Chuck WendigDec 16, 2022

New post at terribleminds --

THE BIRD SITE IS FUCKED

"Twitter right now is a live camera feed watching a highway in an ice storm — you tune in and watch car crash after car crash, the constant shriek of metal, the spinning out of vehicles, carfires burning effulgent in the whiteout blizzard, and when you get a clear moment, when you squint, you realize every last one of those burning cars is a fucking Tesla."

https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2022/12/16/the-bird-site-is-fucked/

The Bird Site Is Fucked

It is, I think, the sensation of a phantom limb: it itches, the limb that doesn’t exist anymore, and so I want to scratch it even though nothing will ever satisfy or resolve that sensation. I…

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
Show threadThe Gremlin FKA AudleyDec 16, 2022

@chuckwendig I don't think I've really mourned Twitter's impending doom until last night. Seeing the tantrum happen in real time was, whoof. Elon's going to drive it into the ground because he's a massive narcissist that can't hear "no" without breaking shit.

I dunno, man. Maybe I shouldn't be as sad as I am about it, but here we are. Maybe part of this is because I don't have a new digital home yet. Nothing feels right.

Show threadDave Branson
@audleyzdarke @chuckwendig
I highly recommend getting yourself suspended from Twitter.
It's very liberating.
Now when I think about going over there to see how bad it's getting, I just think, "Oh yeah - I can't!"
(Yes, I know that technically, I could just use an incognito tab or log out to see what's going on over there, but... meh.)
Dec 16, 2022 at 6:16pmWeb
Show threadThe Gremlin FKA AudleyDec 16, 2022
@PopsicleMud @chuckwendig Oh man, I *am* suspended! Not permanently tho. Supposedly I'll have access back next week, but according to Twitter "could take longer".
Show threadDave BransonDec 16, 2022
@audleyzdarke @chuckwendig
I'm not sure how they decide to make it permanent. They did with mine. I appealed it, but in the request, I just said I was curious as to why I was suspended, and that I am otherwise happy to sit by and watch his $44B go up in flames.