Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:25     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Like any in joke, if you didn't get it immediately, it will surely not seem funny when explained to you. (That's not some backhanded dig at you; you just don't happen to be part of the subculture who gets the joke.)
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:25     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
I don't like it at all. Given HRC's immensely more substantive knowledge of policy, she should rise above this kind of incivility.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:23     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Anonymous wrote:I think the response of well you are an expert at deleting emails is much better


Not really. It's like the comeback the guy who got burned two hours ago and amounts to "same to you." Lame.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:22     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Anonymous wrote:It is what people tweet as a wise crack when someone they know has tweeted a lame joke or stupid comment.

So it is a three word Twitter way of laughing or mocking or shaking one's head at a someone's stupid tweets.


Well in that case, it's stupid all around.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:22     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
I agree. The uproar over it baffled me. Was it a reference to her 'deleting' scandal? A social media millenial thing (in which case half the people commenting on how great it was probably didn't even "get" it? WHAT WAS SO FUNNY!?!?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:18     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm a Hillary supporter, but I genuinely don't get why people act like this is some hilarious witticism.


I've never been a fan of that particular burn, but in this case I think it was an effective way of belittling Trump and demonstrating that his Twitter attacks were not going to be treated seriously.

Because I am a long-winded over-thinker, I could also write a treatise analyzing the inconsistency of a technophobe who was incapable of managing two email accounts and, therefore, resorted to an email server in her basement now attempting to appear clued into the Twitterverse. Or, even discuss my discomfort with the roots of "delete your account" which lie in the "internet death sentence" frequently given out to those who have put a foot in their mouth. One poorly considered tweet can cause such a backlash that deleting your account is the only reasonable recourse. That doesn't seem like a system deserving of much praise. But, I'll avoid all of that. For now.

Meh. That presupposes that any national political figure actually composes and posts their tweets. I'd bet Donald Trump is the only one that does his own tweeting, and we all know how that looks.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:11     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
I don't know that it was actually witty at all, but it was funny. Why anything is funny is probably up for philosophical debate. In this case, for me, I think it was funny for its unexpectedness, its social media savvy-ness, its brevity, and its immediate/high take-down factor.

It definitely is the kind of thing that is only funny one time, like when a kid makes a totally unexpected but on-point joke and the adults are all in hysterics, it's not funny if the kid makes the joke again next week, because the unexpected/novel factor is used up.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 09:11     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
I think the response of well you are an expert at deleting emails is much better
jsteele
Post 06/13/2016 08:36     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a Hillary supporter, but I genuinely don't get why people act like this is some hilarious witticism.


I've never been a fan of that particular burn, but in this case I think it was an effective way of belittling Trump and demonstrating that his Twitter attacks were not going to be treated seriously.

Because I am a long-winded over-thinker, I could also write a treatise analyzing the inconsistency of a technophobe who was incapable of managing two email accounts and, therefore, resorted to an email server in her basement now attempting to appear clued into the Twitterverse. Or, even discuss my discomfort with the roots of "delete your account" which lie in the "internet death sentence" frequently given out to those who have put a foot in their mouth. One poorly considered tweet can cause such a backlash that deleting your account is the only reasonable recourse. That doesn't seem like a system deserving of much praise. But, I'll avoid all of that. For now.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:30     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
It is what people tweet as a wise crack when someone they know has tweeted a lame joke or stupid comment.

So it is a three word Twitter way of laughing or mocking or shaking one's head at a someone's stupid tweets.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:27     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Anonymous wrote:http://www.npr.org/2016/06/10/481579212/-memeoftheweek-delete-your-account


Agree.

Delete the media. Please.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:25     Subject: Re:Why is "delete your account?" witty?
It isn’t.
Some Hillary supporters think they need to “swoon” over anything their candidate says or does.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:22     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
Apparently it's a twitter thing.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:22     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/10/481579212/-memeoftheweek-delete-your-account
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2016 08:19     Subject: Why is "delete your account?" witty?
I'm a Hillary supporter, but I genuinely don't get why people act like this is some hilarious witticism.