a love letter to weird twitter
Dear Weird Twitter,
I love you. I can’t believe that before a few days ago, I didn’t know what to call you.
But I love you, even though my inability to restrain from RTing you is the reason I changed my Twitter handle from my first and last name.
I love you, because things like this:
really break up my TL from activism and politics and news.
I love you because I’m always finding myself, halfway through a class, thinking about whose picnic was ruined and why on Earth do I relate so much to this Tweet:
It’s my personal opinion that Rob Delaney is the father of Weird Twitter (or should I say the #ChristianDad). He was certainly my introduction, and as one of my favorite comedians, there couldn’t have been a better one. I think about this tweet constantly:
I love you because reading Tweets from Weird Twitter is like reading an exercise in related words and phrases which have never been put together before.
I love Weird Twitter because it’s a thriving community, despite the complete lack of sincere hashtags. How does it work? If it’s just bigger influencers RTing smaller ones, you have to admire the dedication of the community.
I love you, Weird Twitter. Stay Weird.
Love,
Anna
ps: shout out to Laura for bringing this article to my attention: http://www.vice.com/read/joke-twitter-celebrities-endhoos-jonnysun-dubstep4dads-keetpotato-ruinedpicnic. obviously it was the inspiration for this post.
