March 3rd, 2009 / 1:14 am
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Fuck Twitter + Exploder

giant-rabbit3

Hi, we’re on Twitter now.

Our bodies are changing. It is scary when our bodies start to change.

Like, your hair grows where before you just rubbed and rubbed

and ladies are more interested in you, and men,

and there is trouble brewing in the cistern

and you might bruise a knee if you cry too hard

yes, we are a changing

changing so hard everyday, it’s like pushups plus grease

i feel exploder

did you know i had a baby last year?

it’s what makes me angry and upset

i can sometimes do a post about how strong my back is

and sometimes i can post about Ricky Moody

to be honest, though, this website is just a hoax made of candy n paper,

designed to get Diane Wililams randy in her special spot

Diane Williams i think changes everyday too

though you never complained when she did that

Don’t fight! We came to make babies

and to eat those babies on crackers provided free of charge

by the goodwill of Cooper Renner and Lee Klein

and Restin Borstenseinsen

and Pimp C (RIP)

Crackerz! for Night Train Magazine!
Crackerz! for Ass Hi Books!
Crackerz! for Haypenny Magazine (RIP)!
Crackerz! for crackers like ya’ll bitches who all you wanna do is front

No really, tho. Let’s play Internet Publishing Mall Madness, n update what we eat on the Twitter, n buy a book sometime, with our monies

‘stead o’ just writin’ that shit all day n shit,

& like my friend Dave ‘future ex editor of NYer’ Shakur said, I get $$$ nigga

till I dead

** THIS POST SHOULD RECEIVE 200 COMMENTS, AS IT IS TRULY ABOUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING **

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136 Comments

  1. tao

      sweet ‘ass hi’ plug bro

  2. tao

      sweet ‘ass hi’ plug bro

  3. tao

      sweet ‘ass hi’ plug bro

  4. Blake Butler

      asians saying bro is awesome

  5. Blake Butler

      asians saying bro is awesome

  6. Blake Butler

      asians saying bro is awesome

  7. davidpeak

      mom and dad are fighting again

  8. davidpeak

      mom and dad are fighting again

  9. davidpeak

      mom and dad are fighting again

  10. Blake Butler

      mom n dad r happy, dude

  11. Blake Butler

      mom n dad r happy, dude

  12. Blake Butler

      no more fighting ideas. just fun.

  13. Blake Butler

      no more fighting ideas. just fun.

  14. Blake Butler

      mom n dad r happy, dude

  15. Blake Butler

      no more fighting ideas. just fun.

  16. Blake Butler

      what happened to ass hi?

  17. Blake Butler

      what happened to ass hi?

  18. Blake Butler

      what happened to ass hi?

  19. sasha

      They say dirt and sunshine make the flowers grow
      I say, fuck a bitch raw and drive your nut on the floor

  20. sasha

      They say dirt and sunshine make the flowers grow
      I say, fuck a bitch raw and drive your nut on the floor

  21. sasha

      They say dirt and sunshine make the flowers grow
      I say, fuck a bitch raw and drive your nut on the floor

  22. tao

      i think it was just ‘finished,’ like if it were a novel it would be completed

      ass hi is one of my most neglected projects, i feel

      i might be willing to like make cognitive-behavioral therapy or some other book not exist and have ‘ass hi’ exist as a book

      i feel nervous, not sure about that statement

      something weird is happening today to me, i feel ‘extremely verbal’

  23. tao

      i think it was just ‘finished,’ like if it were a novel it would be completed

      ass hi is one of my most neglected projects, i feel

      i might be willing to like make cognitive-behavioral therapy or some other book not exist and have ‘ass hi’ exist as a book

      i feel nervous, not sure about that statement

      something weird is happening today to me, i feel ‘extremely verbal’

  24. Ken Baumann

      blake this is such a good post.

  25. Ken Baumann

      blake this is such a good post.

  26. tao

      i think it was just ‘finished,’ like if it were a novel it would be completed

      ass hi is one of my most neglected projects, i feel

      i might be willing to like make cognitive-behavioral therapy or some other book not exist and have ‘ass hi’ exist as a book

      i feel nervous, not sure about that statement

      something weird is happening today to me, i feel ‘extremely verbal’

  27. Ken Baumann

      blake this is such a good post.

  28. Blake Butler

      yes, you are talking more than usual, but it is good.

      i would like an ass hi compendium to read in the bathtub

      i bet dennis would do it

  29. Blake Butler

      yes, you are talking more than usual, but it is good.

      i would like an ass hi compendium to read in the bathtub

      i bet dennis would do it

  30. Blake Butler

      you are one of my favorite people ever

  31. Blake Butler

      you are one of my favorite people ever

  32. Blake Butler

      yes, you are talking more than usual, but it is good.

      i would like an ass hi compendium to read in the bathtub

      i bet dennis would do it

  33. Blake Butler

      you are one of my favorite people ever

  34. Ken Baumann

      just dance! if you caught up in the holy ghost trance
      if you stop! ima put the killer ants in your pants
      -ODB

  35. Ken Baumann

      just dance! if you caught up in the holy ghost trance
      if you stop! ima put the killer ants in your pants
      -ODB

  36. Ken Baumann

      just dance! if you caught up in the holy ghost trance
      if you stop! ima put the killer ants in your pants
      -ODB

  37. Blake Butler

      yes. fuck yes.

  38. Blake Butler

      yes. fuck yes.

  39. Ken Baumann

      tao, i miss ass hi too.

  40. Ken Baumann

      tao, i miss ass hi too.

  41. Blake Butler

      yes. fuck yes.

  42. Ken Baumann

      tao, i miss ass hi too.

  43. Ken Baumann

      it’s okay to favorite.
      smoochfest!

  44. Ken Baumann

      it’s okay to favorite.
      smoochfest!

  45. Ken Baumann

      it’s okay to favorite.
      smoochfest!

  46. sasha

      you can call my dirty
      and then lift up your skirt
      clap clap

  47. sasha

      you can call my dirty
      and then lift up your skirt
      clap clap

  48. sasha

      you can call my dirty
      and then lift up your skirt
      clap clap

  49. davidpeak

      mom and dad are doing it

  50. davidpeak

      mom and dad are doing it

  51. davidpeak

      mom and dad are doing it

  52. jimmy

      fuck yeah bro

  53. jimmy

      fuck yeah bro

  54. jimmy

      fuck yeah bro

  55. jimmy

      shit, i replied to the wrong comment. haha

  56. jimmy

      shit, i replied to the wrong comment. haha

  57. jimmy

      no wait i did reply to the right one. this comment indent thing is confusing.

  58. jimmy

      no wait i did reply to the right one. this comment indent thing is confusing.

  59. sasha

      blake if you give me your number i will call you up
      we will act like your pussy will not interrupt
      i do not have any problems with you fucking me
      i have several with you not fucking me
      i will fucking kill you and i will not read your book
      i didn’t mean that to sound harsh
      i’m tired
      blake you know i’ll take care of you baby

  60. sasha

      blake if you give me your number i will call you up
      we will act like your pussy will not interrupt
      i do not have any problems with you fucking me
      i have several with you not fucking me
      i will fucking kill you and i will not read your book
      i didn’t mean that to sound harsh
      i’m tired
      blake you know i’ll take care of you baby

  61. james yeh

      sup bro

  62. james yeh

      sup bro

  63. Blake Butler

      seriously can we get serious in here and whatnot

  64. Blake Butler

      seriously can we get serious in here and whatnot

  65. Ken Baumann

      sasha wants to look pretty tho
      in my video

  66. Ken Baumann

      sasha wants to look pretty tho
      in my video

  67. Blake Butler

      but really, who is the worst person on the internet and stuff

  68. Blake Butler

      but really, who is the worst person on the internet and stuff

  69. Blake Butler

      ‘serious unserious’ ‘reverent irreverent’

  70. Blake Butler

      ‘serious unserious’ ‘reverent irreverent’

  71. sasha

      i was just trying to get you to 200.
      sheesh.
      LORDY.
      i’ll talk about the worst person on the internet in the morning. i’m tired. and i think they’re going to make me detail clean the walls tomorrow.
      also, who is the worst person on the internet? really? shit is vast dude! like the desert! who is this worst person in the desert? in the ocean. who is the worst person in the ocean. tilapia. because that shit tastes like water. but i mean, it has it’s values. i’m trying to be less judgmental. maybe this should have been a twitter, so i would have had to talk less.
      hyphenate that shit man. serious-unserious. etc.

      ken i do. i’m pretty vain. i’m not going to lie. i’m not saying this to seem self aware or be ironic. i don’t know how i feel exactly about being ironic, but i know i am trying to no be it very often, for mostly personal reasons, that mostly have to do with the boss.

      blake boring people are the worst people on the internet. and bad writers. and people that don’t try to be better than they are. also i think falco. i think he is pretty far from being anything resembling good.

  72. sasha

      i was just trying to get you to 200.
      sheesh.
      LORDY.
      i’ll talk about the worst person on the internet in the morning. i’m tired. and i think they’re going to make me detail clean the walls tomorrow.
      also, who is the worst person on the internet? really? shit is vast dude! like the desert! who is this worst person in the desert? in the ocean. who is the worst person in the ocean. tilapia. because that shit tastes like water. but i mean, it has it’s values. i’m trying to be less judgmental. maybe this should have been a twitter, so i would have had to talk less.
      hyphenate that shit man. serious-unserious. etc.

      ken i do. i’m pretty vain. i’m not going to lie. i’m not saying this to seem self aware or be ironic. i don’t know how i feel exactly about being ironic, but i know i am trying to no be it very often, for mostly personal reasons, that mostly have to do with the boss.

      blake boring people are the worst people on the internet. and bad writers. and people that don’t try to be better than they are. also i think falco. i think he is pretty far from being anything resembling good.

  73. Justin Rands

      ‘fuckers’

  74. Justin Rands

      ‘i enjoy being unknown’

  75. Justin Rands

      ‘fuckers’

  76. Justin Rands

      ‘i enjoy being unknown’

  77. Justin Rands

      haha, im such a poser, what can i say. what the fuck is this.a twitter page has been started. ‘have to get with the times’ i suppose. you know what I enjoy. oh man. it’s already happened. you’re already following me on twitter, and yet, im not following you yet. I’m not following many people. But many people are following me. “I think I have reached fame.”

  78. Justin Rands

      haha, im such a poser, what can i say. what the fuck is this.a twitter page has been started. ‘have to get with the times’ i suppose. you know what I enjoy. oh man. it’s already happened. you’re already following me on twitter, and yet, im not following you yet. I’m not following many people. But many people are following me. “I think I have reached fame.”

  79. Blake Butler

      i liek you justin

      and like you

  80. Blake Butler

      i liek you justin

      and like you

  81. Justin Rands

      IM DRINKING A MILLER LITE, GOD DAMNIT.

  82. Justin Rands

      IM DRINKING A MILLER LITE, GOD DAMNIT.

  83. Reb

      Hi. This comment should be on an older post, but I prefer staying on top.

      I’m 36 years old. 36 x 2 = 72. Lots of people are dead by 72. That makes me middle-aged.

      If Blake Butler ever threw a piece of candy at me, I’d cram it down his tear duct and he’d be crying Kit Kats for a month.

      Does that come off as aggressive? Blake needs to be more sensitive to the middle-aged woman HTML Giant demographic. We are the target consumers. We rule the shelves at B&N. Cower.

      Anyhow, I love the site, but am not a huge fan of the frat boy humor. Although I’m studying it as a window into the male psyche so I can be a better mother to my son. So it does have some value and relevance to my life.

      Oh and best of luck on Twitter. Hope you go far.

  84. Reb

      Hi. This comment should be on an older post, but I prefer staying on top.

      I’m 36 years old. 36 x 2 = 72. Lots of people are dead by 72. That makes me middle-aged.

      If Blake Butler ever threw a piece of candy at me, I’d cram it down his tear duct and he’d be crying Kit Kats for a month.

      Does that come off as aggressive? Blake needs to be more sensitive to the middle-aged woman HTML Giant demographic. We are the target consumers. We rule the shelves at B&N. Cower.

      Anyhow, I love the site, but am not a huge fan of the frat boy humor. Although I’m studying it as a window into the male psyche so I can be a better mother to my son. So it does have some value and relevance to my life.

      Oh and best of luck on Twitter. Hope you go far.

  85. Blake Butler

      throwing candy is a compliment.

      reb. you should know that.

      i only throw candy at who i luv.

  86. Blake Butler

      throwing candy is a compliment.

      reb. you should know that.

      i only throw candy at who i luv.

  87. Reb

      I’m too old to know that!

  88. Reb

      I’m too old to know that!

  89. Blake Butler

      i am a candy monster.
      if i didnt luv u, i would not throw candy at u.
      i would through pockmarks.

      also: i am a middle aged woman too.

  90. Blake Butler

      i am a candy monster.
      if i didnt luv u, i would not throw candy at u.
      i would through pockmarks.

      also: i am a middle aged woman too.

  91. An Unreliable Witness

      The only problem with Twitter is that lack of verbosity.

      I want 140 paragraphs. Not pages. Just to say how I am. And try not to swear when doing so, just in case certain work colleagues are watching my Live Nervous Breakdown On The Internets Live And Direct From My Desk Now Now Now Oh Yes Give Me The Medication.

  92. An Unreliable Witness

      The only problem with Twitter is that lack of verbosity.

      I want 140 paragraphs. Not pages. Just to say how I am. And try not to swear when doing so, just in case certain work colleagues are watching my Live Nervous Breakdown On The Internets Live And Direct From My Desk Now Now Now Oh Yes Give Me The Medication.

  93. An Unreliable Witness

      Pages? Characters. I meant characters. 140 Characters In Search Of A Reason, to misquote and probably ruin Luigi Pirandello.

  94. An Unreliable Witness

      Pages? Characters. I meant characters. 140 Characters In Search Of A Reason, to misquote and probably ruin Luigi Pirandello.

  95. Brad Green

      HTMLGIANT is hot in the reverse cowgirl sort of way.

  96. Brad Green

      HTMLGIANT is hot in the reverse cowgirl sort of way.

  97. dc

      i prefer to fuck her from behind….that way she cant see me secretly watching the TV

  98. dc

      i prefer to fuck her from behind….that way she cant see me secretly watching the TV

  99. brandon

      i feel like i want to be a contributor to the htmlgiant twitter account

  100. brandon

      i feel like i want to be a contributor to the htmlgiant twitter account

  101. Blake Butler

      brandon, email me, i’ll give you the info

      i think we will freely distribute the htmlgiant twitter

  102. Blake Butler

      brandon, email me, i’ll give you the info

      i think we will freely distribute the htmlgiant twitter

  103. Molly Gaudry

      I’m glad Reb’s here. Hi, Reb. It’s nice to see you here. Sasha, lay off the crack.

  104. Molly Gaudry

      I’m glad Reb’s here. Hi, Reb. It’s nice to see you here. Sasha, lay off the crack.

  105. james yeh

      gigantic’s been on twitter, like, for the weeks now. get on the ball, blake. the internet literature magazine blog of the future is the past.

  106. james yeh

      gigantic’s been on twitter, like, for the weeks now. get on the ball, blake. the internet literature magazine blog of the future is the past.

  107. Jimmy Chen

      sup bra

  108. Jimmy Chen

      sup bra

  109. wagner israel

      so wait — sam pink is gay?

      if so, why was this not twitter’d about?

  110. wagner israel

      so wait — sam pink is gay?

      if so, why was this not twitter’d about?

  111. jereme

      sasha,

      i will sell you blake butler AWP soiled panties. please let me know your budget $$$ range.

  112. jereme

      sasha,

      i will sell you blake butler AWP soiled panties. please let me know your budget $$$ range.

  113. Brad Green

      Only 48 comments? 49 now.

      Quick, somebody say something negative about Tao Lin.

  114. Brad Green

      Only 48 comments? 49 now.

      Quick, somebody say something negative about Tao Lin.

  115. davidpeak

      like walking into a bear trap

  116. davidpeak

      like walking into a bear trap

  117. Molly Gaudry

      I will wage a war against Tao Lin. I hate American Apparel. Why would anyone want an AA affiliation? Jimmy has already waged a war against Tao, actually, now that I think about it. Okay, war unwaged. Never mind. (Sorry, Tao. I don’t even know you.)

  118. Molly Gaudry

      I will wage a war against Tao Lin. I hate American Apparel. Why would anyone want an AA affiliation? Jimmy has already waged a war against Tao, actually, now that I think about it. Okay, war unwaged. Never mind. (Sorry, Tao. I don’t even know you.)

  119. Brad Green

      I think you go to war against tradition, realism and specificity by employing those tactics in a Jimmy Chenesque parody of an MFA program.

  120. Brad Green

      I think you go to war against tradition, realism and specificity by employing those tactics in a Jimmy Chenesque parody of an MFA program.

  121. sasha

      jereme, that’s weird and kind of gross.
      molly, alright. fine. i’ll stop talking about odb. that seems fair and reasonable i guess maybe.

  122. Molly Gaudry

      No, no, I really am writing a traditional story. See?

      The story I am going to tell ends where it begins: with a dead squirrel in our potato salad on our picnic table in our backyard. Jim’s untying his Kiss the Chef apron, wadding it into a furious ball, unbuckling his belt with which, unless I intervene, he’ll whale on Corey, who is not his son, not our son, but my son from my first marriage–an endless source of trouble between Jim and me that often, daily basis often, becomes trouble for Corey. Today, though, Corey isn’t blameless. He’s got this look on his face like, “Ma, please do something,” but he’s also still holding Jim’s handgun, which he could only have stolen from Jim’s locked glove box, and the squirrel’s skull in our salad is leaking smoke. Yes, I know: boys shoot things, sure they do. I know that, and Jim knows that, too. But Corey didn’t aim at the squirrel. He pointed at Jim and missed. Twice.

  123. sasha

      jereme, that’s weird and kind of gross.
      molly, alright. fine. i’ll stop talking about odb. that seems fair and reasonable i guess maybe.

  124. Molly Gaudry

      No, no, I really am writing a traditional story. See?

      The story I am going to tell ends where it begins: with a dead squirrel in our potato salad on our picnic table in our backyard. Jim’s untying his Kiss the Chef apron, wadding it into a furious ball, unbuckling his belt with which, unless I intervene, he’ll whale on Corey, who is not his son, not our son, but my son from my first marriage–an endless source of trouble between Jim and me that often, daily basis often, becomes trouble for Corey. Today, though, Corey isn’t blameless. He’s got this look on his face like, “Ma, please do something,” but he’s also still holding Jim’s handgun, which he could only have stolen from Jim’s locked glove box, and the squirrel’s skull in our salad is leaking smoke. Yes, I know: boys shoot things, sure they do. I know that, and Jim knows that, too. But Corey didn’t aim at the squirrel. He pointed at Jim and missed. Twice.

  125. Molly Gaudry

      What is ODB?

  126. Molly Gaudry

      What is ODB?

  127. Brad Green

      Awesome!

  128. Brad Green

      Awesome!

  129. Molly Gaudry

      Enh, these are the types of comments that piss people off.

      I Googled HTMLGIANT and for some reason my name appears beneath the first result. Do your names appear beneath the result if you Google HTMLGIANT? What’s that about? Shouldn’t it be Blake’s name, or one of the other contributor’s name?

      Enh again, I’m totally over that realistic kick. I will not finish that “squirrel story.” It makes me want to vomit. So, it’s back to confusionism with me. Good-bye realism. And good-bye comments. I’m done for the day (the dia, adios).

  130. Molly Gaudry

      Enh, these are the types of comments that piss people off.

      I Googled HTMLGIANT and for some reason my name appears beneath the first result. Do your names appear beneath the result if you Google HTMLGIANT? What’s that about? Shouldn’t it be Blake’s name, or one of the other contributor’s name?

      Enh again, I’m totally over that realistic kick. I will not finish that “squirrel story.” It makes me want to vomit. So, it’s back to confusionism with me. Good-bye realism. And good-bye comments. I’m done for the day (the dia, adios).

  131. Brad Green

      Alas!

  132. Brad Green

      Alas!

  133. Brad Green

      I googled HTMLGiant and got Brandon Scott Gorrell.

      Why do people get mad about realism? Do the realists get mad about the confusionists?

      It’s all writing. All of it can be good. Just try to enjoy all aspects of literature.

      Damn it.

  134. Brad Green

      I googled HTMLGiant and got Brandon Scott Gorrell.

      Why do people get mad about realism? Do the realists get mad about the confusionists?

      It’s all writing. All of it can be good. Just try to enjoy all aspects of literature.

      Damn it.

  135. ryan

      Ol’ Dirty Bastard

  136. ryan

      Ol’ Dirty Bastard