If you thought the ABA Blawg 100 was silly, then you’ll really hate the Shorty Awards for best twitterer.
(And there’s still room for 35 characters).
My personal fav twit of the day :
Narcissism about narcissism, a wonderful symmetry. A Shorty winner in my book.I’ve decided I officially hate the moniker “slackoisie” to describe my millennial sisters and brothers. Condescending, unfair & naccurate.
Tammy Cravit
H/T Ed at Blawg Review, who was going to nominate me until he realized it had nothing to do with height.
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Scott,
Just wanted to let you how flattered I am that you think I look young enough in my Twitter photo to be a Millenial, which I assume is the case given your “Narcissism about narcissism” comment. In actuality, I’m ten or so years too old to be a part of that group (depending on where you draw the Gen X/Millenial divide), though I have the privilege of working with some really motivated, talented and creative Millenials these days.
Also, I wasn’t aware that decrying prejudiced and demeaning language made one a narcissist. Thanks for clearing that up. For the record, I dislike the term “slackoisie” because I think it’s demeaning and not stereotyped, not because anyone’s ever applied it to me.
Interesting the assumptions you made based on just 19 of my words.
Warmly,
Tammy
[Edit. Note: This came via email, but as it’s obviously a comment to the post, this is where it belongs.]
As my pal Bennett likes to say, Tammy, I can explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you. Clearly, you can’t understand it for yourself. Sorry.
Of course the term “Slackoisie” is derogatory and demeaning–and it was meant to be.
Its benefit? It gets far more attention in the mainstream media than Not-Work Oriented, Lazy, Self-Absorbed or even Weenie. “Slackoisie”–in all its odd irony, meanness and humor–has done scads more than weaker terms to focus attention on two important problems: (1) a growing focus off customers (2) the decline of quality work for customers.
Thanks to people like SHG (and chiefly him) the term “Slackoisie” has gathered a lot more currency than it was getting from my law firm when it became a buzz word for all our bad hires in our Pittsburgh office starting 12 years ago.
What we learned: smartness, Coif, Law Review and world-class educations are nothing without drive, endurance and a passion for the work.
Note to Looters generally: You’re in debt and need to pay it off? So sorry. Life is tough. Try bond trading. Play the lottery. Move to France. Play the Lute on the streets. But stay away from people who love what they do for clients and customers.
I tried the Lute on the streets thing. People just aren’t fans of the Lute like they were in 2000–at least not in Centralia, Kansas.
ELM–Visit me some time in DC. This is Big Lute Country. You’ll like it better. Leave Kansas. Life’s short. You’re ruining your life. You’re welcome. Dan
Tammy, since SHG is too much of a curmudgeon to explain it to you and you seem like a nice woman, I will help. He isn’t saying you are a millennial, and why you’ve assumed that and then accused him of assuming this is probably not the smartest thing you’ve ever come up with.
He’s saying that your tweet is a manifestation of narcissism, whether you are a millenial or not. In 19 words, you used “I” twice. It’s all about you and you attributed some sort of official announcement to yourself, as it anyone asked for your “official” opinion.
So while millennials are stereotypical narcissists (not because SHG says so, but according to all those scientific studies, whether they satisfy the Tammy Test or not), they aren’t the only narcissists around. So is Tammy Cravit. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t special. In fact, you aren’t only a narcissist, but your dumb as well.
You might want to consider, for future reference, that while others may assume you’re not the smartest woman around, they can’t be certain until you provide irrefutable proof. Don’t give it to them.
No need to thank me. It’s my pleasure to help.
I’ve heard about your Lute playing. It’s okay, but not great. Maybe you just need to practice more?
In fairness to Tammy, she’s not an attorney but a paralegal (apparently, she has a second twitter account under the name @kidsparalegal). While this isn’t to suggest that paralegal’s aren’t capable of fully developed thought, since I know others like Amy Derby will rip my head off for any whiff of a suggestion otherwise, her critical thinking skills may not be quite as well developed as they should be, thus explaining both her odd reasoning and odd lack of reasoning. Maybe she just spends too much time with children?
I always look forward to being in DC (as well as many other locations). Though, I never seem to take the time to look around and smell the roses.
I agree. Life is short. It may be time for a bit of a change…