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"When I do my Twitter now, I’m always super happy, fake-friendly, nice. Initially, I didn’t know what it was for..."

"... so I just called everyone a whore, and then I got two defamation suits that cost me, like, $780,000," said Courtney Love (to Howard Stern, quoted in his big book of interviews).

ADDED: "When I do my Twitter now"... there's that geriatric possessive again — my Twitter. (She's 54.)

४० टिप्पण्या:

BarrySanders20 म्हणाले...

"do my Twitter" is an interesting phrase

gilbar म्हणाले...

so I just called everyone a whore...
under the category of: Takes one, to Know one?

Tom T. म्हणाले...

This sounds more like a story about antidepressants than social media.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

I don't see how there's defamation. It's a cliche and represents an opinion.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Slut is worse than whore. So loose that you don't even ask for money.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Also taking whore as defamation is sexist.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

""do my Twitter" is an interesting phrase"

That's the geriatric possessive I've been talking about.

Kate Danaher म्हणाले...

@BarrySanders20 "do my Twitter". Are you suggesting this is an early sign of the geriatric possessive? Love is in her mid-50s now...

cf https://althouse.blogspot.com/2019/05/i-dont-even-walk-my-dog-without-putting.html

Kate Danaher म्हणाले...

Oh fudge Ann. I posted right as you did!

Kate Danaher म्हणाले...

So here's Arnold Schwartznegger talking about "my snapchat" from a couple of days ago
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2019/05/high-quality-trash-talk-from.html

Jake म्हणाले...

I don’t think that’s an example of geriatric possessive. What if someone said, “when I do my taxes ...” would that count? Doubt it. It’s her Twitter feed. She’s not taking possession of the tweets external to her feed or intended for others. Or not. Who cares anyway.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Calls everyone a whore. Hey - that's my shtick

stevew म्हणाले...

I've been paying close attention to the way my wife and I use, or don't, the geriatric possessive. Good news is that we don't do it, yet. Maybe early 60's (I'm 61, wife will turn 60 shortly) is too early?

Wilbur म्हणाले...

Beavis and Butthead called her "Hole".

Craig म्हणाले...

While Courtney Love is only 54, I'd expect she's an "old" 54, hence the geriatric possessive. That woman has been through a lot of stuff.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

rhhardin said...I don't see how there's defamation. It's a cliche and represents an opinion

Without doing a drop of research:
1) Traditionally, accusing someone of sexual deviance is per se defamatory.
2) But, if she calls everyone a whore, then it loses it's power to defame--seems like a strong defense.
3) But, $780,000 might be her lawyer bills, not the judgment.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

"Do my twitter" is odd phrasing and is, arguably, the geriatric possessive. It seems much more normal to say "I was on twitter" or "When I tweeted." "Twitter" is not a verb. Yet.

Nonapod म्हणाले...

So when kids today are old and grey will they say things like "Playing my Fortnite"?

PJ म्हणाले...

Do geriatrics do second- and third-person possessives too, or just first? Do geriatrics say “Go do your Twitter, Courtney” and “Courtney did her Twitter”?

PJ म्हणाले...

Interesting that in this case the onset of geriatric possessive usage appears to be related to mileage rather than numerical age.

rehajm म्हणाले...

We are mildly amused...

Infinite Monkeys म्हणाले...

So when kids today are old and grey will they say things like "Playing my Fortnite"?

My Minecraft.

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

I got two defamation suits that cost me, like, $780,000

Millionaires who forget they are millionaires crack me up.

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

"You're a whore."

"Pay me $300,000."

"Damn it! You're a fucking whore."

"Pay me $480,000."

"Damn it!"

Christy म्हणाले...

I imagine she was forced to take responsibility for/ possession of her Twitter feed by those lawsuits. Would not her lawyers have drummed this into her?

I've been geriatric my entire life, I figure. I've always been possessive of my mechanic, my GYN, my Fluid Dynamics professor, my cat....

Laslo Spatula म्हणाले...

My Sharona.

I am Laslo.

Bill Peschel म्हणाले...

More than 700K? Damn, some people have too much money.

I feel like a former co-worker who was Jewish, wondering when he was going to get his check from the conspiracy ruling the world.

Curious George म्हणाले...

"That woman has been through a lot of stuff."

And a lot of stuff has been through that woman.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

Beavis and Butthead called her "Hole".

She hyphenates now-- It's Courtney Love-Hole, you whores!!!

Anthony म्हणाले...

Two observations:

-- I still adore Courtney. She's just so raw. Also, Celebrity Skin is really a superb album.

-- For the first time in my life yesterday, someone gave me a senior discount. Without even asking for it! So this morning at the gym, I told (read: lamented at) someone about it and the first thing I said to go along with the joke of my being an official Senior Citizen was "I think I need to go take MY nap now."

And I never say "my" anything in that sort of context.

Thus, I believe, al this "my" stuff is kind of a deliberate in-joke among the elderly crowd.

Which I am apparently now a part of.

mccullough म्हणाले...

Master the Art of Friendly

Danno म्हणाले...

I'm surprised there was no Youtube video attached to this post.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"Oh fudge Ann. I posted right as you did!"

But that's great! I want us all to be seeing that. If that happens, you won't be able to have the honor of owning the observation, but the idea will be rooted and there to be instantly seen. That's valuable, so I like seeing that's working.

I myself didn't think of it while writing the post, but only after BarrySanders20 said "'do my Twitter' is an interesting phrase."

rehajm म्हणाले...

Initially, I didn't know what it was for so I just called everyone a whore

Actually you knew exactly what it was for.

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

I don’t think that’s an example of geriatric possessive.

It's an example of confirmation bias.

"My Twitter is pretty much complete nonsense at this point"

Yo, my name is Brian Schultz and this is my Twitter. I’m a student attending Dover High School in New Hampshire. Hope you have a great day!

Wince म्हणाले...

Is "Do my Twitter" is the new "'Situation' down there"?

TerriW म्हणाले...

My favorite geriatric-speak was the (apocryphal?) Strom Thurmond quote, asking someone to "speak into the machine."

(AKA the microphone.)

Leland म्हणाले...

I'm with Jake. I think this possessive relates to her account as it represents her, thus the defamation suits against her. As opposed to others posting on her feed that others are whores.

donald म्हणाले...

Hole was a helluva band. It just was.

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

Hole was a helluva band. It just was.

Miss World