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Adventures in Emerging Adulthood




yahoonews:

How many Twitter followers do you have? According to an analysis by our data team, if it’s fewer than 50, you probably support President Obama. Have 2,500 to 4,900? The chances are better that you’re on Team Romney. Learn more.

Whoa. Not what I would have guessed (not that I would have guessed the exact opposite. I don’t know). 

yahoonews:

How many Twitter followers do you have? According to an analysis by our data team, if it’s fewer than 50, you probably support President Obama. Have 2,500 to 4,900? The chances are better that you’re on Team Romney. Learn more.

Whoa. Not what I would have guessed (not that I would have guessed the exact opposite. I don’t know). 

(Source: Yahoo!, via brooklynmutt)



newsweek:

This is what happens when you send your coworker to Chiptole with a dyslexic order that asks specifically for black rice and they don’t have your phone number.

We guessed right. 

newsweek:

This is what happens when you send your coworker to Chiptole with a dyslexic order that asks specifically for black rice and they don’t have your phone number.

We guessed right. 

(via montenegromontenegro)



Lolo Jones is the anti-Garfield. 

Lolo Jones is the anti-Garfield



Will Embedded Tweets Ever Work?

So ShortForm just figured this out, but here’s a pictorial explanation.

Supposedly the #NewNewTwitter has a sweet new way of embedding tweets. Finally, amirite? But here’s at least one problem.

While they look great on the front end of Tumblrs:

The backend is another, odd and confusing story:

 

Maybe if the Twitter user’s handle was displayed above the blockquote it’d be OK, but currently it’s difficult to tell this is even a tweet. Grrrr. Granted I haven’t gotten the New New Twitter yet, so I can’t play around with it. 

(The original Shortformblog post)