Twitter lolz
September 14, 2011 5:35 PM Subscribe
Best Twitter funnies - basically an update of this question.
Your Friend From HS is a current favourite - any others?
Mefi's Own gregerskine
fart
brendlewhat
dogsdoingthings
teendad13
posted by Sticherbeast at 5:57 PM on September 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
fart
brendlewhat
dogsdoingthings
teendad13
posted by Sticherbeast at 5:57 PM on September 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Bill Corbett consistently cracks me up. I will never forget his Valentine's day tweet this year: "Happy St. Valentine's Day, everyone! May all your hearts be lined up against a wall and massacred by love!"
posted by Lobster Garden at 6:00 PM on September 14, 2011
posted by Lobster Garden at 6:00 PM on September 14, 2011
I stopped following Your Friend From HS after a couple weeks. It was basically a one joke thing.
My favorites:
Ken Jennings. The Jeopardy champ guy. Very funny, and has some interesting trivia as well. He single-handedly changed my views of Mormon people.
Al Yankovic. Yeah, the Eat It guy. Even if you're not a fan of his music you might enjoy his feed. Lots of wacky pictures from his travels and very little self-promotion.
Very Short Story. Does what it says on the tin.
posted by bondcliff at 6:01 PM on September 14, 2011
My favorites:
Ken Jennings. The Jeopardy champ guy. Very funny, and has some interesting trivia as well. He single-handedly changed my views of Mormon people.
Al Yankovic. Yeah, the Eat It guy. Even if you're not a fan of his music you might enjoy his feed. Lots of wacky pictures from his travels and very little self-promotion.
Very Short Story. Does what it says on the tin.
posted by bondcliff at 6:01 PM on September 14, 2011
Bad Banana, aka Tim Siedell, has a great steam of Hedbergian/Wrightesque one liners, e.g. "I don't understand monogrammed shirt cuffs. I know, man. Those arms belong to you. They're attached to your torso."
posted by modernserf at 6:06 PM on September 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by modernserf at 6:06 PM on September 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Your Aunt Diane example: "Close-minded New Mexico wont let me legally change my middle name to a picture of a sandstone and the sound the earth makes as it wakes up."
Peanut Free Mom -- I could give an example, but what's even funnier is watching people @-reply to her [him] who clearly don't get the joke
posted by secretseasons at 6:10 PM on September 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
Peanut Free Mom -- I could give an example, but what's even funnier is watching people @-reply to her [him] who clearly don't get the joke
posted by secretseasons at 6:10 PM on September 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
Drunk Hulk. If the Hulk ever got stone drunk, this is what he would sound like.
WILL SMITH SEPARATE WITH WIFE! DRUNK HULK THINK HE CONFUSE DEMAND FOR NEW INDEPENDENCE DAY!
KARDASHIAN WEDDING HAVE BIGGER BUDGET THAN FRIGHT NIGHT! WHICH EXPLAIN WHY IT MORE SCARY!
posted by Telpethoron at 6:18 PM on September 14, 2011
WILL SMITH SEPARATE WITH WIFE! DRUNK HULK THINK HE CONFUSE DEMAND FOR NEW INDEPENDENCE DAY!
KARDASHIAN WEDDING HAVE BIGGER BUDGET THAN FRIGHT NIGHT! WHICH EXPLAIN WHY IT MORE SCARY!
posted by Telpethoron at 6:18 PM on September 14, 2011
@TheTweetOfGod for sarcasm in archaic biblespeak
@NeilHamburger for watching him bait rabid Britney Spears fans
@Folder_Rock for surreal mock band self-promotion
posted by univac at 6:22 PM on September 14, 2011
@NeilHamburger for watching him bait rabid Britney Spears fans
@Folder_Rock for surreal mock band self-promotion
posted by univac at 6:22 PM on September 14, 2011
John Aeilli is a real DJ on Austin's NPR affiliate. Listening to his disjointed, self-absorbed rambling is maddening. Reading someone's transcription of them is sublime.
posted by dr. boludo at 6:45 PM on September 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by dr. boludo at 6:45 PM on September 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: A bit of shameless self promotion here: I built a little doodad to let me read twitter accounts from the beginning, and it happens to be ideally suited to these sorts of accounts. Twitter Fiction Reader is it's name.
posted by zrail at 8:57 PM on September 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by zrail at 8:57 PM on September 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
I downloaded the iPhone/iPad app WitStream, which seems to be a collection of humorous Twitterers.
posted by bendy at 9:45 PM on September 14, 2011
posted by bendy at 9:45 PM on September 14, 2011
The twitter banter of England cricketers Graeme Swann, Jimmy Anderson and the hapless Steve Finn is very funny, whether you know anything about the game or not.
posted by joannemullen at 1:17 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by joannemullen at 1:17 AM on September 15, 2011
Best answer: Queen_UK is a hilariously cranky version of the British monarch.
posted by embrangled at 3:51 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by embrangled at 3:51 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
@popsisters takes no prisoners when it comes to celebrity gossip. Funny stuff.
posted by nkknkk at 6:29 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by nkknkk at 6:29 AM on September 15, 2011
Best answer: Wowser. Often veers firmly into the surreal.
posted by mippy at 7:44 AM on September 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by mippy at 7:44 AM on September 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
BARTSIMSON_REAL - bizarre fake Bart Simpson account retelling Simpson episodes as a war crimes obsessed Yugoslavian
ThisisPartridge - just started yesterday, but it's Alan Partridge!
posted by Gortuk at 7:58 AM on September 15, 2011
ThisisPartridge - just started yesterday, but it's Alan Partridge!
posted by Gortuk at 7:58 AM on September 15, 2011
Julieanne Smolinski (aka Boobs Radley)
Shelby Fero
posted by soplerfo at 8:19 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Shelby Fero
posted by soplerfo at 8:19 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks everyone - read them all. best answers given out on the basis of what I follow now - nothing more scientific than that. Thank you.
posted by fatmouse at 5:14 PM on September 15, 2011
posted by fatmouse at 5:14 PM on September 15, 2011
@bazecraze is the head Weekend Update writer for SNL and his tweets almost always make me laugh.
posted by mmascolino at 8:47 PM on September 15, 2011
posted by mmascolino at 8:47 PM on September 15, 2011
@MustacheGypsy is loosely based on a real person who does not know that he's being represented on Twitter. Makes it funnier that its not entirely fictional.
posted by unceman at 7:17 AM on September 16, 2011
posted by unceman at 7:17 AM on September 16, 2011
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posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 5:37 PM on September 14, 2011