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There are two types of people in this world: individuals who embrace having 280 characters to spew their views on Twitter and individuals who despise the new 280-character tweet limit because they consider the forced brevity to be the underestimated genius of the social media platform. Twitter doubled the amount of tweeting users can do by increasing the tweet limit from 140 to 280 characters. On the bright side, you don’t have to abbreviate “your” to “ur” any longer (If you still use “ur” when you have 280 characters you’re a douche). On the downside, Twitter has been reincarnated as a newer version of Live Journal where everyone can voice their lengthy opinions on every topic under the sun even though nobody wants it. You know, like Facebook, but strangers instead of your family members. Twitter users exploded after the announcement of doubling their character counts with hilarity, snark, and indignation. Here are the funniest and best tweets celebrating or slamming Twitter’s new 280-character limit.
#280characters? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!
— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@IsiahWhitlockJr) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/Sushimibelle/status/928145807030730752
99% of you people don’t even deserve 140 characters.
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) November 7, 2017
139 characters pic.twitter.com/WkfdXL8oLh
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) September 26, 2017
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories. *DUN DUN*
— 𝐋𝐀𝐖 & 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 (@lawandordertv) November 7, 2017
When someone tweets a 280 character tweet. pic.twitter.com/iNUSIofQam
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) November 8, 2017
when you see a 280 character tweet pic.twitter.com/7nXuL2rocx
— julia reinstein 🚡 (@juliareinstein) November 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/johnnysimon/status/928012163255623683
Me before Twitter's 280 character limit and me after the 280 character limit… pic.twitter.com/r4vZLH98TI
— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) November 7, 2017
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* ☄️#280characters— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/928006743518535681
Fixed it for you, @Twitter. pic.twitter.com/B5syP1rvz7
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 7, 2017
Finally! Enough characters to count all of Tom’s wins.
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Hey @Twitter, can we get some more characters?— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 8, 2017
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1923Wow. We've never been able to do that before! Thanks, @twitter. pic.twitter.com/4W1U7qpLlj
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) November 8, 2017
Now that we all have #280Characters, we expect your Twitter complaints about specific calls against your favorite teams to be calm, well-reasoned, and full of complete sentences. Thanks in advance for this positive step forward in basketball officiating-related discourse."
— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) November 7, 2017
280 characters means we can now go…
AGUEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/pEZyuK5tg2
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 8, 2017
“LANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” #ArcherFXX #280characters
— Archer (@archerfxx) November 7, 2017
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☆。★。☆。★— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) November 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/928013085276884993
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortuDAMMIT TOO LONG
— Neil Kleid (@neilkleid) November 8, 2017
This is bullshi pic.twitter.com/Ax3rRvNCBE
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) November 7, 2017
I will NEVER use 280 characters nor will I favorite or retweet a tweet with them. THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/928051663666999296
#Twitter right now be like…#280Characters pic.twitter.com/s8V5GJzFmf
— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) November 8, 2017
I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot. #280characters pic.twitter.com/2QDi9fw6Ey
— Marvel UK & Ireland (@MarvelUK) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/jmehough/status/928158810073690112
What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at 15 miles. Your fugitive's name is Doctor Richard Kimble. Go get him.
Maybe 280 is fine.
— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) November 7, 2017
Did we do it right? #280characters pic.twitter.com/Lg2DZZgo4o
— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) November 8, 2017
Self-imposing a 140-character limit, despite now having 280 characters, will be the new vinyl.
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) November 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/MissBrittHayes/status/928006851165335560
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Who needs #280characters? A picture is worth a thousand words. pic.twitter.com/IVEA3GqHyY
— Krispy Kreme (@krispykreme) November 8, 2017
now that i have 280 characters all tweets to me must be a correctly formatted research paper. paper must include:
-12 pt times new roman
-double spaced
-works cited page
-thesis statement
-footnotes
-full bibliography
-in text citations
-MLA or APA formatting
-Submitted as .docx— alex (@mineifiwildout) November 7, 2017
if I wanted to deal with 280 characters I'd go read game of thrones
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 7, 2017
Finally Can Say This…
Now
this
is
the
story
all
about
how
My
life
got
flipped,
turned
upside
down
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like
to
take
a
minute
just
sit
right
there
I'll
tell
you
how
I
became
the
prince
of
a
town
called
Bel Air #280characters pic.twitter.com/KuxIBg2MKx— Ziggy 🇵🇸 (@mrjafri) November 8, 2017
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— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) November 8, 2017
Me, seeing how Twitter reacts to the new rule. #280characters pic.twitter.com/9NFRQ6xWI0
— Eli Tidmore (@EliTidmoreMusic) November 8, 2017
280 characters is like watching people overeat at a buffet purely because they can, and then vomit it up everywhere
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 7, 2017
280 characters? Fuck that.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/crissles/status/928637190174855169
Who knew that our attention spans could not even handle 280 characters.
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