Meet Thom Phipps.
just drank a nice orangina
— thom (@thwphipps) May 25, 2015
Thom is a friend of mine, and the co-writer of BBC comedy Asylum. He also tweets a lot.
imagine drinking a pint of mayonnaise
— thom (@thwphipps) May 24, 2015
A few months ago, Thom tweeted this heartwarming tale.
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there's a picture of him on the wall
— thom (@thwphipps) December 19, 2014
It got a lot of retweets. Then Sam Kriss tweeted the same thing.
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there’s a picture of him on the wall
— Sam Kriss (@sam_kriss) December 21, 2014
It got almost as many retweets. Then everyone else tweeted the same thing.
Found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there's a picture of him on the wall
— Abi Wilkinson (@AbiWilks) May 19, 2015
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there's a picture of him on the wall
— Peter Bowden (@petercbowden) May 18, 2015
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there's a picture of him on the wall
— Papa Can You Beer Me (@mokepoke) April 13, 2015
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there’s a picture of him on the wall
— Tom (@HealthUntoDeath) December 22, 2014
Including me.
found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road every day & they give him lamb mince. there's a picture of him on the wall
— Alex Hern (@alexhern) March 2, 2015
Eventually, it got so bad that another Tom, Tom Whyman, wrote a thinkpiece about how the kebab shop tweet proves that all content is fundamentally inauthentic.
Today, Thom realised he is an old man.
everybody except me knows the new music
— thom (@thwphipps) May 26, 2015
i dont even listen to the radio so i have no ideas what the popular bangers of the day are
— thom (@thwphipps) May 26, 2015
can somebody make me a spotify playlist of the ten songs i should be familliar with
— thom (@thwphipps) May 26, 2015
And Spotify’s social media team obliged:
@thwphipps Hey Thom, we've got what you need: http://t.co/8DVjRCLVLW
— Spotify (@Spotify) May 26, 2015
Except… they weren’t really helping. They were just trolling Thom, like everyone else. Look at the song titles.
It turns out, Spotify are old hands at this. Here’s what they sent someone else asking for a playlist of the hits:
And here’s what they sent another user:
The moral is: don’t use a gif as your avatar on Twitter.
