Thanks to social media, we are able to discover that others are facing the exact same hardships that we are. If your McDonald's mozzarella sticks are missing a key ingredient, you're not alone!
As Paul McCartney revs for the release of his new album, um, 'New,' on Oct. 15, he seems to have been all over the place lately -- at Las Vegas music festivals, on Jimmy Kimmel's roof. On Oct. 3, he's coming to Twitter for a Q&A.
Wow, people are upset that Ben Affleck is going to be the next Batman. Like, really upset. It's almost like this somehow simultaneously affects them personally (it doesn't), and they have nothing else in their lives to worry about (we're jealous). They may be upset about it, but at least some folks have a sense of humor about it. Here are some choice tweets on the subject.
Sure, we might have a few drinks while watching the Cowboys or Texans, but does that really mean Texas is a drunk state?
People spend good money and valuable time figuring these things out.
And they learned that Texas likes to party. But check out where our neighbors in Louisiana ended up.
Myspace used to be a favorite choice for social media goers, and then Facebook came along and sort of squashed it. Some stayed with Myspace - in fact it's always been a great place for bands and musicians to connect with fans - but many jumped ship for other sites.
Myspace invaded Twitter yesterday!
Imagine seeing your name on live television, as a suspect in the Boston bombings!
It happened to Zooey Deschanel, perhaps because of auto-correct. A closed-captioning sentence on a Fox affiliate last Friday said of the suspect, "He is 19-year-old Zooey Deschanel.” The suspect authorities were looking for was of course, 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev. Click through to see the screen shot.
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In a shocking turn of events, we've learned that some of the stars with astronomical numbers of Twitter followers, may actually only have about half that many.
There are millions of fake Twitter accounts, and many of them have linked up with stars like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, boosting the number of followers to well over 30 million.
What about Steven Tyler? He's popular on Twitter. And what
Stephen Colbert poked gentle fun at some classic rock bands on Twitter as an extension of a comedy bit on Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report' last night (Feb. 21). Def Leppard, Bad Company and Meat Loaf were among those satirized.
Ugh, come on people. Kurt Cobain is trending pretty hard on Twitter today, since it's his birthday, but we doubt the authenticity of some of these "fans." Here are some dumb, dumb tweets dedicated to Cobain on his birthday. (We left out the twenty gazillion tweets of the quote "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are," because it's depressing how people aren