Look What Facebook Has Done To Us, Starring Me and Sara Benincasa
Posted on September 24, 2015 Posted by John Scalzi 21 Comments
So Facebook went down briefly earlier today, and naturally I had to make a joke about it.
A few minutes later Sara Benincasa posted a suspiciously similar tweet:
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647087518454820864
And, then, as they say, it was on:
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647087803017396224
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647088073621250053
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647088242232303616
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647089079755100160
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647089569494491137
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647090494250594304
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647090999089565696
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/647091211191369728
Let’s hope GMail stays up. For all our sakes. But especially Mr. Fluffkins’.
(PS: Sara has a new novel coming out in November. I hear it’s pretty good. Maybe you should pre-order it or something.)
My wife said her Facebook crashed, and if I found it later, to log her out. I said: “Could be a pre-emptive cyberattack by China, after Xi dined with Bill Gates, and before the state dinner at the White House…
Sara’s new novel? Yep, I ordered copies of “D C Trip” for my library system. AND FACEBOOK CAN’T STOP ME HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
At least Twitter wasn’t down ;-)
Hmm – Apparently this thing doesn’t like certain characters resulting in an empty post.
I now un-mask the previously masked statement in which I am cloning legions of Mr. Fluffkins for sale to the highest bidder the next time some social media artifact goes down…
Methinks the two of you have too much time on your hands. ;-)
Scalzi wrote:
Yeah, but she double-spaces after EVERY PERIOD.
Isn’t that a private matter?
Civilized people double space after all periods!
Either that, or old people. It’s one of the other. Or both. I’m old — whether I’m civilized is open to debate.
Also, I feel as though someone needs to start putting together an insertion team to mount a rescue for Mr. Fluffkins.
Periods? Bah! Commas are the true litmus test of proper writing.
There’s another joke someone already made today:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/529f398ee4b0ee6848fe2724/55cb9e85e4b0a13f76699b0a/56040f18e4b0ad0093a67c58/1443106585657/Two+Spaces.jpg
Elizabeth McFadden wrote:
Civilized people double space after all periods!
Civilized people might do that, but what do male people do?
Gonna be honest and say you deserve the Pulitzer for this war coverage. Fair and ultimately balanced.
The happy ending brought tears to my eyes.
Double-spacing after a period is the Right Thing To Do. So I’m definitely on Sara’s side, Scalzi! And I’m only 3.3% Neanderthal, and not quite antique yet.
Especially Oxford commas.
I <3 the Oxford comma!
Dude! I have the same Teddy bear from when I was young. I can even see the same spot where he used to have a bow tie attached (or am I imagining it? I might be imagining it)
And the day after this spat, Scalzi’s member of Congress, John Boehner, abruptly announces he’s retiring in a month. Coincidence, or a sign of deeper faults in the body politic…?
Thanks for making me smile.
And the beat goes on …
https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1054447067919379/?type=3&theater