The Twitter Preservation Society
After a while, even Wheel of Fortune had to do it in order to preserve the integrity of the game.
When it came to the final puzzle, everyone kept picking the same letters over and over again – r, s, t, l, n and e. It was easy. Always managed to reveal some part of the puzzle. But after a while, boy does that get boring for everyone. So the makers of The Wheel modified the game and automatically gave those letters, and had them choose a few additional letters of their own choice. In essence, they retired those commons letters and didn’t let contestants (over)play them. To make The Wheel a little less predictable and keep people viewers interested.
I propose Twitter doing the same thing.
There are certain “go-to” tweets that just have to go. I’m looking at you, “I can’t believe the weekend is already over” tweets. And any variation of “Ugh! It’s Monday already?” tweets between the hours of 6-9am. Guess what? Nobody likes Mondays. Everyone’s weekend goes by too quickly – it’s because there are only two days to it, compared to five days of the work week. Mathematically, of course the weekend flies by in a fraction of the time your work week does. It’s only a fraction as long!
Twitter needs to pull a Wheel of Fortune and no longer allow the user to play those tweets. Maybe the Fail Whale comes out of the water when it sees one of those tweets, and gobbles it up. So there’s no evidence of it, and protects the rest of us from the drivel. Sure, the argument is that we can always unfollow. Just like, we can turn the channel if we had been bored by the final puzzle. But we like the rest of the game. And I like all of the other tweets. So I’m not unfollowing over it, nor am I turning the channel. As long as it remains the exception, and not the norm.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have stuff to do. The weekend is only two days long, y’know!
Don’t Call It A Comeback, I’ve Blogged Here For Years
Recommended music while reading:
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
In February of 2006, I started a blog. Blogging was something I contemplated on and off for months on end, earlier. I had gone through something of a breakup with the girl I had been seeing and decided my new blog would be a safehouse I could visit, which would be healthier on my liver than the alternative. That blog survived for just over three years.
In October of 2008, I started a Twitter feed. Twitter was something I contemplated on and off for months on end, earlier. I had gone through something of a breakup with the girl I had been seeing and decided Twitter would be a safehouse I could visit, which would be healthier on my liver than the alternative. That Twitter account is still active and can be found in this blog’s column.
In September of 2009, after a six-month hiatus, I got the itch to blog again. This time not spurred by the end of a relationship, per say, but instead my working relationship. My division announced they were leaving the state, and at the time I write this, I still search for a job. Jobless for the first time since college. I guess you could say that when life has put a fist to my chin, writing has always been in my corner waiting for me and able to make me feel better. I’m a little older now, have three gray hairs that I’ve proudly earned, but hopefully writing will help me win one more time. Because I need it right now, more than ever.
random thoughts at three a.m. will be just as it sounds. These will be extremely random posts. Some essays may have started as a 140-character tweet that had a bigger story to tell. They could be profound. They could be horrible puns. They could be video blogs I’ve recorded. Or just a video of Jay-Z rapping over Toto’s Africa. Through all the chaos, their common denominator will be that they came from and summarize that which I’ve seen, thought, or heard … often times sparked from a random thought I had while unable to sleep at three a.m.
I’m neurotic. I thrive on posted comments, emails, and re-blogs to know that you’re reading. So please help a brother out in that department, even if you do so anonymously. Twitter’s still my main love for now, so be sure to also follow me on Twitter so I can continue the dialogue with you.
I look forward to lacing ‘em up one more time! Thanks for coming out.
This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My blog is my best friend.
