#WWST?

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

One of these days, I'm going to start a new thread, here in the #Lounge, to reboot the old WWSD concept, for the social media era. Except that it's going to be called "#WWST?" (What Would Slim Tweet?), so as to recognize the fact that I actively follow several people on Twitter, but I do not actually have a Twitter account. It's going to be full of stuff that I would tweet, in response to other people's tweets, if I could be arsed to create an account of my own.

Like this, for example:

https://twitter.com/statuses/1221992423905202176

To which, my reply would have been:

The most amount of money you can have, in coins*, without being able to make EXACT change for one dollar is $1.19.

*U.S. Currency

 

[VF21]

MOD NOTE; Thread created in response to overwhelming demand. (Translation: I wanted to.)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1222281159188664325

House, M.D.

 

[hrdboild]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1222281159188664325

Does Seinfeld count?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Does Seinfeld count?

 

[Hoovtrain]

Glad I reread the opening paragraph. I thought you just had a ton of twitter accounts lol

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1222879151004143617

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I need a job that offers "Batman Days."

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challen...tman-days/viewer?title_no=359296&episode_no=5

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1223742381305942016

"Lemme go swallow this food right quick." I've actually used this one several times.

Also, when CJ was still little: "*sighs* This boy done did it again. Let me hit you back."

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1223674856002199553

What's funny is that I've known this bit of trivia for years, but it only just now clicked in my head that this means that Redfoo of LMFAO is also Rockwell of "Somebody's Watching Me" fame's brother.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Does anybody else think it's hilarious that @SofiaVergara managed to finesse a #HeadAndShoulders endorsement deal, that doesn't involve her actually being shown using the product?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1226669758579384320

Non-tweet commentary: I understand that actors don't have a lot of control over who directs the projects that they get cast in. But IMDb credits Natalie Portman as a producer on 9 completed projects (7 movies + 2 docus), and the executive producer of record on 5 of those 9. There wasn't a woman director on any of them.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/208784467161128962

Spoke it into existence.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

When you see Mister Bill Russell's name start trending, out of nowhere, but then you find out it's his birthday:

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

/My first #FauxTwitter thread:

https://twitter.com/statuses/1227727824418754561

I have thoughts about this:

First, I'm actually philosophically opposed to most displays of sportsmanship EXCEPT at high school level & below. The comments underneath this obvious feel-good tweet are filled with the sort of ****ery that I expected, but still find disappointing.

Second, I will be happy when these bitter, self-important "back in my day" headasses will stop lying to themselves about participation trophies.

Every new generation comes around, and older generations start repeating this lie about how *suddenly* these new soft kids have to get ribbons and trophies, just for showing up. I'm going to be forty-five in a few months; participation trophies have been around MY WHOLE LIFE!

We are heading into the fourth generation of bitter-assed old people (and headass young people who have internalized their elders' headassery) acting like participation trophies are brand new. ****ing stop it!

Third, even if this insultingly obviously lie WERE true, you headasses are pointing the blame at the wrong place: it ain't the kids' fault.

If kids today are "soft," that's they parent's fault. That's they aunties and uncle's fault. That's they big brothers and sister's fault. That's they grannies and granddaddy's fault.

And all this crying and whining and complaining about participation trophies... the KIDS ain't ask for them, so whose idea do you think it was? Participation trophies don't buy themselves. You think that trophy stores stay in business, because of the KIDS?! FOH

If you really want to keep it

, "Participation Trophy" culture started when Baby Boomers became parents:

They were raised on fairy tales of American Exceptionalism, told to them by the "Greatest Generation," and then, when their own children turned out to be less than exceptional, they weren't prepared to deal with that.

They created the entire concept of Participation Trophy culture because, if Little Johnny isn't exceptional, then what does that say about ME?

And then, once they reach the age where they're out of the "actively raising a child" business, they revise history, like they're a school textbook publisher in Texas, and pretend that the generation that came after them invented it.

I'm tired.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1228440526178922505

I got a 13. I'm square as ****.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1229831901092802560

Seems to me like the NACL's reaction to this poll is a bit... salty.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1232728455722090497

Today's show proved why Grant Napear is, hands down, the best in the business!

 

[VF21]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1232728455722090497

It's so great to see the Lakers doing so well again. I always kept the faith.

 

[Warhawk]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1228440526178922505

11. Not far behind you. And the "on TV" thing was from the Crown Downtown city council meetings trying to get the arena deal done, so I'm not sure how much that counts. Maybe also in the background at public events (post Kings game crowd by the commentators, etc.) as well?

 

[VF21]

11. Not far behind you. And the "on TV" thing was from the Crown Downtown city council meetings trying to get the arena deal done, so I'm not sure how much that counts. Maybe also in the background at public events (post Kings game crowd by the commentators, etc.) as well?

As a Kings fan, I think that's pretty important. If you guys hadn't done what you did, I wouldn't have a team to root for in the NBA. Thanks to you and Mike and Lynne and Jeff and everyone else - it needs to be said more than once.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1234322230412238848

Imagine being such a low-bottom hater that you see someone being praised for becoming more mature and gaining perspective, over the course of six years, and you get mad about it?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1235288916762284032

I feel like, if you make it to a hundred, you should be allowed to kill one person, legally, for each successive year you remain alive.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1237427864523374592

WHY DID MY MIND AUTOMATICALLY INSERT THE "ETHER" BEAT IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO THIS?!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1238165056686358529

If you're an indie movie producer, and you've been dying for the chance to shoot in Italy... Your time is NOW!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1242434068526125057

I followed Arn and Tully up north, and that was my first real exposure to Hulk Hogan. I remember wondering why anybody thought that Hogan was the good guy in the Mega Powers feud?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1241505870124437506

I am deceased. Please notify my next of kin.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1244763360157106177

I don't see WWF Ice Cream Bars anywhere. Chart is invalid.

 

[VF21]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1242434068526125057

I never really understood why they called him "Gorgeous George."

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I never really understood why they called him "Gorgeous George."

Because Grandmaster Sexay wasn't appropriate for the Victorian era.