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- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
Do not underestimate the power of the nipple slip. - merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8He got his start writing for newspapers. That's pretty much the blog of the 1860's.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Dude wrote some really weird stuff. I picked up a collection of his shorter works at the library once. There was some crazy story about people riding around space on a comet, like it was some sort of space ship.
Then there was another in which all the major characters were bacteria, or something like that.
There was also a great essay on how voting should be based on education. Graduate from highschool, you get one vote. Get a bachelors, and you get two. PhD, and you get 8. Amusing, if nothing else. - mistercharlie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Twain was not only a great writer, but one of the most vocal critics of American policy of his time.
A gerat American, to be sure. - chubbstar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4that, by no means can lead one to conclude that ALL blogs are stupid and purile. in fact ive come across many that are far more enlightening than newspaper columnists. bad blogs are plentiful, but dont blame the good ones for their inane wasting of your time.
- GABULLDAWG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter" is one of my all time favorites of his. Bloggers could certainly benefit from that philosophy...
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Indeed. Wasn't it Wilde who once said, "If the party continues as such, I shall thrust my phallis into the mashed potatos."?
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Making_up_Oscar_Wilde_quotes - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2he also said something that is very relevant to todays society
its easier to stay out then get out - Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6I have to say, the man would probably be writing novels. Blogging? No. Syndicated column? Yes. Please don't appropriate him into your "blogosphere."
- wankerface, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"Actually, he’d likely be a blogging guru."
Either that, or he'd think most bloggers were self-important douchebags and stick to the medium he knew best. - TheIconoclast31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I love stuff like this. Reminds me of "What Abraham Lincoln Taught Me about Email":
http://www.mrlincolnstmails.com/emails.php - neuromute, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No doubt. Still, gotta love Twain and at least this guy recongnizes someone smart (unlike most bloggers).
- Grimboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@GusPlease: Yeah, but just like you wouldn't read the bad newspaper you wouldn't read the crappy blogs.
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Advice for this digg.....
......Just read the quotes, don't bother with the explanations.
Unless of course you are four years old and learning how to read. - msaleem, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2This was a pleasure to read. Thanks.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1here is phil's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12yD8JyaVvY - bayview, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0great post - and great site!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5Show me the stupidest newspaper from 1860 and I will show you ten thousand stupider blogs from today.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1swap this post from me with the one above
huck finn...... tom sawyer ?... the Best
respect to a Fun(ny) man.... - bitcloud, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Mark Twain WAS a blogger... (albeit in a different medium)
not only that, but he was ranked number one in early google:
http://fury.com/google-circa-1960.php - surfing, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1sounds like a scientologist
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1meaning???
indulge my ignorance..woops... i did .
is it a spelling mistake? (having not even bothered to Google 'phallis')
m with the nipple slip
mmmm....mnipples - krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2I kind of disagree with all of them:
1) don't go with the majority: what is this, high school? be different for the sake of being different? i grew out of that phase like 6+ years ago, and the author is older than me. often, it helps to go with the majority, but you don't have to be a follower. besides, everyone welcomes leaders more than revolutionaries. i think the saying is something like "it's okay to rock the boat, but never tip it over, or everyone drowns".
2) tap emotions: yippee sensationalism. we want facts, not fox.
3) empower: anytime anyone uses the word "empower", it makes me cringe. "enable", maybe "guide", but no one should be finding true enlightenment from a blog. if they are, they're either 14 years old or might be sucking down their own lead in a few days.
4) always tell the truth: no. just no. it's often best to lie by omission. then when you go to get a job and the HR rep looks you up on the web, they don't see you saying really stupid things. and the author is a "recovering lawyer". as a law student, i've found that truth and law are often mutually exclusive. maybe that's why he didn't do too well in law.
5) "no use keeping private information you can't show off"... wtf? seriously. he says "No blogger needs an explanation for that one." how is this applicable to anything at all?
good intentions with the article, but very wrong. - mumblingmynah, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Oscar Wilde > Mark Twain
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Oscar_Wilde/ - quadszilla, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4Twain was too cool to be a blogger.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1durrrr hey guys if shakespear (sp lol) was alive 2day all he'd want for christmas would be a psp
Eat ***** and die, submitter. Twain invented the American novel; he would slit his wrists before he'd do something as purile, worthless and self-important as "web logging."
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