Read on Twitter
Okay here's the thing: I have spent a huge bulk of my life feeling like I'm standing outside a house party watching everyone else through the window. Everyone seems to be engaged in some ongoing conversation, and it's full of in-jokes and norms I sometimes struggle to crack.
The world moves at a faster pace than I'd like. Sometimes in a conversation, I'll pause as I'm thinking of how to phrase something, and the conversation will continue on without me.
Imagine walking into the Burkean parlor and never being able to catch up
When Tom Buchanan says to Nick Carroway "I know you like to watch," I felt that. Like a voyeur, not because it's enjoyable but because I don't know how else to join the conversation.
I made a Twitter because it's long past due to abandon any social media platforms owned by Facebook (Instagram & WhatsApp included). Facebook has long supported the dissemination of disinformation in political ads by not fact-checking them,
so here I am. But honestly, Twitter has always terrified me. Because Twitter is where that Great Conversation happens. The one I've always watched but never felt like I could engage. I've been comfortable shouting into the void of Instagram because a post's just a post over there
Here on Twitter, the void can shout back.
So: hi y'all. I'm Andy. Terrified to be here.
I'll be spending time on Tumblr as well at http://andykeys.tumblr.com -- it's more anonymous over there!
