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- lindenwold, on 11/12/2009, -2/+61BREAKING NEWS
-black people sometimes do the same things white people do . . . .
THANKS NBC - RegalBegal, on 11/12/2009, -3/+40At the risk of a Digg burial...
That IS where the white women at. - Kekeh, on 11/12/2009, -3/+38Ethnical minorities? On my internet?
- inactive, on 11/12/2009, -2/+32I totally skipped the article and clicked on the jailbait Natalie Portman pic.
- Orbital101, on 11/12/2009, -0/+28That's really unfair and uninformed, and you should check your facts before you talk.
It's 140 characters. - Alheithinn, on 11/12/2009, -2/+23It also provides people with an opportunity to destroy their lives instantly. The old "stop and think before you open your mouth" thing seems to go missing on Twitter where people become accustomed to utter every random thought. Look at McCain's daughter and her impulsively snapped and posted image, or more seriously, Larry Johnson, running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, who not only lost his job with the Chiefs this week (being released) but was also fined by the NFL $213,000, the amount he would have earned for the game he’ll miss due to being suspended by the team. Apparently, Larry Johnson's latent anti-gay attitudes surface when his fingers ran away from his brain and he said what he most likely had been thinking all along.
So here we are, able to sit back and watch lives implode all around us - and Tweet about them. It's the new circle of life. - capheine, on 11/12/2009, -1/+20Then the terrorists have already won.
- mwtapp, on 11/11/2009, -4/+22Twitter makes the world a smaller place.
- immatellyouwhat, on 11/12/2009, -4/+21Lol we need an ASCII of Kayne's clueless face...
- SaladCactusKing, on 11/12/2009, -3/+20The top trend is #donttrytoholla.
I'll let that speak for itself. - Fygee, on 11/12/2009, -7/+24Apparently discussion of the important racial issues in our society is best done in under 170 characters with no grammar and ***** spelling.
- capheine, on 11/12/2009, -2/+15Ethnical? Is that a word?
- BigBambino, on 11/12/2009, -2/+15Twitter has no part in any of my discussions.
- capheine, on 11/12/2009, -4/+15I probably can't comment on the ridiculousness of Twitter against the context of this story without sounding like a racist, so I'm just going to keep my mouth shut.
- capheine, on 11/12/2009, -5/+16*dumber place.
- dagnabbit, on 11/12/2009, -0/+10Clicking on trending topics is like viewing a real-time feed of youtube comments. Its turrible.
- andnever, on 11/12/2009, -0/+10thank science someone said it.
- KahRahTay, on 11/12/2009, -3/+13shouldn't we be stealing trends from minorities? this is backwards...
- Hetman, on 11/12/2009, -0/+9I honestly believe McCain daughter did that on purpose for publicity. It was not even that bad of a picture.
- ScottyAnimal, on 11/12/2009, -1/+10If you have twitter go look at any hashtag (#) trending topic 99% of the time the tweets are from blacks. Examples include: #donttrytoholla #wecoolandallbut
Some of it is hilarious/depressing to read at the same time. Real insight into human thought process. - 1jaxstate1, on 11/12/2009, -1/+10There goes the twitterhood.
- Jaxtheripper, on 11/12/2009, -5/+13Serious racial discussion? The article hinted at nothing of what the "black" twitter users were actually tweeting about.
The article is better than what I expected however. I thought it would be about twits saying *****. - artfiend77, on 11/12/2009, -2/+10Love the thumbnail. Is that twit Twitters new mascot?
- borez, on 11/12/2009, -1/+9There goes the neighbourhood.
/a joke. - coraleaterlinda, on 11/12/2009, -2/+10Twitter is stupid.
- jiggawatt, on 11/12/2009, -1/+9Stop ogling my future wife
- drunkCatholic, on 11/12/2009, -1/+9delete twitter save humanity
- drGt1987, on 11/11/2009, -2/+9Global village
- SummerofGeorge, on 11/12/2009, -7/+14Yo dawg...
- Scopitone, on 11/12/2009, -3/+10One of my favorite things to do is check trending topics to see what the "African American community" is up to. A recent one was, #thingsyourxtellyou or something and this guy goes, "She tell you she get pregnant but she not. GIRL you tryin' to get KILLED?"
Fantastic stuff. - vodka357, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6The picture threw me off. I thought the story had something to do with douche bags
- Orbital101, on 11/12/2009, -2/+8Do you really think the lack of "stop and think before you open your mouth" is a Twitter-related problem?
- nateabel, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6A likely comment from someone named "slothanus"
- pathouston22, on 11/12/2009, -8/+14Great, now I need burglar bars and an alarm system for my Twitter account....
*whistles* - Trifold, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6Well of course more black people use Twitter, all the insane white racists are too busy commenting on YouTube videos.
- Alheithinn, on 11/12/2009, -1/+7I didn't say it was a Twitter-related problem. I said that people are going to victimize themselves far more than they ever would without Twitter. It's another opportunity to publicly humiliate yourself. So it going to bars and drinking. In no way is it specific or particular to Twitter.
- jshhmr, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6So what is Wayne Brady up to these days?
- mwtapp, on 11/11/2009, -1/+7Touché
- lurrch1, on 11/12/2009, -1/+6This is funny coming from Connecticut.
- HotStink, on 11/12/2009, -3/+8shorthand Ebonics
- Barr08, on 11/12/2009, -1/+5I live in Hartford, and if you came here for one day, my friend, you would totally change that attitude. The Capitol City and it's surrounding 'burbs are a melting pot of cultures and heritages, and I would almost call caucasians the minority.
- tightscrummy, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4Well......http://search.twitter.com/search?q=*****
The worst part is that most of these are probably "written" while driving. - Alheithinn, on 11/12/2009, -2/+6I think there are definitely no lack of self-important, -absorbed, idiot ***** there, but I don't know that the percentage is any higher than in the general public. And I do think it has useful applications, like sharing news (including stories like this on Digg or other social networking sites).
- jshhmr, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4I think you missed the joke, aka Mike Tyson, etc making up words that sound smart. Didn't you watch In Living Color?
- Vulphaestion, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4This is what I do! Most of the time I'm facepalming over them, but it's funny seeing what they write.
- palmer, on 11/12/2009, -1/+4Yeah, pointing out the ridiculousness of the term "African American" probably won't fly either...
- versualize, on 11/12/2009, -1/+4Only a racist would keep their mouth shut instead of making fun of Twitter.
- skelooth, on 11/12/2009, -2/+5That article was entirely stereotyping and therefore racist. I hate twitter regardless.
- Orbital101, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Dude. Your point was still made just fine. I'm just picking on you. :)
- ileftfark, on 11/12/2009, -1/+3Article refers back to http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/what-were-black-peop ...
After reading the article and the comments, I'm pretty sure I don't even need to make a tasteless joke. -
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