Is it just me, or do William Shatner’s words of support to the recently Facebook-unfriended ring a little hollow in the above public service announcement sponsored by Jimmy Kimmel?
Hey, I’m a "Star Trek" > "Star Wars" gal all the way, but It’s hard for me to actually believe Capt. Kirk is genuine when he claims to understand that, "being unfriended by someone you kinda know can hurt." Maybe that’s because I still remember that one time way back in Twitter’s early days when @WilliamShatner unfollowed the Bloggess — aka "The Most Interesting Person on the Internet."
If that epic Twitter epic tw-ama isn’t in your data base, you totally need to bone up on your Internet lore you big n00b. It’s one of the then-nascent microblogging network’s earliest Twitter scandals, and almost three years later, remains one of the best.
"Bloggess" Jenny Lawson — who also co-authors the Houston Chronicle’s Good Mom/Bad Mom — chronicled her three-part hero’s journey to get marriage advice from William Shatner via Twitter, which tragically resulted in a failed bid just to get Shatner to re-follow her.
Here’s a small-but-telling excerpt of Lawson’s
Dear @WilliamShatner: I need you to come to my house to save my marriage. No sex involved.
Unless you *want* to have sex. Which is totally fine.
But not with me though because I'm married. Please bring your own hooker.
Oh my God, what am I saying? I am the worst hostess ever. I will totally provide the hooker if you just come to dinner.
I need to know your preferences though or else I'll just default to hot Asian cheerleader.
Dear @WilliamShatner. Please ignore my last several tweets. I'm a little drunk. And dangerously close to paying too much for travel.
Please come to my house and save me from myself.
Please give me a sign
Victor: GET OFF TWITTER. I'VE BEEN STABBED.
So you tell me. Does Shatner’s non-response to the wrenching pleas of the Bloggess read like a man who knows what it’s like to become a social network untouchable?
One imagines Capt. Picard would be a whole lot cooler.
More on the annoying way we live now:
- Kimmel: It's 'National UnFriend Day' on Facebook
- Will 'mrskutcher' become 'msmoore' on Twitter?
- Samuel L. Jackson is loud, even on Twitter
- Fidel Castro's niece trolled in Twitter debut
Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.