check on regularly, dedicated to bad advice for fiction writers: https://twitter.com/WorstMuse
I am a vague twitter acquaintance with the person (possibly one of the people) who runs that.
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Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:A Twitter thingee that I check on regularly, dedicated to bad advice for fiction writers: https://twitter.com/WorstMuse
I am a vague twitter acquaintance with the person (possibly one of the people) who runs that.
S/he/they do excellent work.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:A Twitter thingee that I check on regularly, dedicated to bad advice for fiction writers: https://twitter.com/WorstMuse
I am a vague twitter acquaintance with the person (possibly one of the people) who runs that.
S/he/they do excellent work.
She's a former editor at Dark Horse Comics.
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Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:A Twitter thingee that I check on regularly, dedicated to bad advice for fiction writers: https://twitter.com/WorstMuse
I am a vague twitter acquaintance with the person (possibly one of the people) who runs that.
S/he/they do excellent work.
She's a former editor at Dark Horse Comics.
Ha! Well, she's undoubtedly familiar with iffy writers who dream of greater things.
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Holy shit, man. Tankies are like the left's equivalent of MRA/GamerGate people. Relentless harassment.
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eumaas wrote:Holy shit, man. Tankies are like the left's equivalent of MRA/GamerGate people. Relentless harassment.
I'd never heard the term before and just googled it. What a cute term for a bunch of psychopaths.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
eumaas wrote:Holy shit, man. Tankies are like the left's equivalent of MRA/GamerGate people. Relentless harassment.
I'd never heard the term before and just googled it. What a cute term for a bunch of psychopaths.
Twitter Stalinists are also called Anime Marxists, I think on account of their anime avatars and Stalinist anime memes.

They regularly refer to Trotsky as a "Nazi collaborator."
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eumaas wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
eumaas wrote:Holy shit, man. Tankies are like the left's equivalent of MRA/GamerGate people. Relentless harassment.
I'd never heard the term before and just googled it. What a cute term for a bunch of psychopaths.
Twitter Stalinists are also called Anime Marxists, I think on account of their anime avatars and Stalinist anime memes.

They regularly refer to Trotsky as a "Nazi collaborator."
Obviously in reference to the treaty Trotsky negotiated with von Ribbentrop. *cough*
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CorwoodRep...whatever happened to that Kaleb guy?
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Silent Majority wrote:@jmurphority
How many times has this changed since then?
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Silent Majority wrote:
Kaleb wrote:Nobody follows me on twitter even though I'm hilarious. I don't get it.
I enjoy you on all mediums, but with no context of your personality, I can see how someone might think you completely psychotic.
And now Kaleb is a low level internet celebrity!
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