Eli's Monthly Twitter Dump Feb. 2022

The very best of the month

The internet is a large and scary place. It is also endlessly full of useful, amusing, educational and batshit crazy things so I decided it would be a fun exercise to share my favorite tweets with you every month. If you like this stuff you should in fact, follow me on Twitter and you should also consider forwarding this to a friend and telling them to subscribe to the newsletter.

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Ok y’all I know you’ve probably read plenty of things about the current situation in Ukraine so I haven’t included any of that. This email is probably going to get cut off so you may want to scroll all the way to the bottom and click “View Entire Message” so you can view in your browser and see all the goodness herein.

Educational

Wes Kao 🏛 @wes_kao

Most people suck at giving feedback. Here’s a framework for feedback that creates behavior change:

rac.eth @RAC

ok so you hate NFTs. cool, let's talk about it. i'm not gonna convince you, but at least i can offer the perspective of an artist who has been involved in the space since 2017 before any of you heard about it.

rachel syme @rachsyme

what's one thing -- anything: a good walk, a smell, a meal, a purchase, a new show, an engrossing book, a long conversation -- that has brought you seratonin recently in this very crummy time

🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 @mykola

Please quote this tweet with a thing that everyone in your field knows and nobody in your industry talks about because it would lead to general chaos.

MJ Shallenberger 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇦 @mjshally

This whole "the NYT ruined Wordle!" thing is a great case study in confirmation bias. It also gives us some insight into human nature that helps explain how conspiracy theories work.

Misha @MishadaVinci

Web3 and NFT Twitter can be confusing. Let's change that. 40 terms that will make you SMARTER—starting today:

rachel syme @rachsyme

what show should I watch that’s one you feel evangelical about because nobody else has seen it

Random and Cool Depending On Your Interests

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein

New Yorkers: what’s the most New York thing that’s ever happened to you? I once asked to use the bathroom at Kim’s Video and the guy behind the counter, who looked like Napoleon Dynamite with a lot of piercings, rolled his eyes and said, “you aren’t going to shoot up, are you?”

നocha @bigwanger12

90s album covers but SpongeBob: a thread

Chris Albon @chrisalbon

Someone at Pixar deleted all of Toy Story 2 and the backup hadn't worked for a month, and the only reason we saw that movie was b/c someone on maternity leave had a copy of it on her home computer. Her name is Galyn Susman and she is now the producer for the new Lightyear movie!

dan chamberlain @amfmpm

what's your pop culture white whale? i mean unreleased/unrealized stuff like "the day the clown cried" - mine is the rumored jay-z blueprint 3 track "crispy benjamins" which supposedly sampled regina spektor's "chemo limo"

fluffyhairs @fluffyhairslol

wtf did i just pull bruh

fluoroquinoloner @fluoroquinolo13

One of my favorite things about pediatrics is looking at imaging. Like have you ever seen a baby's hand x ray? That shit is adorable.

Lasky💫 @laskyfw

what is the best hip hop beat you've ever heard?

Funny As Hell

Flavortown @flavortown

Six more weeks of flavor

nash flynn @itsnashflynn

i got called to the principal’s office in hs one time and he immediately started giving me a very long, stern monologue about respecting when someone says no. as my confusion was hitting its peak, the receptionist opened the door and said ‘hey danny it wasn’t her with the eggs’

Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally

every now and then, Nextdoor delivers

George Pointon @GeorgePointon_

I asked a group of 6 year olds to 'Pitch me a new film idea' Move over Hollywood A THREAD

Casey Balsham @CaseyBalsham

Just got excited at a crossword clue that was “cheese lovers” and was like oooooo there’s a name for people like me and the answer was mice

meredith FAIR CONTRACT NOW dietz @dietz_meredith

i don’t irish exit, i american withdraw (make a big show about leaving and then linger indefinitely)

Melissa Capriglione @ Basil and Oregano!! @mcapriglioneart

When you ask me how I'm doing and I say "I'm functioning" this is what I mean

Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau

When I was a kid my mom made us “chocolate soup” once and gave it to us in a bowl with a spoon and it was such an amazing treat and like 20 years later I realized it was just hot chocolate and all the cups were dirty.

Mickey 🔑 @mmiicckkkeeyyy

I’m crying im so happy for them

Insightful Observations

Sahana Srinivasan @sahana_srini

I used to accidentally repeat stories to my friends a lot but now I just say “I think I’ve already told you this” and say it again anyway

Robin Lopez @rolopez42

Salvador Dali died in 1989. It's weird to think he may have seen the movie"Predator."

big honkin caboose @itsmegangraves

When will I learn that smoking as much as possible before I go to the airport won’t keep me high for my entire flight it’ll just make going through security Terrifying

charlie @chunkbardey

i hate how many leisure activities make you wear paper wristbands. how am i supposed to relax while wearing a paper wristband …

llama in a tux @LlamaInaTux

Every winter Olympic sport is just a variation of either ‘get down hill fast’ or ‘knife feet’

Hannah Tindle @hannahtindle

Candace Bushnell spilling some deeply depressing tea today

hannah strong @thethirdhan

no director has yet been brave enough to cast viggo mortensen and mads mikkelsen as weird brothers

Other Tweets That I Liked

• This video of a guy falling through a hole in a floor (he’s fine)

• This collection of weird covers of The Hobbit

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