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Furie Is Playing A New Game (Like You Give A Shit)

Wednesday, 21. October 2009, 11:53:55

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I've been reading a lot about games consoles gaining social media abilities over the past year and it's getting ridiculous. I mean seriously, if you're so addicted to Facebook or Twitter that you need to be notified of any new update even when relaxing with a video game then you really need to take a break from it all. And then I read about games being able to update your profiles with status updates and started getting annoyed. It's bad enough that you can barely do anything on the web without it getting automatically added to your Twitter account (I find it useful to have a second private account to use for these things) without getting the same premade update from your friends whenever they put a game in. It's ridiculous.

Of course, the boys over at Penny Arcade have a slightly different view of this phenomena...

LifeDecisions Decisions

Comments

Dacotah 21. October 2009, 14:28

:faint:

Moesring 21. October 2009, 15:47

So... "Like You Give A Shit" isn't the name of a game that you're playing then? Homer: Doh!:left:

cwbywz 21. October 2009, 16:08

I will follow you.

rose-marie 21. October 2009, 18:55

"Has quit and started over in "Very Easy Mode" :lol:

Zaphira 21. October 2009, 19:07

*changed into cheat mode* :D

clean 21. October 2009, 22:20

Somebody needs to make a computer game called 'Like You Give a Shit'. :lol:

gdare 22. October 2009, 04:52

I am glad I (alomst) never play games :left:

fammcdon 22. October 2009, 05:13

Along the same lines, I never quite grasped the concept of Twitter. Except for one girlie, what the hell does anyone give a shit what I'm doing on a minute-by-minute basis? And why would I care to tell everyone? Damn, half the time I don't even care and I'm the one doing whatever.

cwbywz 22. October 2009, 06:17

Cwbywz is sitting on the deck.

fammcdon 22. October 2009, 06:40

p:

Furie 22. October 2009, 10:07

Oh look, some Twitter users who read this page. What a coincidence.

:devil:

qlue 22. October 2009, 23:07

Done! :faint:. Remind me to never forget my twitter password again! :faint:.
It's a bloody nightmare to reset! :insane:.

cwbywz 23. October 2009, 02:40

Who said I read them? I just write them.
That would be too damn much trouble.

Furie 23. October 2009, 02:46

Breathe into this tube then step back and place your hands on the hood of the comment. :left:

qlue 23. October 2009, 02:56

If Twitter and Facebook had relied on me to make them successfull, they'd have failed! :lol:.

Suntana 24. October 2009, 13:24

Here is what I found interesting recently. Okay, the name of the thing, the craze, the phenomenon is: Twitter
Why then aren't the updates called: Twits?
You know ... as in "I :love: my daily Twits."
That would make more sense than Tweets, wouldn't it?

And shouldn't the verb be "Twit?"
But, Nooooooo! They euphemistically change it to "Tweet."
People will be, "Do you Tweet? I Tweet all day long." They should shout it loudly and proudly as what it is, "Do you Twit? I Twit all day long!" :insane: :left: :right:

I guess saying you're addicted to Twitting would have too much of a :eyes: :insane: :ko: Homer: Doh! connotation. :lol:

Hmmm? Or DO they say, "Twitting?"
Maybe I haven't paid attention. Or maybe both Twitting and Tweeting are used?

Furie 24. October 2009, 13:33

The word twitter comes from the incessant sounds that birds make, also know tweeting. To twitter is to let out several tweets. To twit is to be an idiot, rather like those who believe that tweet is spelt "Twit" but said as "Tweet" based only on the name of the site and a base misunderstanding of extended syllables. Yeah, because the word was invented by that site. :rolleyes: Without sounding like Shakespeare mixed with Schrodinger there's nothing more I can do to explain it. :up:

Suntana 24. October 2009, 15:58

Oh, I'm familiar with the idiot connection to Twit. There used to be this character on a TV show. Her name was Courtney. While she had her Fans, she also had a lot of detractors on the Message Boards who referred to her as "The Twit." :insane:

I just realized that on second thought, my recollection is incorrect in the 2nd part of my comment. People DON'T say, "Do you Tweet," right? They say, "Do you Twitter?"

Furie 24. October 2009, 18:51

I think they'd have to meet new people in real life to say either and the ones capable of doing that don't really care if anyone else uses it.

qlue 24. October 2009, 20:05

In South Africa, to 'tweet' is upper-class slang for pharting! p:.

Furie 24. October 2009, 20:53

And that's hip hop slang for farting? p:

gdare 24. October 2009, 20:55

:lol:

qlue 24. October 2009, 22:19

:lol:.
Nah! Just an alternate way of spelling it! p:.

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