Comments on: Teenager Arrested For Tweeting to Olympian Tom Daley That He Let Down His Dead Father

By: José Pippen

José Pippen — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:48:36 +0000

They like to arrest people a lot in Britain, don’t they?

By: GenghisSchmenghis

GenghisSchmenghis — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:12:23 +0000

Can we start a fund to buy plane tickets to London for all the Westboro people?

By: BiscuitEER

BiscuitEER — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:50:39 +0000

I’d say he let his Dad down the moment he decided to compete in synchro diving

/Brilliant!

By: VladimirCrouton

VladimirCrouton — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:53:02 +0000

Are we really going to pretend that Silver and Bronze are actually important?

OK MR. blonde hair and blue eyes….

By: Der Kaiser

Der Kaiser — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:46:32 +0000

I see that official ranking of countries for Olympics goes by total medals won. That’s ridiculous. they should be ranked by gold medals won. Are we really going to pretend that Silver and Bronze are actually important?

By: Some Random Old Dude

Some Random Old Dude — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:44:59 +0000

i hate it all the time. its a worthless, crappy medium that gives a microphone to way too many idiots. if you argue that its great for sports updates, fine. but you can get that elsewhere. twitter needs to go away.

Author, author!

I’m about to draft my next novel, that mocks Twitter and the narcissistic society in which we live.

Working title: “Guess What? I Farted…Again!!!”

Sub-title: “And, I Had a Sammich An Hour Ago”

Available in e-book form in 2013.

By: Der Kaiser

Der Kaiser — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:43:32 +0000

Rob Delaney. The @ShitMyDadSays guy.

Yes, how dare you achieve success by putting out your material without having to rely on third party help. Back then, you were totally reliant on talent agents and other intermediaries for your success. Now you can just put up funny jokes on twitter and get discovered without having to rely on anyone else’s help. What a sham!

By: Badger

Badger — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:41:25 +0000

Also, if that’s all you got, you aren’t winning this argument.

It’s a few, but they’re examples. My point was that not everything gets lost in the noise. You need an incredible amount of luck to get noticed but at least it’s another way to break into your desired field.

By: GloriousMullet

GloriousMullet — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:40:35 +0000

Rob Delaney. The @ShitMyDadSays guy.
I thought that was Justin Halpern? Also, if that’s all you got, you aren’t winning this argument.

Karl Welzein @dadboner

By: TheFlack

TheFlack — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:38:43 +0000

But then Sarah Phillips flew too close to the sun

Nomination for best line of the day.

By: Walking Underwear

Walking Underwear — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36:25 +0000

and i hope you crap your pants soon.

is that an age joke?

or do you know what i ate last night/this morning?

/looks around for hidden mp3 camera

By: MP III

MP III — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36:06 +0000

Lots of sand grains are stuck in your vagina, doesn’t mean we should outlaw beaches.

fantastic point, assface.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:35:07 +0000

wow, lots of sand grains get air time on news outlets these days.

Lots of sand grains are stuck in your vagina, doesn’t mean we should outlaw beaches.

By: ohheelyeah

ohheelyeah — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:33:54 +0000

Rob Delaney. The @ShitMyDadSays guy.

I thought that was Justin Halpern? Also, if that’s all you got, you aren’t winning this argument.

By: payaso

payaso — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:32:48 +0000

It is my understanding that he was arrested for these tweets, and not the original tweet to Tom Daley, although the Tom Daley tweet put him on the radar.

Who cares about context? Just like that Adams guy was blocked for criticizing NBC.

By: jacobmrley

jacobmrley — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:30:36 +0000

I don’t care about free speech or his dead father, he let us all down by having an apostrophe to indicate the plural. Bad show Tom Daley, bad show indeed.

By: Badger

Badger — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:29:33 +0000

i am not on twitter much, so i’m curious as to what you mean. like celebrity bs, or actual business-type careers?

Rob Delaney. The @ShitMyDadSays guy.

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:27:45 +0000

Careers have been made through Twitter

But then Sarah Phillips flew too close to the sun

By: MP III

MP III — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:26:22 +0000

too sweet?

that and a little too much garbage juice aftertaste.

and i hope you crap your pants soon.

By: sousedbergin

sousedbergin — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:26:11 +0000

Careers have been made through Twitter. Not insignificant.

Uh Kelly Oxford? 1 out of 140 million users. Which is about as likely as the individual grains of sand that got caught up in your cantankerous snatches.