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southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social |
I know twitter is terrible now and was largely terrible for lots of people before. But I still think about the time I got confused about whether some characters on The Wire were saying ‘knockos’ or ‘narcos,’ and David Simon appeared in my mentions to set the record straight. That was pretty fun.
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Teddypasketti
@teddypasketti.bsky.social
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Smaller celeb, but I @‘d at Dan Deacon begging him to tell me if Wham City veteran Dina Kelberman was in the backup vocals on the song Wham City — something I was sure of and it drove me mad to know— and goddamnit if 8 months later I didn’t get a DM from her reading only these words: “It was me.”
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Teddypasketti
@teddypasketti.bsky.social
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Then he called you a fuckstick, right? That’s the only way to know he loves you.
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Fryda Wolff
@frydawolff.bsky.social
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I had one of those.
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Dave Littler
@dave-littler.bsky.social
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So which was it? Knockos, right?
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A Gonnagle
@agonnagle.bsky.social
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Has David Simon even seen The Wire?
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Baby Billy’s teeth
@darkhofstadter.bsky.social
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This exchange with him made my week and confirmed he is a master of many crafts
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Gregg McLennan
@strayarc.bsky.social
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He blocked me and I truly don't know what I did but it's the only block that ever hurt.
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Julie Hansen
@iommismom.bsky.social
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About a decade ago, you responded to one of my comments (that I did think was a bit of a banger), and I felt the same way. I'm slowly seeing the same here, just not to the same scale yet. Social media, with all its faults, is still pretty amazing.
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chrismorgan
@fakeaccount.com
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This is a much happier anecdote than a lot of people have after interacting with David Simon.
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Christina B
@multitude2.bsky.social
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I got to have a friendly exchange with Eric Idle about movie scores. Total Twitter highlight for me.
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Rachel the Research Midwife
@racheln76.bsky.social
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I was involved in Vulva-gate right from the start which was HILARIOUS. And a couple of famous UK comedians once replied to me and I felt start struck for about a week!
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Indorfin
@indorfin.bsky.social
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I always assumed that narcos turned into knockos.
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Ben Smith
@binsmuth.bsky.social
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I had an exchange with Duncan Jones about how much I'd enjoyed Source Code and Moon, which was nice.
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James (Jay) Woods
@jhwoods.bsky.social
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He set a lot of people straight on twitter! It was kind of fun to see how much brutal invective he invented and how abrupt he was with trolly types.
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badger billionaires and their fans
@robbeales.bsky.social
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He also spends a lot of time defending "good" cops. That site contained multitudes of David Simon.
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ok city ok
@krogerfoot.bsky.social
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He retweeted one of my jokes and called it a Master Tweet with seeming sincerity, but then he got banned so I can never prove it. Also Morgan Fairchild liked one of my tweets, presumably from her throne in Glamorous TV Paradise
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David 🏳️🌈 🇮🇪
@daithigamgee.bsky.social
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Highlight for me was getting a DM outta the blue from Mark Hamill. I’d sent him a vader&son book to the studio he was making last Jedi in in London and a little note. He got it and outta the blue dmd me thanking me. Had a little chat with him. That made my entire year :)
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Pabst Blue Ronin
@forestservicehater.bsky.social
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If it isn't Narcos, ill tell David Simon he is wrong about his own show
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WalkingTaako🏴☠️🏳️
@walkingtaako.bsky.social
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It's incredible that Musk bought a website that provided this feature with ZERO COST TO THE BUSINESS and was like "we need immediately get rid of this"
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Caro
@iwillrememberu.bsky.social
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That’s what I really liked about Twitter at first, the possibilities. No chance of such a conversation with David Simon happening in real life or other platforms but on Twitter, for a while, it didn’t seem completely impossible.
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NanBP
@nabbp.bsky.social
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It was glorious… for awhile. I met some great friends there. Now we’re all scattered and I do miss “the old days”. I like BlueSky a lot. Wish more of my friends were here.
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Toddd Nugent
@tnwharmony86.bsky.social
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Let's get David Simon on bluesky and these moments can happen again.
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Benny Six Cats
@teeveeben.bsky.social
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My version of this is when I tweeted some perfectly crafted, devastating pithy burn on The Spin Doctors and the lead singer of The Spin Doctors somehow saw it and replied something like “Whatup dude! I’m the guy from the Spin Doctors! Cool tweet!”
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Jennie Jonzen
@astartiel.substack.com
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I have had some very interesting conversations with people on Twitter myself. I keep hoping some of those people end up here.
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Dave Stevens
@noviceanarchist.bsky.social
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Once I suggested that Bela Fleck and Yo Yo Ma should play together and Bela Fleck responded, “I’m in!” That was pretty cool.
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Joe Uchill
@joeuchill.bsky.social
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Jason
@jasondtx.bsky.social
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IIRC someone there told him he didn't know anything about The Wire
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Arlan Hellison (famous)
@thehell.zone
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yeah it was the best for that kind of thing and there really isn’t anywhere where that’s happening too much anymore unless you’re excited to talk to like. Ian Miles Cheong or Tim Pool
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⚾️ Henry Tallent ⚾️
@thegoldengator.bsky.social
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Long, long ago, Lou Diamond Phillips tweeted out something sarcastic about a women’s sexuality. I tweeted back that maybe he shouldn’t be one to make that comment. He replied back, “touché”.
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Adam klopek
@furrycow.bsky.social
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I share the same story
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Paulette
@paulette7.bsky.social
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I couldn’t understand a word the characters said which was a shame because it was clearly really good. I had to give up watching it!
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Stu Hennigan
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
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I once said that the singer Richard Marx wasn't my cup of tea, and (he wasn't tagged) he popped up and replied, don't worry Stu, you're probably not my cup of tea either. Still makes me laugh every time i think about it.
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Andrew D Wilson
@adw.bsky.social
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That’s all we ever wanted from it I think
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Andrew
@ads60nyc.bsky.social
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It was a highlight to find I was followed by Elizabeth Wurtzel, who even included me in a Follow Friday.
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James Hearne
@jameshearne.bsky.social
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I asked him a random Wire question at like 11pm once and he answered within 15 minutes.
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buster skeetin
@raymanwithaplan.bsky.social
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That's the appeal of everyone being in one place, posting away, but it's not unique to Twitter. That sort of thing can happen anywhere there's a critical mass of normal people and famous people. Dropping into someone's mentions for a joke or an insightful comment is top tier posting
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Jesse Hughey
@hughey.bsky.social
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I once made a pretty harmless joke about Tom Arnold and he defensively QTed it within seconds. I had not tagged him. Now I am curious if that will happen again here.
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sock filled with sand✡️
@wrathhussy.bsky.social
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it really was a cool site in those moments like you describe.
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SlingbladeWilly
@slingbladewilly.bsky.social
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I made a comment mocking Mannheim Steamroller with a photo of a real steamroller and one of the guys from the band responded positively and then I felt bad for mocking them
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❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ "K"
@occupyonelove.bsky.social
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Twitter was the most feature rich microblog app. It was the world cafe. I am sorry to see it died.
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Bob Walnut
@bobwalnut.bsky.social
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He once gave me a stern dressing down when I commented on the lack of diversity in a picture he posted of the writing room for The Deuce. Best day ever.
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jamie quinn 🏳️⚧️
@threnody.bsky.social
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it was both, right? some say one and some say the other? and it’s maybe situational? like knockos will bust down a door or beat you down and narcos were coming for the drugs? i don’t recall this convo but i’ve watched the show an unhealthy amount.
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Cindy
@samuraicindy.bsky.social
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Right? Access was so helpful. Connectedness.
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