When Keeping It Real On Twitter Goes Wrong ...

[Dick Whitman]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

It's because Pierce is a polarizing writer. He's unapologetically partisan, politically. And he's also a big-time stylist, as far as writing style goes.

 

[Azrael]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

It's because Pierce is a polarizing writer. He's unapologetically partisan, politically. And he's also a big-time stylist, as far as writing style goes.

Very true - but I'm pretty sure has nothing to do with how last night's Twitter feud started.

 

[3OctaveFart]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

Because it's a bore to read, for one.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

It's because Pierce is a polarizing writer. He's unapologetically partisan, politically. And he's also a big-time stylist, as far as writing style goes.

Very true - but I'm pretty sure has nothing to do with how last night's Twitter feud started.

True, but I think it has a lot to do with how a lot of Pierce brou-ha-ha's on this site have started. For whatever reason, people are emotionally invested in Pierce's work, and I think a lot of it is because he's a love-him-or-hate-him writer, both with his politics and his ornate style. Ultimately, it's probably a net positive that people are that passionate about writing, even though it can lead to some fleeting ugliness.

 

[Double Down]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

Because it's a bore to read, for one.

So don't read it. Go eat a fig and drink a beer in your backyard. Why waste time attacking other people for meaningless hyperbolic flattery?

 

[3OctaveFart]

Yep, I better get my fig-eatin' in while I can.
I have flitted through a few of the Twitter accounts of writers in the cabal.
There is a ton of gratification.
And touches of the brim of the straw hat to acknowledge the thanks.
"Thank ya kindly, good sir.
"Until we meet again."
More this than any adult discussion of the merits of a piece.

 

[Azrael]

So?

 

[3OctaveFart]

A good question for the entire sum of this.

 

[Alma]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

Because it's a bore to read, for one.

So don't read it. Go eat a fig and drink a beer in your backyard. Why waste time attacking other people for meaningless hyperbolic flattery?

Action. Reaction.

It's a fun time to follow this stuff. Far more fun than the 90s and its overload of sentimentality.

 

[YankeeFan]

Did Twain hate everyone he disagreed with?

Yes, but he eventually agreed to be a contributor to Grantland.

Why assume a political writer/humorist/satirist hates anyone?

Oh, I'm only kidding.

I have no doubt that while Charlie doesn't suffer fools gladly, he could certainly get along fine with someone he disagreed with politically.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I'll never understand why someone's work getting praised -- like in this instance Wright saying Charlie just killed at the GOP convention as a scathing social critic -- pisses certain people off so badly. I mean, who ****ing cares if someone is getting too much love from their friends on Twitter? It's just so stupid to feel this smart allecky obligation to make sure NO ONE gets praised TOO MUCH that I DON'T LIKE QUITE AS MUCH.

If the praise is genuine and you're wary of others' reactions, then the praise should be done in private messages and/or e-mails. Praising on Twitter says "Look at this guy!! He deserves PRAISE!!!!" with a bit of "Look at ME!!!! I'm praising!!!!"

I know: "We should be able to praise without jerkyfaces making fun!!!!!" I disagree completely. Put communication out there publicly, you are inviting anyone to respond, and some responses may be displeasing.

It's somewhat baffling that a group of dudes who make their living disseminating words for others to read, are shocked when not everyone thinks all of their words - or the words of their buddies - are wonderful.

 

[JackReacher]

I'm not sure who is worse: the gang of longform writers who love nothing more than to slurp each other and drink whiskey that the rest of us can't afford or even begin to appreciate, or the group of people who love to bash them.

50-50 at the moment.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I'm not sure who is worse: the gang of longform writers who love nothing more than to slurp each other and drink whiskey that the rest of us can't afford or even begin to appreciate, or the group of people who love to bash them.

50-50 at the moment.

Don't forget the variable regarding one's "soul."

 

[JackReacher]

I do know which group screams louder about the other, though.

 

[typefitter]

I'm not sure who is worse: the gang of longform writers who love nothing more than to slurp each other and drink whiskey that the rest of us can't afford or even begin to appreciate, or the group of people who love to bash them.

50-50 at the moment.

Hold up now, Sonner. I drink Jim Beam.

 

[JackReacher]

I'm not sure who is worse: the gang of longform writers who love nothing more than to slurp each other and drink whiskey that the rest of us can't afford or even begin to appreciate, or the group of people who love to bash them.

50-50 at the moment.

Hold up now, Sonner. I drink Jim Beam.

Well then. I can appreciate that. Then again, I need a mixer when I drink it. Because I'm a *****.

 

[typefitter]

I'm glad you know that about yourself, my friend. It saves me from my noble purpose of calling you a *****, lest your waxen wings get too close to the sun.

 

[JackReacher]

I'm glad you know that about yourself, my friend. It saves me from my noble purpose of calling you a *****, lest your waxen wings get too close to the sun.

Good call. Then again, I bombed out of journalism (or quit for a much better life, whichever you want to believe), so my waxen wings won't be anywhere near the sun.

 

[3OctaveFart]

 

[Double Down]

God, I wish my back muscles looked like that.