Friday Five Special Edition: RIP Twitter

Good riddance

Hi friends old and new! Welcome back to the Friday Five, which is typically a roundup of five joyful, cathartic things from across the digital universe. This week’s edition looks a little different, it’ll be a roundup of lols from Twitter (Ed Note: The only X I acknowledge is DMX. Sadly, he’s no longer here on earth to give it to ya). With the state of the world and El*n M*sk’s gross ascendance, I’m getting off that platform for good, even though it was the source of laughter and cheeky newsletter content. Staying on Twitter post-acquisition felt like being one of the violin players on the titanic, which was entertaining until it wasn’t. So using whatever brain power I’ve got this week, I’m sharing some of my greatest hits from the bird app, starting with a forever favorite:

damn Drank In My Cup really changed lives!!!

Next, we’ve got a classic: celebrities being out of touch.

Let’s talk clowns:

This isn’t even an old tweet, it’s from this month, but damn if it isn’t true. Bring back the Far East Movement in these troubled times.

This next one is a long-ass thread that is worth the read/listen from a music historian. The Cher and Bethlehem Bbz bits ALWAYS makes me giggle. Relatedly, Cher rocks:

One Direction Standom is something I’d love to study at a University level, including unpacking this Tweet where one of the Harry + Liam love conspiracy theorists revealed she had black mold poisoning.

me writing this newsletter: was probably the mold talking

While we’re on Boy Bands, Liam could warrant his own Twitter tribute:

true

Brotherly love

Followed by this:

Would love to know the thought process on this one:

And finally, before this gets cut off by the email length limit:

Get your vents checked everyone,

Roya