The only reason I save blog posts about Twitter for Tuesdays is that the words Twitter and Tuesday happen to start with the same letter. If there’s nothing Tweetworthy happening on Tuesdays, I simply give Twitter Tuesday a miss until the following week.
If, on the other hand, the Tweetworthy stuff happens on Wednesdays, I write about it anyway, and then claim that Twitter Tuesday was a day late. Even if I’ve already posted to my blog on said Wednesday, about a topic that has nothing to do with Twitter. Or Wednesdays. Or, for that matter, Tuesdays.
Today, Twitter Tuesday is a day late. In keeping with the general theme of the day, the trending topic I’m following is… *drumroll please*… #thingsbetterthanSOPA.
For those who don’t know, SOPA is proposed anti-piracy legislation. There are fears that if the bill is passed, the Internet could be crippled by the American government taking sites offline. The seemingly overwhelming consensus is that SOPA – dubbed by many as Internet censorship – will not have the desired effect of protecting intellectual property. Instead, it will impede free speech and interfere with the flow of information. Although SOPA would be American legislation, it would have effects that stretch far beyond American borders.
The following tweets suggest that – well, anything is better than SOPA.
* Getting a prostate exam from Edward Scissorhands #thingsbetterthanSOPA (@browland1)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Bullying. Why doesn’t the government try to stop that, which affects a larger number of people and it’s more dangerous? (@thisKINGDarren)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA river dancing bare foot in a bunch of lego blocks (@vivesmariano)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Bacon (@ERIC_CARTMAN)
* Masturbating with a cheese grater #thingsbetterthanSOPA (@thunt27)
* keeping up with the kardasians #thingsbetterthansopa (@ItsBennyBlanco)
*paper cuts between your fingers #thingsbetterthanSOPA (@AlwaysxTeen)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Status quo: One episode of MTV cribs is enough to show you that nobody is suffering from copyright infringement.
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Harry bloody Potter (@JoRowlingNet)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Stabbing myself multiple times in the face with a fork (@lucky kpak)
* Standing on hot coal while reciting the alphabet #thingsbetterthanSOPA (@Mz_redhott88)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA Slidingdown a banister of razorblades into a pool of rubbing alcohol (@WittleKayl)
* #ThingsbetterthanSOPA watching white paint dry (@Killin_Ninjas)
* being kicked in the nuts #thingsbetterthanSOPA (@SamEzraYoung)
* #thingsbetterthanSOPA being eaten by a duck. (@imquitegood)
What, in your opinion, is better than SOPA? What about things that are worse than SOPA?
