Hello.
Trump won. Clinton lost. Let's, however, spare a thought for our poor friends on Twitter. Yes, Twitter, you know, that 4% of the world that lectures, in 140 character wordbites, the rest of us (via lazy journalism). But the poor bastards have really had a hard year.
Twitter didn't like the idea of Trump becoming President and it didn't like the idea of the UK leaving the EU. It is also the biggest fan ever of David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Harper Lee, the guy who played Grizzly Adams, Big Ang (nope, me neither), and Celine Dion's husband. No-one suffered as much as Twitter when these people left us this year. Oh, and they all live on a diet of Toblerone.
I thought after 'Brexit' the people in Twitterlandia would have understood that there is an actual real world out there, a world wherein most people don't use Twitter. The media however have given Twitter an undeserved ego. "Twitter storm, Twitter outrage, Twitter reacts..". Lazy journalism. But here's the kicker, Twitter actually helped Trump get into power. Think about it! And in a moment when the Twitter users should have been bereft of words, they weren't. There was a saying I learnt at school, empty vessels make most noise. Well, if Twitter were audible it would sound like this.
Trump won. Clinton lost. Now shut up, sit back, take your opinionated, righteous head out of your arse and enjoy the show! In the end...
...it's all a load of Bovine Skittles!
Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/282087/number-of-monthly-active-twitter-users/
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/01/celebrity_deaths_in_2016_famous_photos.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcppR0lhaWQ
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