all aboard the fail train

[rone]

Consider the site stocktwits dot com (not linked directly to deny them any sort of "Google juice").  Not only would it be a fantastically stupid idea at any given moment, but given the current financial milieu, it exudes an extra special miasma of stupid, aided in no small part by the cleverly stupid domain name which goes past the "so stupid it's clever" hipster irony of cool all the way into the heart of "so clever it's stupid" territory all over again.

Needless to say, neutering the people involved would be a public service.

Comments

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

Not only can I not tell from looking at the website what the point of it is, but I can't even tell what they think the point is.

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Truly, no web site has had a more apropos name.

[skapusniak.livejournal.com]

Alternatively it's not what you think. It's that they have all standard specification twits you need in stock for immediate dispatch and next day delivery!

...

Cue TV commercial where generic officeworker on a deadline opens the door to the twit cupboard and finds *all the mission critical twits are gone* (sirens, alarm, zoom in dolly back). At which point loud shouty man enters wall right (generating rubble) and starts loudly shouting that they should go to stocktwits dot com.

Fade to black screen, with text 'stocktwits dot com, we stock twits' as shouty man continues to shout.

Cut back to shouty man, officeworker cringing at shoutiness.

Next commercial.

...

Possibly.

[brong.livejournal.com]

Do they stock round twits, or only the more common square variety?

[waider.livejournal.com]

Depends on the shape of the hole you're trying to bang them into.

Apropos of nothing

[tomscud.livejournal.com]

I believe the word "fail" should be retired from public use. At least for a cooling-off period.

Re: Apropos of nothing

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Hush, you. I've got failtwits dotcom in the works and I'm not going to let doomsayers like you keep me from making millions on it.

..twits

[lammah.livejournal.com]

Fuck(t)wits...

C'mon, if I see one more 'cat /dev/twitter | grep shiznit | mail -s "l00k @dis maaang' play, I'll have to deliver some whoopass.

Re: ..twits

[epileptikitty.livejournal.com]

That's a Trade Secret. You'll hear from my lawyers.

Hey God Hater Death Monkey!

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

Fail has officially been recalled for Anti-Americanism, and your considered usage of it makes it clear that you are in league with the

Killer Shooter Shoe Laces From Outer Space

and must report to the TSA for further transportation until you get Your Americanism ON!

Americans who fail to stay abreast of the Current MemeWars, are all evil unamericanists who want the Terrorists To Rebrand....