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Top Ten: What Would Batman Twitter?
By Great White Snark | April 2, 2008
Scott Monty (no, he’s not a game show host) floated a pretty clever idea for a meme1 inspired by two of my favorite things: Jeezus and Twitter. (Amen.)
If you’re unfamiliar with Twitter, it’s a service that allows you to publicly notify your friends and contacts of your daily activities and thoughts in 140-character-or-less updates from your phone, computer, or the Web. Which is ridiculous in theory but addictive in practice.
According to Scott’s idea, you remix Twitter with the classic adage, “What would Jesus do?” (answer: find some disinfectant for those nasty crucification wounds), and throw in your favorite celebrity. Or, “celebritard,” in the case of Paris Hilton or any of the dopes from that Project Runway show you love talking about with your girlfriends.
Hence: “What would Batman Twitter?” Please to be enjoying.
- there is nothing like the feel of a properly-fitted codpiece
- @robin happy 28th birthday. can we stop calling you “the boy wonder” now?
- sometimes i wish alfred didn’t know my secret identity. then i could hire a better cook.
- joker just escaped again. is it just me, or is the security at arkham asylum really lax?
- listening to: Dido. mood: brooding.
- @commishgordon just saw the batsignal again. do i need to remind you of my cell number?
- has anyone seen where i parked the batmobile? homing device must be low on batteries.
- at the monthly status meeting of the justice league. lordy, clark can talk. i need some bat-tylenol.
- @catwoman you left some earrings here last night. and your whip. oh, and leash.
- random thought: that millionaire playboy bruce wayne guy is one good-looking dude.
1For those of you who live in the “real world,” i.e., not trapped in the wildly insular bubble of Silicon Valley: a meme is “an idea, project, statement or even a question that is posted by one blog and responded to by other blogs.”
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April 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
No, I’m not a game show host. But it’s a profession I have considered from time to time. With the right connections, who knows?
Thanks for continuing the meme.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
At least you’ve got the name for it, Scott. That’s half the battle.
Thanks for stopping by. (In my other life as a startup entrepreneur, I added you to my feeds, btw.)
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Your Batman twitters: Hilarious. I like #5, for some reason.
I have recently become addicted to Twitter as a way to procrastinate from working on my book. Make it stop.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Oh, come now — what self-respecting geek doesn’t know what a meme is. Are you going mainstream and selling out GWS?
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Spoken like someone seeing the world through the aforementioned Silicon Valley lens, Nathan. ;)
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
ROFL! This is a good one!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
We’re talking geeks here, man. People for whom STTNG vs. TOS not only is instantly recognized but can spark lengthy debates. I’m just sayin’ — “meme” should be something anyone who is geeky enough to read a Geek Blog should know without prompting ;)
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 am
@Kenny: Thanks, yo.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 am
“JLA Watchtower duty again”
“@Boywonder why are you late for patrol duty?”
“One thug pissed in his pants tonight. anyone knows a good drycleaner that can get pee out of spandex?
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am
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April 3rd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
LOL I agree with Cindi in number 5 being the funniest… and then I remember the last Batman movie… What a waste of my time that was! If I wanted to see such brooding guys, I would go read Angel/Spike fanfiction. And, regarding the meme, as a Doctor Who fan (9th and 10th doctors)I already knew what a meme was.
***Bad Wolf***
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks, Mina. If I wanted brooding, I’d watch Moonlight. And then kick myself in the face for it.