Being «in the loop» can be a blessing and a curse. If you’re the friend who’s plugged in, you probably feel somewhat responsible for informing your less-inclined friends. You may find yourself deep in the trenches of explaining memes, discourse, and the latest trend that everyone seems to be a part of. Your friends rely on …
Seguir leyendo 40+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (August 31, 2024)

Tweets are important commodities in today’s world. A viral tweet can lead to an exciting career advancement. A simple repost can let you know where you stand with a friend. The right DM could change your entire life. It’s the town square of the online world, where pundits share information, fans consolidate resources, and humorists shoot from …
Seguir leyendo 35+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (August 24, 2024)

Some of our world’s greatest minds are trapped on Twitter. If they had been born in a different time, perhaps they’d be in the Roman forum, debating art and politics or making earth-shattering philosophical discoveries. Or perhaps they’d be beloved court jesters, clowning around for the king. Maybe they’d be acclaimed writers, crafting tomes that …
Seguir leyendo 40+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (August 17, 2024)

Either you’re on Twitter, or you’re not. Either you’re privy to all the inside jokes and discourse and trend forecasting minute-to-minute or you… get that kind of stuff from TikTok. Or you’re just a casual Instagram scroller who keeps in touch with your friend and laughs at the occasional cat video. Or you’re not online at …
Seguir leyendo 40+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (August 10, 2024)

Going on Twitter is a great way to immediately feel overwhelmed by the noise of humanity. In the old times, we would only ever hear directly from the people in our tribe. We would know what they were like, hear their opinions, and be able to place them in the context of who they are. Now, with …
Seguir leyendo 28 of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (August 3, 2024)

Twitter is great for eavesdroppers like me. I’m such a shameless eavesdropper in public. On the train, I’m always looking over someone’s shoulder at the texts they’re sending. What if it’s juicy? At a restaurant, I will fully disengage from my own dinner conversation to tune my ears into someone else’s. Nothing thrills me quite …
Seguir leyendo 30+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (July 27, 2024)

Twitter has been… crazy this week, for obvious reasons. Memes have been produced at a breakneck pace, information flying around like particles in a snow globe, amplifying the already-present sense of chaos that comes with that website. 2024 Twitter does often feel like end times, the last breaths of a dying empire now filled with bots …
Seguir leyendo 35+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (July 20, 2024)

Now that Twitter has hidden the option to view other people’s likes, we will forever be in the dark about what our friends are up to. I used to troll my friends’ likes all the live long day, getting an up close and personal insight into their senses of humor and what they find important. …
Seguir leyendo 40+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (July 13, 2024)

The urge to tweet is a funny one. What makes us hit send on our little, often stupid ideas? Why do we need a group of strangers to read it and acknowledge us? Perhaps it’s about the desire for approval from our peers. We want the people around us to validate our thoughts and signal …
Seguir leyendo 30+ of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (July 6, 2024)

If you’ve ever thought about quitting social media, you’ve probably encountered the fear of missing out. There’s a (partly irrational) fear that if you get offline, you will miss out on all the fun inside jokes the internet is so good at coming up with. And I get it. Being on Twitter nowadays feels like being …
Seguir leyendo 40 of the Freshest and Funniest Tweets of the Week (June 29, 2024)