twitter is making us stupid

© 2011-06-05 Andrew Wilcox. This isn't official or company-like at all.

Can you describe your life in 140 characters or less? That's the dare given to us by our Supreme Twitter Overlords, and whether we like it or not that's what today's society is fleshing out to become.

There are some exceptions to this rule, but all in all, most of the people who use twitter are stupid. And I don't mean to make it sound like stupidity is a virus, but in a way, it is — the fact that we have to sift through the stupidity every day (especially when half the TTs are about bloody freaking Justin Bieber) makes us more numb to it, and then we start to become it ourselves.

Where is the line drawn? Do people actually give a rat's arse about Justin Bieber or what colour socks J. Random Celebrity is wearing? Have we become so bored, and boring, as a people that we have to care so much about what other people are doing? It's one thing when you use Twitter to keep up with your friends and family, and even to keep up with local businesses (or @wilcox_tech, shameless plug). But why are so many twits obsessed with celebrity?

And then you have the other end of the spectrum, where people literally tweet about their private affairs where everyone can see them. I'm glad you know how to urinate; would you like an award for Outstanding Piss in a Dramatic Setting? It's one thing to be contrived with your twits, but it's another thing entirely to provide something excessively TMI.