I joined Twitter back in January 2010, and at the time I felt really undecided about it. But now, there is no indecision. The plain fact is that I love it. It amuses me to no end.
I know that non-Twitter folks find the whole thing “meaningless” and therefore a waste of time. However, I think the meaningless stuff is what is most amusing. Sure, I also hear about local earthquakes, international breaking news, amber alerts, Health Canada warnings, and just about any other kind of serious event well before those who are not on twitter. And I appreciate that. But I think it’s likely that I appreciate the meaningless stuff the most.
Here is an example for you. This morning, I tweeted this out:
One of the responses I received back was this:
As I read Shona’s tweet, I started to chuckle. My husband looked at me like, “what’s the joke?”
So I backed up and told him of my original tweet and that a “power outage would not stop my DH from his coffee!” Then I also read him Shona’s response about “chewing on the beans.”
He was grinning as I recounted these and then he asked:
What does DH mean?
I explained that “DH” is short form that we tweeters use to keep things in their 140-character maximum. DH = dear husband, DS = dear son, DD = dear daughter … and so on.
He replied:
Oh, so it doesn’t mean “Dick Head.”
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