Alt Text: Episode 6

There are two things the Internet excels at: helping us connect with people, and helping us avoid people. Twitter fits right into the crawlspace between these functions, giving you an IV drip of tiny pseudo-interactions. Take a look at this exciting, not particularly new site with our guide to social networking.

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[friarkhan]

I just finished watching Alt Text: Episode 6 and eating lunch.

[knifeofspaghetti]

William Gibson predicted that in the future, industrial society would devolve into a meaningless consumerist hellhole, while humanists predicted a utopia. Twitter proves once and for all that Gibson was completely right.

[Eoganus]

Is it wrong that I now want to get a Twitter account JUST so I can hear about Lore's hashbrowns?

[R4ND0Mman]

Robot day at Six Flags - right behind Gina T. at the Bourbonbot line! She asked if I have massage oil in my pocket! Luckily, I do!

132 characters. Suck it.

[Zer0code7]

This is exactly how I feel about all social networking sites!

No one agrees with me, though...

[McMaster94]

I SEE QUESTIONABLE CONTENT BACK THERE!

[tekniklypyro]

Why would a baby be in a subamrine?

[knifeofspaghetti]

@nozvezh That just means he's given up. Which he has.

[nozvezh]

@knifeofspaghetti Gibson's on twitter (chuckle)

[Bearfoot]

Super super analogies.

I never understood any social network sites.

And it scares me that Champions online will have a /twitter command.

[nikolai60]

I never was a fan of social networking, though i have a facebook to keep up with friends at college. so i just linked this to my facebook to letem know how i feel about the site (still a waste of time, but they never answer the phone)