Comments on: Tweethearts: blogger proposes to nerd girlfriend over Twitter, she tweets back acceptance. http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cpt. Tim http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306441 Cpt. Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306441 its lame and impersonal to ME. but if they're in love, and its how they wanted to do it, then i concede that its cute and adorable. its lame and impersonal to ME.

but if they’re in love, and its how they wanted to do it, then i concede that its cute and adorable.

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306447 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306447 <blockquote>Oh, Sean you romantic devil you! The grandkids are gonna love this incredibly romantic story 40 years from now.</blockquote>Grandkids will probably be purely software beings like the characters in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan" rel="nofollow">Greg Egan</a> novels, and I'm sure <i>they'll</i> totally appreciate this archaic moment of digital romance.

Oh, Sean you romantic devil you! The grandkids are gonna love this incredibly romantic story 40 years from now.

Grandkids will probably be purely software beings like the characters in Greg Egan novels, and I’m sure they’ll totally appreciate this archaic moment of digital romance.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306451 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306451 My girlfriend (@aedison) and I (@clapifyoulikeme) met on Twitter, and, as we're 3300 miles and an ocean apart, have mostly "courted" on Twitter, Skype, Gtalk. It would be utterly appropriate for one of us to propose over Twitter (when the time is, you know, right). Is it any lamer than skywriting, really? My girlfriend (@aedison) and I (@clapifyoulikeme) met on Twitter, and, as we’re 3300 miles and an ocean apart, have mostly “courted” on Twitter, Skype, Gtalk. It would be utterly appropriate for one of us to propose over Twitter (when the time is, you know, right). Is it any lamer than skywriting, really?

]]> By: squirrelgirl http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306708 squirrelgirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306708 ^ here's that article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ^ here’s that article

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

]]> By: yurei http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306456 yurei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306456 Seriously folks, Tara Brown and Sean Bonner might actually be...one and the same. Tara's pic is awfully attractive [thnks n prt t Phtshp], Sn's pc s wflly drky. Seriously folks, Tara Brown and Sean Bonner might actually be…one and the same. Tara’s pic is awfully attractive [thnks n prt t Phtshp], Sn’s pc s wflly drky.

]]> By: Andrea James http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306459 Andrea James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306459 Hope that doesn't lead to a TXT MSG BREAKUP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcidD2HFK8M Hope that doesn’t lead to a TXT MSG BREAKUP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcidD2HFK8M

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306718 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306718 Yeah, that's it. Twitter discussed on the second page. Thanks, SquirrelGirl. Yeah, that’s it. Twitter discussed on the second page. Thanks, SquirrelGirl.

]]> By: andreiz http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306478 andreiz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306478 #38, you're an idiot. my friend photo and it is definitely not photoshopped. here is a set that i shot at the same party: http://flickr.com/photos/zwhiterussian/sets/72157606461608366/ #38, you’re an idiot. my friend photo and it is definitely not photoshopped. here is a set that i shot at the same party:

http://flickr.com/photos/zwhiterussian/sets/72157606461608366/

]]> By: seanbonner http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306480 seanbonner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306480 Hey #22, it's only a 6 hour drive. So there! Hey #22, it’s only a 6 hour drive. So there!

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306481 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306481 @#31 Squirrel Girl: Dammit! Why didn't I? I love that word! You have shamed me. @#31 Squirrel Girl:

Dammit! Why didn’t I? I love that word!

You have shamed me.

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306485 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306485 Yurei @38: We feel the time has come to inform you that your life is a lie. The people closest to you are supporting actors, everyone else is the invention of a small but talented group of extras, scriptwriters and cgi artists. You have seen and met Tara and Sean many, many times in many different roles, wearing a variety of clothes, make-up and prostheses. (Check out the staff next time you're in a coffee shop.) I can assure you that they are, in fact, different people, though their twitter feeds and, indeed, this blog are a fiction, a fabrication of our content generation software. Your world is a lot smaller than it appears to be. The reason I'm telling you this, is that, well, the show is being axed. It's not as popular as it once was; frankly, your character isn't as charismatic as when you were younger, and the plotlines are veering between banality and outright absurdity. But the good news is that we've got enough budget to end the series with a bang, for which this present financial crisis is just a taster of what's to come. Most of the time it's been a real pleasure working with you, and we want to assure you that despite everything that's about to happen, we bear you no personal ill-will, and wish you the best of luck when the series is finally wrapped. Yurei @38: We feel the time has come to inform you that your life is a lie. The people closest to you are supporting actors, everyone else is the invention of a small but talented group of extras, scriptwriters and cgi artists. You have seen and met Tara and Sean many, many times in many different roles, wearing a variety of clothes, make-up and prostheses. (Check out the staff next time you’re in a coffee shop.) I can assure you that they are, in fact, different people, though their twitter feeds and, indeed, this blog are a fiction, a fabrication of our content generation software. Your world is a lot smaller than it appears to be.

The reason I’m telling you this, is that, well, the show is being axed. It’s not as popular as it once was; frankly, your character isn’t as charismatic as when you were younger, and the plotlines are veering between banality and outright absurdity. But the good news is that we’ve got enough budget to end the series with a bang, for which this present financial crisis is just a taster of what’s to come.

Most of the time it’s been a real pleasure working with you, and we want to assure you that despite everything that’s about to happen, we bear you no personal ill-will, and wish you the best of luck when the series is finally wrapped.

]]> By: OM http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306490 OM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306490 ...was that "Bonner" or "Boner"? …was that “Bonner” or “Boner”?

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306240 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306240 <a href="http://simulatedcomicproduct.com/2008/03/13/dexterity-roll/" rel="nofollow">Nerds!</a> :) Nerds! :)

]]> By: heypal http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306241 heypal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306241 cool beans. congrats to them. probably the longest 18 minutes of his life. cool beans. congrats to them. probably the longest 18 minutes of his life.

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306497 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306497 Both wrong. It was "Clarence." Both wrong. It was “Clarence.”

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306243 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306243 dorks. DORKS IN LOVE! dorks.

DORKS IN LOVE!

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306244 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306244 @Xeni: Or possibly <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/geeks">GEEKS IN LOVE</a>. @Xeni:

Or possibly GEEKS IN LOVE.

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306245 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306245 Aw. Aw.

]]> By: Joel Johnson http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306247 Joel Johnson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306247 VEILWHALE VEILWHALE

]]> By: tomic http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306504 tomic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306504 Why s ths vn ntbl? Wht mks t dffrnt frm prpsng n ml? V lttr? Tlphn? Twttr s clr bcs t's nwr? s vryn tht shllw nd trvl? Why s ths vn ntbl? Wht mks t dffrnt frm prpsng n ml? V lttr? Tlphn? Twttr s clr bcs t’s nwr? s vryn tht shllw nd trvl?

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306250 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306250 I must admit, the "w00t!" is the best part. I'm having fun entertaining a hypothetical scenario where he really meant having a Twitter wedding (like the MMORPG weddings of legend) and is now completely put upon by this extra level of commitment that is suddenly out in the open and perhaps expected of him. I must admit, the “w00t!” is the best part.

I’m having fun entertaining a hypothetical scenario where he really meant having a Twitter wedding (like the MMORPG weddings of legend) and is now completely put upon by this extra level of commitment that is suddenly out in the open and perhaps expected of him.

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306507 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306507 Tomic @46: Well, <i>duh.</i> Tomic @46: Well, duh.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306252 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306252 this meets Mollusk standards. this meets Mollusk standards.

]]> By: mayjah http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306510 mayjah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306510 It could have been worse, there were no ASCII roses in his tweets. I can only hope that the made-for-TV movie involves a mishap with her losing her connectivity, then her phone, during the 18 minutes and healthy doses of slapstick as she makes all efforts to reply. Hilarity ensues! PS: Congrats. It could have been worse, there were no ASCII roses in his tweets.

I can only hope that the made-for-TV movie involves a mishap with her losing her connectivity, then her phone, during the 18 minutes and healthy doses of slapstick as she makes all efforts to reply. Hilarity ensues!

PS: Congrats.

]]> By: Sweeneybird http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306517 Sweeneybird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306517 Sweeneybird @ #42: genius Sweeneybird @ #42: genius

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306262 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306262 schweet! uh i mean, that's sweet! schweet! uh i mean, that’s sweet!

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306521 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306521 Can somebody please post something else on BoingBoing today? If this is a test to see how long we can go without something relevant to discuss I have failed. mercy Can somebody please post something else on BoingBoing today? If this is a test to see how long we can go without something relevant to discuss I have failed. mercy

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306523 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306523 <blockquote>It could have been worse, there were no ASCII roses in his tweets.</blockquote> @}-,-`- <blockquote>Twitter is cooler because it's newer? Is everyone that shallow and trivial?</blockquote>Yeah, I still don't "get" Twitter. What does it do that IM doesn't? ...and all IM did was combine email with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol" rel="nofollow">finger</a>.

It could have been worse, there were no ASCII roses in his tweets.

@}-,-`-

Twitter is cooler because it’s newer? Is everyone that shallow and trivial?

Yeah, I still don’t “get” Twitter. What does it do that IM doesn’t? …and all IM did was combine email with finger.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306527 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306527 Congratulations to the bride and groom, nonetheless. Talk to me in ten years..... Kidding! Congratulations to the bride and groom, nonetheless. Talk to me in ten years….. Kidding!

]]> By: iveexa http://boingboing.net/2008/10/10/tweethearts-blogger.html#comment-306530 iveexa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-306530 If that's a nerd girlfriend I'm Uthant. If that’s a nerd girlfriend I’m Uthant.

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