Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert cartoons and a popular blog, recently shared a list of his tweets that were the most popular. Here’s a partial list:
I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun. (41)
I would hate to live in a world that rewards ignorance. What? Uh-oh. (with photo of graph of book sales)(26)
Outragists are the new awful: (link to my blog article) (29)
While no one was paying attention, weather reports became accurate and the news became fiction. Did not see that coming. (26)
I knew a guy with passion to be a pro golfer and the brain to be a great accountant. He followed his passion. He’s homeless now. (25)
If you can’t construct a coherent argument for the other side, you probably don’t understand your own opinion. (23)
Outragism: The act of generating outrage by quoting famous people out of context. #outragism (23)
Dear calendar makers: Put the weekEND at the END of the row. Sunday is not the start of the week.(with photo of revised calendar layout) #Google #Apple (20)
Guys: If you ask a woman on a date and she says “possibly,” act optimistic and immediately make other plans. #datingadvice (16)
Salesman: These mattresses are hand-made! Me: Can you show me the good ones made by robots? #robots (16)
World’s shortest IQ test: “What percentage of your reality do you understand?” Grading: The higher the percentage the lower the IQ. (18)
My blog post about science’s biggest failure is melting the http://Dilbert.com servers with traffic. Hits a nerve. (Link to article) (18)
Best skill combination ever: web graphic design and web analytics. Learn those things and own the world. (16)
Fancy hotel has personalized products in bath. Not the first time I have seen my name and “douche” on same page. (photo of gel douche) (14)
My most popular tweets are the ones that insult dumb people. Everyone is confident I am talking about other people who have it coming. (12)
Here’s the link to his blog: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/110543090261/twitter-is-my-laboratory
Maybe you should be following him instead of me. Or both of us.