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Chuck Wendig Dec 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…

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The Gremlin FKA Audley Dec 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.

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Chuck Wendig Dec 16, 2022

@audleyzdarke I am super sad about it. I mean, I also have tons and tons of complicated feelings, because... it's also been the nexus of a lot of really awful stuff for the world but also me personally? And yet, so many of the greatest people I know, I met there. I met you there! It's been essential to me as a person, weirdly.

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Dave Branson

@chuckwendig @audleyzdarke
I'm right there with you, Chuck.
Lots of important things in my life have been facilitated by Twitter, but since its Muskification, I have found that the part I like best about Twitter is mocking its owner. Not a healthy relationship. So I kept mocking him until I got suspended. Now I'm free.