Brickbat: Tweets from Twits

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An official Twitter account for the Brighton, Colorado, police department posted a series of ominous tweets: A train crash, a chemical leak, residents of the neighborhood advised to shelter in place, an elementary school evacuated. It turns out it was all just a training exercise and the people running the Twitter account did not realize their posts could be seen by the public.

Comments

[straffinrun]

A reverse 911 call has gone out to affected residents.

Is a "reverse 911" call where random people drive by a cop's house, toss a flash grenade in the window then beat them up on their front lawn after they flee for resisting?

[Adans smith]

But,they don't shoot the dog.It didn't ask to be there.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Sorta.

They have to shoot a cop's dog too.

And then the cop would be all like, 'are you people crazy?'

[Fist of Etiquette]

Real or not, that Twitter feed was still better than San Andreas.

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

Vice City still holds it own.

[Agammamon]

A reverse 911 call has gone out to affected residents.

So, in other words the cops called to reassure the one segment of the population that was completely unaware anything had been happening.

The more likely you are to have a landline, the older you're likely to be, and the less likely you're hanging out on Twitter.

[Radioactive]

and the more likely you'll be to think this is a whole lot of horseshit & nonsense...

[Jerryskids]

"Brickbat - Tweets for Twits": I assumed this was going to be something about the commentariat and the missing links from last night.

[UnCivilServant]

Silly commenter, reason doesn't care about us.

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

I'm saving this page every 15 minutes and am going to send the evidence to the Kochs, goobers. (walks away laughing) (snicker)

[UnCivilServant]

I don't get it.

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

I'm on a Hihn fix after he called me his cyberbully a few days ago. Last year he claimed to send saves of a thread to tattle to the Kochs about reasons.

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

S/fix/kick

[Radioactive]

I thought it was "tweens for tits" but only for a second

[bacon-magic]

I thought it was my very first hat tip or just calling me out for being rude. *has a sad

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[OBEY]

Good news folks, the head of the TSA just said "I will not apologize for doing my job well."

Yes, you plebes can release your collective bated breath now.

[UnCivilServant]

As a reward, said person should be sacked.

[OBEY]

Nah... you know how it works. The answer is always; say it with me kids; "MOAR government".

So of course, he's going to hire 56 more parasites, err... I mean personnel. Because, by God, there will be no apologizing!

[UnCivilServant]

By sacked, I obvious meant, put in a sack and thrown in a patomac to see if the river gods accept his word.

[Wizard4169]

Please tell me he'll be replaced with a llama.

[Radioactive]

or better yet a manatee!

[Rich]

It turns out it was all just a training exercise and the people running the Twitter account did not realize their posts could be seen by the public.

Well, then just call it a training exercise in *cyber terrorism*, DUH!

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