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Every once in a while, I awake at night in a cold sweat and think, “I miss old Twitter.” (Quick note: I will not be referring to Twitter by its new name, because I hate it and I doubt much thought was put into it anyway.) I truly think Twitter used to be the internet at its best: It was crowdsourced and democratized in a way that the rest of the internet was quickly ceasing to be, and that meant that information could travel quickly and usually — USUALLY — ended up being fact-checked toward the truth, given enough time. It was also just where all the funniest people on the internet hung out.
So anyway, people started sharing their favorite tweet of all time in this thread (by the way, if you want to share your favorite tweet of all time, please send it to me here or drop it in the comments!), and I’ve been reading through the comments and reminiscing about what we used to have. I personally think about this tweet, like, maybe once a week:
Here’s another favorite of mine:
I had actually never seen this one before, and honestly, it’s evergreen considering there’s a new Jurassic Park movie every couple years:
This one proves that the most profound thoughts can come from the most unsettling usernames:
Anyway, send me your favorite tweet of all time here or in the comments, and maybe we’ll share all of them in a future issue. As long as you promise not to call it “X.”
…That there’s actually a difference between Duck, Duck, Goose and Duck, Duck, Gray Duck:
If you’re not familiar with Midwest weirdos (it’s me, hi), Minnesotans have long confused the rest of the nation by playing Duck, Duck, Gray Duck instead of Duck, Duck, Goose. And now you know why. And if you read all the way to the end, I hope that last line hit you like a ton of bricks the way it did for me.
Ugh, don’t you hate it when you leave the house and realize that you haven’t charged your cat?
I had to see this abomination of a pie, so now you do, too:
I always like to finish every week by leaving you with a little something that I can’t get out of my head. This week (in keeping with our “favorite tweets” theme), it’s all about Flimsy Steve:
That’s all for this week, see you later! And remember, if you want more like this, you can subscribe to the Only Good Internet newsletter (if you want, I mean, don’t let me tell you what to do, ya know?).