Thanks to HeavyLight for providing the picture.
That's us just above "porn" and "Star Trek". The two constants from my adolescence.
Only joking. I never watched "Star Trek".
It's dropped off the Trending Topics on Twitter now, but that's cool. America woke up and then people got jolly annoyed with Twitter for reasons I don't completely understand.
Was it the interweb's first virtual flashmob? I hope so. That's funny.
Some people questioned the frivolity of the exercise. Okay, so we didn't change the world, but that wasn't the plan. In fact, there wasn't a plan. That was the beauty.
As Michael Stipe - a man who can turn a phrase much better than I can - once sang "No solution. Spleen-venting. But I feel better having screamed. Don't you?"
Mind you, he also sang "I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract", so maybe he doesn't have all the answers.
I'm fully aware that we were pretty much preaching to the converted. But maybe - just maybe - if one person read the links in the timeline and resolved to vote on 4th June where previously they had decided to stay at home, isn't it worth it?
Perhaps we should organise a Twitter campaign to persuade people to register to vote?
So, a big thank you again to all those who picked up the ball and ran with it. You all rock.
Don't worry. Normal service will be resumed and I'll be back to telling bad jokes about pot noodle, cartoon characters and swearing gratuitously.
EDIT: Oh, and the SpamBots getting involved somehow made it even better.
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