The Decline and Fall in 140 Characters

Have you seen Twitter recently? It ain’t what it used to be, I can tell you that! Not since they let in the Great Unwashed! Why, back in my day we had to type uphill both ways in the snow!

Now, thanks to the magic which is Historical Tweets, you too can enjoy the tweets of some of the greatest historical figures of all time, captured here for posterity’s sake, Twitter’s 3000 tweet archive limit be damned!

Some examples:

Martin Luther King:

Martin Luther King's I have a tweet

Sacagawea:

Sacajawea sez

Harriet Tubman:

Wifi sucks underground

And lastly, some dude from Italy. Now THAT is what you call a flamewar!

That is what you call a flamewar!

13 thoughts on “The Decline and Fall in 140 Characters

  1. Jennifer says:

    Ai lurvz Historical Tweets.

  2. The novelty of Twitter has worn off for me. It only took a few weeks (I’m surprised it took that long, actually). Historical tweets look super cool, however.

  3. womaninblack says:

    God. I’ve only just started Twittering and already I’m obsolete. Just my luck.

  4. raincoaster says:

    I’m uncontrollably excited: they have mine going right back to the Fourteenth Century! I love uncial!

  5. Raul says:

    I have a headache right now but I’ll admit – best historical tweets evar :)

  6. raincoaster says:

    I’m going to try the template thingy when I get a chance. Got some good ones for Jesus.

  7. nursemyra says:

    very amusing rain :-)

  8. raincoaster says:

    Will you be giving it a shot? I’m working on one from Clytemnestra…but it might have to wait till Christmas.

  9. bug_girl says:

    I join twitter…and you immediately post about it going down hill. Hmmmmm.

    (Also, these are very entertaining.)

  10. raincoaster says:

    Of course it’s going downhill. They let ME join! Also: http://twitter.com/Cthulhu

  11. azahar says:

    These are great. Will be stealing soon…

  12. raincoaster says:

    Don’t just steal: create your own!

  13. [...] seen at raincoaster’s [...]

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