ACCEPTABLE TOPICS SCROLLING TWITTER

The notion of acceptable topics on twitter suggests there are unacceptable topics?

Since it is the internet, you’ll find more than enough of both.

You can find the funniest post you’ll see all day, and the saddest.

But maybe we can skip the rampant bullshit?

The funniest thing I’ve seen today is a hipster in a bathroom hanging onto a shower curtain rod with the caption:

“A friend gave me an edible so I’m taking the train instead of driving.”

He’s wearing shades, got ear plugs in listening to his phone.

Looks more like an acid trip, but whatever. Edibles don’t go that hard.

It’s funny in the same way drunk fourteen year olds were funny until they found out they were drinking orange juice, not orange juice and vodka. (That canned orange juice was horrible.)

A guy hanging on a shower rod takes me back to my subway days in Philadelphia and New York.

In Philly I took the Broad Street Line from Market St. to Oregon Ave.

Being from Oregon, I mentioned the coincidence a few times.

The New York subway was like a ride on It’s A Small World in Disneyland.

 

Sing along to the classic anthem of world peace during a delightful musical boat tour. Cruise along the Seven Seaways Waterway on a gentle 10-minute journey through all 7 continents.

Pass through vivid, fantastical scenes representing the iconic sights and sounds of dozens of nations.

Behold a cast of dancing darlings from nearly every corner of the globe and watch as the Audio-Animatronics figures achieve universal harmony as they sing one song in many languages.

 

The subway ride on a 1979 Saturday night from Brooklyn to Queens showed the usual disco kings along with a groups of Puerto Rican couples dressed for the dance floor, groups of black folks heading up town, groups of Chinese people heading for Chinatown.

No one was singing, but it would have been nice.

 

The Sad Twitter Scroll

Part of aging is keeping up to date on social media.

Sure, go ahead and tell everyone you’re not online, not plugged in, have no time for such nonsense.

Go ahead. It’s not unusual, but there is a consequence for leaving the world wide web out of your life.

Some people make online connections to others and they’re the most important part of their lives and they never meet.

This isn’t for you.

Instead, I’m thinking of the people who help others who need a boost, a shot in the arm, a pep talk.

There is a genuine feeling of happiness when you read some posts, and a genuine feeling of dread with others.

The most dreadful are the moments of random violence with fists, guns, and automobiles.

I don’t need to see people maimed to believe there are people who get maimed and those who do the maiming.

It feels like gratuitous bullshit to dull feelings into accepting that that’s how life is.

Showing daily violent acts are not acceptable topics.

 

Fast Scrolling Twitter

Scrolling, fast scrolling, feels like subliminal advertising.

Things whip by, and if you try you can make an impression, or they can make an impression.

The most impressive thing I’ve found in fast scrolling twitter is how easy it is to look past posts by the new owner.

The guy reposts tweets with one word opinions.

As a leader, and he is all of that, he aims his followers the wrong way.

Here’s why: out of 198 million followers, he’s got to have unhinged fuckers with more screws loose than an old gate that will swing any way he pushes them.

Maybe you’ve met them, or heard of them, but there’s a segment of people who bow down to wealth as an ordained superpower.

A rich man is their God on earth, the twitter boss is the richest of them all.

They want to be him, live in his orbit, and would do whatever it takes to get there.

I’m no different. If a rich man decided boomerpdx is the best thing he’s ever seen and made an offer I couldn’t refuse?

I wouldn’t refuse it, but it would have to be unrefusable.

Then what would I do?

Don’t you want to feel the lift from social media?

If you do, and you post acceptable topics to you and yours, be sure that others feel your happiness and joy.

I know I do. I follow people who I count on to show when summer really starts. (Hey Terry)

I like the people who show us how to put one foot in front of the other. (Hey hikers)

And I want more dog posts. (Hey Ruby, hey Sadie)

What do you want more of?