Probably my favorite thing about being so active on Twitter over the past year has been the friendships I’ve established with complete strangers. Perhaps it’s the irony or the inkling of taboo, but something really attracts me to the notion that people can actually connect personally without connecting in person. I can see how some might find it odd that I correspond with so many “strangers” on a daily basis, but the fact that I’m not wearing a wife-beater and underwear, sitting in my parents basement listening to Air Supply and eating rice pudding makes me feel completely uncreepy about it. Almost all the people I talk to on Twitter are those whose opinion/art/humor I respect, which brings me to the blood and guts of this post. Below is a list of some of the “strangers” in my life that I’d strongly suggest you get to “know.” These folks are the future of the internet as expression, and who knows, maybe one day I’ll actually crack open a beer with them.
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- Carlo
