Twitter:The New Batch

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:07 am

The Sybian wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:49 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:47 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:00 pm I mean more like why him? There's 44 seasons of Survivor out there. 11 years of Cheers. Murder She Wrote. Dallas. Perry Mason. Mayberry RFD.
The Beverly Hillbillies. Person of Interest. 24. Multiple channels devoted to showing sports. Thousands of movies out there for the watching. 70 years of rock music. 100 years of country. Video games are basically playable from the NES/Sega forward, which was about 35 years go. Beer. Wine. Liquor. Hamburgers. Pizza. And centuries worth of video of porn. All available at the touch of a button.

But people choose to listen to this angry chipmunk. I just don't get it.
Hate's a powerful emotion.

I had a vision of tens of thousands of barely sentient octogenarians in their old age homes staring at their computers as this dweeb pontificates.
I can’t imagine old people listening/watching Shapiro. From my very limited experience listening to Shapiro, he says a lot of things that sound intelligent (I believe he has a Harvard Law degree), but is either factually wrong or based on Talmudic bullshit. Heard him rant against homosexuality and pre-marital sex by citing strict interpretations of Judaism. I believe he is Orthodox. He was just so fucking indignant and convinced his holy texts are rock solid facts.

I have a friend who told me to listen to him over 5 years ago. It was during the Colorado bakery case where the baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. Shapiro just completely mangled the law surrounding public accommodations. I could see someone who didn’t know the law and history being persuaded, but he just fucking misunderstood all of it. Plus, he is such a whiny, sniveling, arrogant twerp. I’d find him unlistenable even if he agreed with my politics.

I can't imagine listening to this guy for five minutes, yet alone 43. Like if Jehovah himself patched through the airwaves and tv, and said that he was going to send a report explaining the meaning of life in written form, and he chose Ben Shapiro to deliver it, my reaction would be something along the lines of "eh, I'll just read the transcript the next day".

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:47 am

rass wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:31 pm Gonna need to rename the thread?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:59 am

govmentchedda wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 6:08 am It's catch and kill.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:47 am

govmentchedda wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:59 am
govmentchedda wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 6:08 am It's catch and kill.

It absolutely needs to be noted that the purported richest person on earth bought twitter to take it private and is making changes that are so harebrained that the argument why he's doing it isn't to make it better, but between he's trying to actively break it vs. he's just not that smart.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:16 pm

Now that Twitter is almost dead we can probably crown the great Tweet of all-time.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:08 pm

Finally deleted this dumbfuck app today after the logo changed. Peace out.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:23 pm

I just changed the app pic and renamed it back to Twitter because Android let's you do that.

ETA

Looks like you can do it on iPhone too.

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/change-back- ... 42216.html

Post by **brian** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:54 pm

Johnnie wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:23 pm I just changed the app pic and renamed it back to Twitter because Android let's you do that.

ETA

Looks like you can do it on iPhone too.

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/change-back- ... 42216.html

That’s cool but deleting felt better.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 pm

brian wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:08 pm Finally deleted this dumbfuck app today after the logo changed. Peace out.

Wait, the change to “X” was the bridge too far? Not the fact that he takes it over and use of the N-word goes up 500%?

Post by **brian** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:59 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 pm
brian wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:08 pm Finally deleted this dumbfuck app today after the logo changed. Peace out.
Wait, the change to “X” was the bridge too far? Not the fact that he takes it over and use of the N-word goes up 500%?

I mean honestly I was never really on there much any more but yeah the app/logo change was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:19 pm

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:28 pm

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:02 pm

Alex Jones being reinstated was the last straw...deactivated my Twitter account.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:39 am

If anything breaks me, it'll be this hideous font that all the article headlines are in now on my desktop version

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:38 pm

Just amazing ads at this stage …

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:57 pm

Adidas?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:14 pm

Man the ads have been nuts. Blocked so many. Close to totally out.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:12 am

50 what, ounces? As seen on Shark, is that a new streaming platform? I guess they will take anyone’s money.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:07 pm

The Sybian wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:12 am 50 what, ounces? As seen on Shark, is that a new streaming platform? I guess they will take anyone’s money.

Shark Tank.

Some of the keto gummy ads also include a cast photo, so I've thought about QT'ing it to Cuban and asking about his endorsement.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:11 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:07 pm
The Sybian wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:12 am 50 what, ounces? As seen on Shark, is that a new streaming platform? I guess they will take anyone’s money.
Shark Tank.

Some of the keto gummy ads also include a cast photo, so I've thought about QT'ing it to Cuban and asking about his endorsement.

I thought it was a scam and they just said Shark hoping people would imply Shark Tank and they could avoid claims of false advertising. If they actually were on Shark Tank, I'd wager Cuban yelled them off the set calling it a scam. I haven't watched in years, but Cuban would get angry at people peddling supplements and wouldn't give them a chance to explain. Or maybe that was one time and it just stuck with me.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:15 pm

Going to my parents’ for a week, tomorrow. Shark Tank is one of the six shows my dad watches religiously, so I’ll keep my eye out for you.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:51 pm

I feel like there's a new X thread but i cant find it. I spent 11 or 12 seconds looking, too!

Anyway...phrasing...

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:23 pm

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:29 pm

Oh Good God!!!!!

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:53 am

So we're going to get a pop-up touting X-premium every time we block an ad now? Great.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:29 am

Anyone else finding a recent increase in borderline porn popping up in the comments of Tweets? Not sure if it's bots posting in comments or if they are allowing sexual content in the sponsored comments. It starts off fairly innocent, usually scantily women. Made the mistake of clicking on one image one time, and nothing but porn for a week. That subsided, but still lots of the bait comments in every Tweet I look at.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:34 am

I'm not on that platform (broken record), but... WaPo had an article that the severe lack of moderation is allowing a lot of AI Deep Fake Porn to proliferate... And not just the recent TayTay incident.

That place fucking sucks.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:39 am

The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:29 am Anyone else finding a recent increase in borderline porn popping up in the comments of Tweets? Not sure if it's bots posting in comments or if they are allowing sexual content in the sponsored comments. It starts off fairly innocent, usually scantily women. Made the mistake of clicking on one image one time, and nothing but porn for a week. That subsided, but still lots of the bait comments in every Tweet I look at.

And it's not even the hardcore borderline illegal, I mean truly sick shit, that I need to get it to move. Just some sad T&A.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:22 am

Found business horse’s great grand sire

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:28 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:38 am

That was wonderful but it was as much his fadder shoving hisself into da balloon.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:26 am

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:04 pm

rass wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:38 am That was wonderful but it was as much his fadder shoving hisself into da balloon.

Not my shhtomach!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:46 pm

I don’t know where else to put this, so I guess I’ll put it here, since he’s mostly known nowadays for his Twitter feed.

I haven’t read The new book by former NBA and Kentucky star, Rex Chapman, but apparently he has a lot to say.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:51 pm

All the old Conan clips have been great this weekend

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:51 am

Anyone else suddenly beset by a variety of MAGA and other conservative ads? It just started within the last week. Before that, it was mostly Liver King, various stupid dropship products, and dumb phone games (I actually still get these).

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:01 am

Shirley wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:51 am Anyone else suddenly beset by a variety of MAGA and other conservative ads? It just started within the last week. Before that, it was mostly Liver King, various stupid dropship products, and dumb phone games (I actually still get these).

My favorites are the ads for games with reader's notes that say "the game looks nothing like this".

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:36 am

Shirley wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:51 am Anyone else suddenly beset by a variety of MAGA and other conservative ads? It just started within the last week. Before that, it was mostly Liver King, various stupid dropship products, and dumb phone games (I actually still get these).

Yup. Blocking everything.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:15 pm

Giff wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:01 am
Shirley wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:51 am Anyone else suddenly beset by a variety of MAGA and other conservative ads? It just started within the last week. Before that, it was mostly Liver King, various stupid dropship products, and dumb phone games (I actually still get these).
My favorites are the ads for games with reader's notes that say "the game looks nothing like this".

That’s the one I get all the time.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:26 pm

Didn't we have an 80s v 90s thread at some point? Or I am hallucinating that?

Not sure if this is pro or con. Both.