Friends, this weekend I made a terrible mistake: I shared an opinion on the internet.
Actually, thats a bit disingenuous and veryboomerof me.
Lets be a bit more accurate.
I wrote a deliberatively provocative, unpopular opinion piece for ourJust Putting It Out Thereseries.
Was I shocked at the response?
I was purposefully a shithouse and expected nay, hoped that people would get riled up.
Despite this, the scale of the abuse surprised me.
Literally hundreds of people displayed very clearly their unfamiliarity with the term unpopular opinion.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
And that meant reviewing a selection of the angry tweets we received.
Youre welcome, dark mode fans.
The Just putting it out there: fuck you format was the most common response to the article.
This individual tried something a little different though.
4/10
This really is the pinnacle of the Just putting it… format.
This is like that.
Sir (because, remember, basically all these tweets were from men), consider me insulted.
I dick, indeed.
8/10
I like this one a lot.
Mental health is important and rage is bad, we should all remember that.
Thank you, Twitter user.
7/10
Sometimes the classics are the best.
This is simple and straight to the point.
This one confuses me.
The user refers to me as both an infant, AND makes a negative implication towards my sexual activity.
It seems like they expect babies to be having sex?
I like the creativity, but the messaging is muddled.
2/10
Is this ironic?
But will I read it that way?
So, this is actually a compliment.
Meaning its not an insult at all.
0/10
A big self own here, person.
Id say this half put me in my place.
5/10
This is a reference to my face inthe articles header image.
Honestly, this person killed it.
I have been slain.
No more life for me.
My face is just, what?
10/10
LOVE this energy.
I received a few ok boomer tweets, which in my mind makes each proceeding one even better.
Ive gotta say, this individual murdered me.
At least with ok boomer I could say that Im categorically not a boomer.
This is the sort of service you cant pay for.
Also, I appreciate you blocking me after our chat.
11/10
So, there you have it!
Reviews of some of the hate tweets I received for my dumb article.
Truly, Ive learnt that people love dark mode.
And that most folks really suck at insults.
