Snake jumps the shark
The Bronx Zoo’s missing cobra began tweeting on March 28. Or, as it shall be known in 18 months, The Day Twitter Died.
Pseudonyms have had a long, proud history on the internet. Fake Steve Jobs, mysterious bicyclists in NYC, profane Rahman Emmanuel and me pretending to be 5 years older that one time in an AOL chat room. But this damned cobra is ruining it all.
Now every time a person, place, thing or shitty reptile pops up in the news, a fake Twitter account will be there to greet the national press. The snake isn’t even clever. Heres a tweet:
@BronxZoosCobra “Getting on the ferry to Ellis Island. Let’s hope this goes better than that time on the plane.” That sort of crap had earned him 200,000 followers.
Le sigh.