King for a day. Orange for a month

I quit Twitter a few weeks ago having determined that it added nothing positive to my life. Every session of scrolling might yield one or two interesting nuggets of information but would definitely also present me with something to get irate about – either the offensive opinion of some buffoon or (and more gallingly) an argument and cause I believed in but expressed so badly that even this annoyed me!

So I’ve been gone a few weeks… and look what’s happened. Britain’s water companies are gleefully discharging sewage into rivers and oceans, and now Twitter will be doing the same thing into the world’s psyches.

There is an upside though. Apparently the old Verified User tick-mark will be changing from something established by fact-checkers to now being available on a subscription model. Think of the fun! For a mere $7.99 per month you can set up a blue-tick verified account with a profile picture of anyone you want, and a username just plausible enough.

Let’s all be Donald Trump.

Let’s spend a month pouring out Trumpian philosophy in his imitable style. Lots of exclamation marks. Lots of questions inferring truths that actually stated directly would be libellous and disprovable. Lots of insulting nick-names for world leaders. Just remember don’t try to post any rational policies or political thoughts – they’d see through that in a moment! Bonus points if you post anything outrageous enough that the grate* man decides to claim ownership of it.

This post, by the way, may well end up being shared on Twitter despite my having abandoned the place. That’s because I’ve set up an auto-reposter thing. As long as I don’t have to look over that blasted hellscape I’m happy.

* Well he grates on me.