Comments on: Mean tw*ts

Mean tw*ts

MuffinMan — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:40:27 -0800

In March Jimmy Kimmel aired footage of celebrities reading tweets about themselves [Previously]. The next instalment is ready for your amusement.

Interestingly, in recent months, the whole interaction between celebrities and their "fans" on Twitter has entered the public consciousness much more - a little guide to engaging celebs, , questions on whether celebrities are making themselves too accessible, a high profile jailing in the UK of a particularly obnoxious troll and the rise of the high profile "Twitter Quitter" like Charlie Sheen, nearly quitter like comedians Matt Lucas, serial nearly quitter like Stephen Fry, temporary quitters like British Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, account switchers like Alec Baldwin and perhaps the landmark case: the forced handover of Ashton Kutcher's account to Management.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:48:35 -0800

I liked Matt LeBlanc's in particular.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:49:33 -0800

Matisyahu ... shaved?

By: antifuse

antifuse — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:50:27 -0800

*snicker* "Why don't you go fuck yourself"

By: DU

DU — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:52:12 -0800

Except for the gray hair, Matt LeBlanc looks *exactly* as old as he ever did (i.e. 12).

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:56:06 -0800

Aw, Perry looked actually hurt.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:57:14 -0800

Won't someone please think of the plight of our nation's celebrities?

By: DU

DU — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:03:08 -0800

Yeah, I was expecting this to be a little more authentic. Having celebrities play themselves reading comments on the Internet is funny, but doesn't cause as much reflection as Jimmy Kimmel (who should talk) pretends to want.

By: that's how you get ants

that's how you get ants — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:21:16 -0800

I know Danny McBride was joking there at the end, but if celebrities think of us as "nobodies" then why should we think of them as "just human"? I mean, whatever, I wouldn't write a mean tweet to anyone because I am nice generally, but clearly some celebrities do set themselves apart.

By: sio42

sio42 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:22:57 -0800

the ashton kutcher thing was not what i was expecting. wow. kinda like how the other recent post about a celebrity (the guy from mst3k, forget his name) was also not what i expected. both in good ways.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:23:03 -0800

I thought it was funny. Partly because some of the tweets were actually pretty funny themselves. Other then that, though Jimmy Kimmel has always annoyed me.

By: schmod

schmod — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:26:18 -0800

Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) from Parks & Recreation Reads Tweets From Young Female Celebrities Part 2

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:27:24 -0800

By: schmod

schmod — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:28:24 -0800

Siri, am I overrated?

By: PhoBWanKenobi

PhoBWanKenobi — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:38:53 -0800

I've never seen Nick Offerman out of character before. Or chopping wood. New crush, thanks!

By: antifuse

antifuse — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:41:21 -0800

Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) from Parks & Recreation Reads Tweets From Young Female Celebrities Part 2 Not available in my country. F you, internet.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:46:15 -0800

I've never seen Nick Offerman out of character before. Or chopping wood. He's got at least one (and I think several) YT videos set in his real-life woodworking shop. He makes nice stuff.

By: that's how you get ants

that's how you get ants — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:58:22 -0800

That reminds me. Last night I dreamed that I'd come up with a killer tumblr idea: lronswanson.tumblr.com. Scientology according to Swanson. Dream-me thought I was hilarious.

By: Aizkolari

Aizkolari — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:03:35 -0800

Nick Offerman is fucking awesome.

By: schmod

schmod — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:11:10 -0800

that's how you get ants: "That reminds me. Last night I dreamed that I'd come up with a killer tumblr idea: lronswanson.tumblr.com. Scientology according to Swanson. Dream-me thought I was hilarious." It took me a minute to recognize the connection that "Iron Swanson" would have to scientology. Facepalm.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:46:08 -0800

I'm not going to link to it, and perhaps I saw it on Metafilter, but the other day I saw a picture of a young Nick Offerman with a very realistic-looking three-foot fake cock coming out of his pants. True story.

By: scaryblackdeath

scaryblackdeath — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:46:12 -0800

I love Katy Perry. I love the hell out of her. And for this, I love her just a little bit more.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:49:04 -0800

Ok, yeah, it was Metafilter. Here's the thread with the link. One of the funniest things I've ever seen.

By: Decani

Decani — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:49:50 -0800

They were pretty tame. My mother used to say meaner things about me than that. Still does.

By: no regrets, coyote

no regrets, coyote — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:51:28 -0800

Iron Swanson should be in the next season of Game of Thrones.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:02:32 -0800

Seriously though, fuck David Spade.

By: inthe80s

inthe80s — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:37:43 -0800

Seriously though, fuck Twitter.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:55:17 -0800

It took me a minute to recognize the connection that "Iron Swanson" would have to scientology. Facepalm. I was wondering why someone's affinity for torturing their pale male offspring with a hot iron was relevant.

By: Decani

Decani — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:01:59 -0800

Hate emails by the fireside, with Richard Dawkins.

By: Etrigan

Etrigan — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:21:55 -0800

Last night I dreamed that I'd come up with a killer tumblr idea: lronswanson.tumblr.com. Scientology according to Swanson. "Do any of you have any thetans? Correct. You do not."

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:30:58 -0800

Siri, am I overrated? I do not understand overrated. If you like, I can search the web for a picture of a stallion.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:35:39 -0800

Oh, and if we're talking about just general "response to hate mail", there's always MeFi's own jscalzi's "Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded"

By: zippy

zippy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:00:07 -0800

I'm not going to link to it, and perhaps I saw it on Metafilter, but the other day I saw a picture of a young Nick Offerman with a very realistic-looking ... I read this in Ron Swanson's rich baritone.

By: orme

orme — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:36:04 -0800

I wrote like half of those.

By: discopolo

discopolo — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:43:16 -0800

I want more celebs reading mean tweets. It makes them more likeable.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:49:47 -0800

It's interesting how different celebs react to social media, some people just hand stuff over to staff but some get really into it which is interesting from a fandom POV, and people I would consider celebrities ( children's SF authors from the 80s) are totally on twitter and will talk to you which is awesome.

By: PhoBWanKenobi

PhoBWanKenobi — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:16:45 -0800

That might be more a kidlit thing than anything else, TW. Eeeveryone in the kidlit community is on twitter.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:32:29 -0800

(and it is wonderful) Plus Clark Gregg mentions Pheels on Twitter so all bets are off.