“The Best And Worst Of Twitter”: 50 Of The Most Surprising Takes On Pretty Much Everything (New Pics)
Twitter is a platform that people either love or hate. Some believe the micro-blogging website is excellent for real-time engagement, others, however, say it's "a highly opinionated cesspit" that's just winding everyone up.
You may have realized just how polarizing it can be from our publication on the Facebook group 'The Best and Worst Of Twitter 2' as well.
But if you need more convincing (or simply want to enjoy more chaotic personal takes), you're in luck. Since we released the piece, the group has ballooned by about 45K members and now unites about 220K of them. Naturally, such rapid growth along with activity from the old timers brought about plenty of new material.
So we at Bored Panda think it's about time we collect their latest posts and release Part 2!
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Just like the first time, we contacted the person behind the group, comedian Trevor Lewis, to hear his latest thoughts on both Twitter and the Facebook community he created. And, just like the first time, he agreed!
First off, the proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk and then his withdrawal from the deal. "I am conflicted about this," Trevor told Bored Panda. "On the one hand, I think it would be very funny and good if Musk was forced to follow through on such a bold claim."
"Proclaiming to the world that you intend to buy a company has huge implications on things like stock value, so he needs to be shown that his actions have consequences."
This person has a page on gogetfunding called Accidental Catdad, detailing how he fell in love with the kittens and decided to raise them (and their mom), it’s a heartwarming story. (And he got £7000-something out of it ;)
But having said that, Trevor enjoys Twitter more than any other social media app and would hate to see Elon damage it. "Musk has a long history of buying his way into companies and then running them badly," he pointed out.
"If you scroll through Twitter on a given day, it's not unlikely you will come across a video of a Tesla catching on fire. This is both a regular, literal occurrence and an apt metaphor for Musk's involvement in a company."
Yeah don't bother me about eating my ribs. I do whatever I want.
Musk's unpredictability on Twitter has been all over the headlines. Minutes after the company's shareholders voted on Tuesday to approve his $44 billion buyout deal, the Tesla chief took to the platform to revamp his user profile.
As the battle over the $44 billion bid intensifies, Musk has become 'Naughtius Maximus' on Twitter. The world's richest man did not only change his username but also uploaded a new profile picture and bio.
The SpaceX CEO's updated description on Twitter now reads: "Centurion in Jerusalem Garrison" and his display image is a picture from his childhood.
The 51-year-old decided to revamp his Twitter profile after the vote came as his legal team is in court, battling to get the businessman out of the deal.
My last cat Turkey was a stray, I named him Turkey because he adopted me just after Christmas - he barged in and ate all my leftover Turkey and wouldn’t leave even when I tried to chase him out. My autocorrect still capitalizes the T in Turkey because of him. Miss my Turkey boy, he was the best.
Cats can be the most lovely creatures ever. I hate the bad rap they get. Just like there are cats that are arseholes, there are dogs who are as well. My cat, who died at the age of 14 was amazing. Anytime someone was sick he'd go lie down with them, either on the bed or on the floor by the bed. When I had dengue fever in 2011, the first 5 days were awful, very high fever, weakness, and Johnny (my cat) just would stay either on the floor next to my head or laying by my feet on the bed. Every day during these worst days. Gosh, I miss him. 💕
But while the future of the platform remains hazy, Trevor's Facebook group isn't slowing down. And he puts plenty of effort into maintaining it as a pleasant place to visit.
"I am the only person managing the group," he said. "This is mainly because running a community on Facebook requires an intimate knowledge of its Community Standards system. Part of that is reading their descriptions on the company website. The other part, however, can only be learned through experience. In order for a group to survive, you have to know all the kinds of content that might jeopardize it."
"The other layer to this is that Facebook holds any action taken by an admin or moderator against the group itself," he continued. "So, if a moderator violates Facebook Community Standards, the platform doesn't just punish their account. It results in a strike against the group.
"Because I have been running large groups for several years now, I am able to navigate this system in a way that most people are not."
"Luckily, Facebook has started to provide group admins with automated features known as Admin Assist," Trevor added. "This allows us to set criteria to automatically prevent spam and conflict from occurring. It is not perfect, but it is extremely helpful. I would not be able to run the group on my own without it."
The hawk's expression is like "Uh, excuse me?" (Or better yet, exqueeze me?) Lol
Apart from the moderation, the comedian also curates the vast majority of content on 'The Best and Worst Of Twitter 2,' making it half an online magazine of sorts.
"I try to schedule a new post to go up every 40 minutes or so, even on weekends and holidays. There are rarely any breaks. A group needs consistent, high-quality content to remain visible within the algorithm. When selecting Tweets, I will use a combination of my personal taste as well as the numbers attached to it."
"I'm making myself look good in the headlines. Might as well diss Fido while I'm at it."
"I will particularly focus on the number of retweets, as this can usually translate to shares on the Facebook platform," Trevor explained. "This is the highest level of engagement a user can grant content, which means that if they are sharing something, they are also more likely to react and comment. All of this engagement results in the kinds of posts that go viral and help a group grow."
He noticed that most of the group's members are from the U.S., but there are tens of thousands that belong to countries from all around the world, including the Philippines, the U.K., South Africa, and Bangladesh.
"I'm proud that the content I curate is enjoyed by so many people. Even though the group name includes 'Best' and 'Worst,' I notice people generally respond more to content from the 'Best' category. They want to laugh and feel good while they scroll, and I'm happy to provide that," Trevor said.
He his só cute, however here's a warning for cat owners, do not out colars on them with those little bells i'v seen a few veterinarians warning about that, cats ears are more " powerfull " than a dog's ears, só having those little bells becomes stressfull for them not to mention that they also have Predator instincts, and they are stealth hunters and that Bell ruins that stealth instinct they have, fell free to check with your vetrinarians if you want to.
..... do they mean the fans of their shows, or Netflix specifically? Because the latter would be like... being a fan of your gas provider. Sure, I like that it exists, but it's not like I have an emotional attachment to the service itself...
Wait, I don't get it 😅 Edit: just got it and it's brutal and absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂
They are? I'm a native english speaker and had no idea they were different?
My cat begging while I cut up garlic and onions and chili peppers and other things they definitely can’t have
Can someone explain to my slow brained a*s why it’s not “Celebrate ‘HER’” ? Like…it’s right there..
My cat loves it when I make the bed. Sometimes I make it twice a day just because of how happy he gets 🙂
Well, we will just wait until 1970 comes around again and we will all have 2 homes. Thanks for the tip.
It can be done now. The place where I work are desperate for electricians. They pay $40 an hour.
Load More Replies...The point is to encourage your CHILDREN to go into the trades….instead of focusing on a four year degree. It’s too late for some of us, but you can teach the next generation. Trades are dying off because we were pushed so hard into getting accounting degrees. Now the tradesmen(and women) are paid REALLY well because they are in such high demand. Boo to all the downvotes and whiners in the comments. This point is more than valid…yes in today’s world …not just 1970.
And also not everyone is college material.
Load More Replies...$40 per hour (US) to be a Union tradesman in my area. Not a bad path to take at all.
For those calling this person a boomer, look into what tradesmen make in your area before bïtching, you will find that this actually does track. Tradesmen of all kinds(electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc) have a few things most jobs dont; job security, usually benefits(as their jobs are often hazardous), and excellent pay. So yes, this post is right.
I'm 43 years old. I'm an electrician and E&I tech for a paper company. 2 year degree in electrical engineering. I made $117k last year and on pace to make more this year. The trades have treated me well and have opened up a lot of opportunities. I encourage more people to try that career path over being saddled with student debt for a low paying job.
The point here is that being an electrician, welder, contractor, carpenter, mason, plumber, working in sanitation, factory worker or any of the other 7 million + SKILLED labor jobs that h1ave been unfilled for decades can give all the people in unskilled jobs the quality of life and wages they've been so loudly demanding. Most skilled labor jobs pay you while you train, start at $21+/hr and have a wage cap of $100,000+ My best friend from high school who02 barely graduated, got at water + power company at 23 in 2004, making $10/hr, after responding to an "entry level" ad in the paper, by the time he was 27 he was making $120,000/yr working 48/hrs 4 days on 4 days off, with full benefits and owned his own home after using his experience and training at W+P to get a job at akzo nobel. There are other options between college and unskilled drone.
See my previous...it's awful that (in the USA at least) we seem to put down the trades and favor university degrees.
On the other hand, it would be nice if our education system could produce a well-rounded critical thinker after 12 years...
Load More Replies...Well let me say this to those younger than myself. My father decided to take up the trade of locksmithing... when he was 70. Not only did he learn a very valuable skill, but he was able to start his own locksmithing business. Wanted me to come and work with him and take it over one day, but this was 20 years ago and I was still fuming over missing out on college so I turned him down.
Btw, I was born in 1979 in case anyone is thinking I'm a boomer, lol.
Load More Replies...ANY year. Start now. Go on a trade course and get on a paid apprenticeship (most traders would be happy to have cheap help while you learn on the job).
Load More Replies...Classes are available. Go the union or community action agency.
Load More Replies...If you're thinking of spending that much money, you need to re-evaluate why your priorities. Do you want to, get married? Or do you want to, be married? Because getting married, is just one day. Being married, is every day after that.
Not only that, but we can barely support ourselves, let alone another human being for 18 years! Give me at least the financial resources to do that and I'll promise to at least think about it. Edit: stupid auto-correct
Sitting around, yes - doing nothing, no! There are tummies to stroke, ears to scratch, beans to boop. Excellent distractions for impending event panic, which can hit me 18 hours in advance. These things take time, people, and *that’s* why I’m chronically late for absolutely everything.
Nowhere in the rhyme does it say he's an egg. Lewis Carroll came up with that bit.
Ha, I'm 30 and I feel like I need a copy of his list I don't know more than half of them
They're like a biblically accurate angel. "Be not afraid, doo waaaa."
Yep! Couldn't live without those ... and they keep my gym membership current 😎😂
When I’m older I want to adopt but I’m so mentally unstable ( I think) that it would be unsafe. It is sad tho
Recently went camping and forgot the tinder. Guess who had 300 Walmart receipts just laying around waiting to save the day 💅
I’ve been threatening my childhood friends to teach their children their tricks lmoo
I laughed too, i’m female but I usually look like the silhouette on the left.
Maybe he had to endure 3 years of being quarantined with you, and he just needs some time for himself lol
I will sit on the floor if all my dogs are comfortable on the couch
Edit: thought it was cute at 1st cos I read them v quickly and it's almost 6 am and I still haven't slept, so my brain is tired and I didn't notice the passive-aggressive aura to the whole message
So I had to Google this and omg what she went through sounds terrifying, dehumanizing and just all around horrifying. Parents, if you’re putting your kids into acting, PROTECT THEM!!!!
Well, according to their confusing book, he's only ruled for 6,000 years, yet the Earth is 4.5 billion years. 6k =/= forever.
me but when my screen time runs out right whne im in the middle of RAGING MY A*S OFF
"And the best part is the hotel was rigged for demolition! They'll never find him! Well... not enough of him..."
So once, when I had a bad snotty head cold, my husband made tgis awful frozen orange chicken bullcrap. I love orange chicken. But this stuff was pathetic. It stunk up the whole house but I took a bite and I threw up. It was snotty. I ended up throwing the actual pan away just to get rid of the smell and the rest of the days I was sick I felt like I had orange chicken snot. Awful.
For anyone who dosen't know: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/pell
In college I had a dance teacher that kept hollering "Suck in your stomach!" to me. So after crash dieting for six months I just finally dropped his class. Much later, I found out that I didn't have a fat belly after all. I just had a back injury that was preventing my ab muscles from working correctly. Would've loved to find this out without being fat-shamed lol.
Hahaha I never thought about the irony of that song in that movie with him ! I think that’s considered irony ! Right ? Lots of smart people here someone knows !
There's a difference between "Berry" and "Bailey" , you stupid merchant bankers.
Nice. I really don’t get why some people are holding the Queen personally responsible for global events. She had power, sure, but it’s not the 15th century. She did the job she vowed to do, and she did it well. Equating her with Hitler is just weird.
Are people really that interested in Leonardo di Caprio's dating habits?
Interested? No. Willing to laugh at a well-crafted burn? Absolutely!
Load More Replies...I find it very depressing and unkind, and also extremely poor taste, to share things that pit two dead - and beloved by many - women against each other, when one isn't yet buried, and of course neither can defend themselves from accusations of bad behaviour. Because they're gone. 😥 The Queen respected and honoured Diana. Diana also respected and honoured the Queen. Stop the gossip about two special ladies. It says more about those gossiping than it does about the subjects of the gossip, and it isn't positive. Shameful. 🥺
You'll figure it out someday when you're all grown up.
Load More Replies...Are people really that interested in Leonardo di Caprio's dating habits?
Interested? No. Willing to laugh at a well-crafted burn? Absolutely!
Load More Replies...I find it very depressing and unkind, and also extremely poor taste, to share things that pit two dead - and beloved by many - women against each other, when one isn't yet buried, and of course neither can defend themselves from accusations of bad behaviour. Because they're gone. 😥 The Queen respected and honoured Diana. Diana also respected and honoured the Queen. Stop the gossip about two special ladies. It says more about those gossiping than it does about the subjects of the gossip, and it isn't positive. Shameful. 🥺
You'll figure it out someday when you're all grown up.
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