twitter fail blog

A hot topic on twitter tonight, as thousands rub elbows in the final hours of SXSW isn’t the lineup of artists and performers that grace the many stages across Austin. Instead, scores of people are tweeting what may be their most lasting memory of the annual festival of music, film and emerging technologies:  the shared community of  the bathroom line as they cross their legs and dance nervously while waiting an hour outside the loo at the @perezhilton party. (We’re #notfollowing him, btw.)

Women are used to spending a lot of time in bathroom lines, so it’s not surprising to find @disasterology making the best of it:

When more people are standing in line to pee than are actually enjoying the event, that is newsworthy. Not front page news, but definitely worth a mention.

Regardless of how much praise you got from Mom every time you successfully tinkled like a big girl, it’s not news.

What some people don’t consider when posting personal info like this is that the world knows you gotta go. Think for just a moment – is this gem something you’d like retweeted around the globe? Sure, you can “protect” your tweets so only a few people are offended by your bathroom habits, but trust us, we can’t help you, and we’re probably eating lunch, so please, just stop!

And then there are people like @shayisokay, who doesn’t need help from anyone.

Now we’ve lost our appetite. Thanks.