This is today's press conference, the announcement of Jennings prognosis. After the statement and answering a couple of questions, McCarthy catches all the reporters staring at their phones, furiously thumb typing. And the coach proves social media has penetrated the bunker (start at :50 if you are in a hurry):
http://www.packers.com/media-center/...9-1ceba72dc59e
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Ok, that's pretty funny.
Wow do I not get the attraction of tweeting. I thought it was ridiculous when it came out, and the idea of following someone's twitter feed, following their stream of consiousnous is just a little too close to a cult of personality for me!
I just went and checked good ol' Kim K's feed. Let's see, her last few tweets were:
-Soooo proud of you @lorenridinger you are doing so amazing!
-11:11 make a wish!
-Sometimes ice cream makes it all better
That's some shit I can live without.
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Imagine for a moment a world without hypothetical situations...
I can see how it works for Journalists. by the time they get our of that press conference, GJ out 2-3 weeks would have been old news.
HOFer
Tweeting is the second most important invention since the internet. Except for the iphone of course. Everybody knows that. Well, they should anyhow.
/sarcasm
Listening to the key clicking is so painful I almost can't watch the videos anymore. I've never been to the twitter site, and don't have a reason to go there. God, what a waste of time.
Only reason I'd been there before was for topless pictures of a near 50yr old Demi Moore
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Imagine for a moment a world without hypothetical situations...
www.twitter.com/shitmydadsays
isn't bad. it was successful enough to help the author get a book deal and a sitcom on TV staring William Shatner. I can't speak for the book or the show, but the shit he posts on there is pretty funny!
I don't twitter nor am I on facebook. My life isn't that interesting to the masses...Originally Posted by retailguy
Right. You, me everyone on this board, hell, just about everyone on the planet. Who gives a fuck if you're eating ice-cream?
It's symptomatic of the celebrity culture, rampant societal narcissism, the "oooh, look at me! I should be rewarded for existing!"/everyone is special mindset.
Twitter. Whatever.
But if you can get shots of Demi Moore or maybe Kim Kardashian topless, maybe it's not all bad.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
What Guin said
it's instant information. that's all it is to me. occasionally i'll ask a question of someone and sometimes actually get an answer. he saw those guys tweeting...that goes out right then and there to anyone following that reporter or organization.
Yeah, twitter sucks. It's horrible to find out about stuff before anyone else (not on twitter).
It's not for YOU to post that you're taking a shit. It's for you to catch up on breaking news on topics you've chosen WHILE you're taking a shit.
No one will follow you accept people you know personally -- who don't want to follow you -- but feel obligated because they know you.
It's to follow news sources, players, handicappers, funny people and the like.
You guys must have flip phones, non-HD TVs and CRT computer monitors too. Welcome to 1999.
my favorite follow:
www.twitter.com/dadboner
character development at its very finest. literary genius.
Flip phone? Why upgrade when mine is working so well.
[QUOTE=George Cumby] ...every draft (Ted) would pick a solid, dependable, smart, athletically limited linebacker...the guy who isn't doing drugs, going to strip bars, knocking around his girlfriend or making any plays of game changing significance.
So you wouldn't follow her in this case then.Ok, that's pretty funny.
Wow do I not get the attraction of tweeting. I thought it was ridiculous when it came out, and the idea of following someone's twitter feed, following their stream of consiousnous is just a little too close to a cult of personality for me!
I just went and checked good ol' Kim K's feed. Let's see, her last few tweets were:
-Soooo proud of you @lorenridinger you are doing so amazing!
-11:11 make a wish!
-Sometimes ice cream makes it all better
That's some shit I can live without.
Neither is anyone else's, but that doesn't stop 'em.
Most people don't tweet much at all unless they're asking someone a direct question.
HOFer
So, basically, if I disagree with you, that means that I'm not "current" with the times. There is no possibility that you're wrong then, and I must be?
Gotcha... (and I disagree)
Your disagreement is based on misinformation. You don't understand the premise of twitter and without that understanding, cannot grasp its value. So um, you're right -- there's no possibility that I'm wrong. It's the fastest source of news information. That's proven and not open to debate.
I didn't say you had to like twitter. You don't have to like the internet either. Or getting email on your phone. Or heck, even having the ability to call someone with a device in your pocket. You're allowed to prefer rotary dial phones also. You shouldn't get offended by me telling you that you're not current... you've chosen that.
Twitter is not a different form of Facebook. I cannot defend Facebook -- I don't personally like it and have no reason to want to share my personal business.
Some Twitter accounts are funny to read. Conan is good, but some, including some good comedians, use it only as a marketing exercise, which is the Twitter equivalent of ads on TV and radio. Louis CK is great fun to listen to but his Twitter account is a disaster.
I follow only the Packer writers, Football Outsiders, Advanced NFL Stats and Haudricourt on Twitter (Haudricourt picks fights with people, it can be pretty entertaining). The information shared, as Mission talked about is fantastic and impossible to get in one place. To get it almost immediately is icing on the cake. But it comes with a price. Wilde Tweets about family stuff more than Packers and all the writers post the information first, then post again with a link to the story they just wrote about the information they just Tweeted.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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