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> when gimmick/silly Twitter accounts get big they either sell out to scammers or the person behind it comes forward and uses the joke account as a personal one

> when gimmick/silly Twitter accounts get big they either sell out to scammers or the person behind it comes forward and uses the joke account as a personal one — so for dril to still be dril even with internet wide personality is a statement in of itself dril is not a "gimmick/silly Twitter account" though

mvdtnz 3y ago
He absolutely is. How would you categorise his account?
- patmcc 3y ago
  He's a shitposeter. Weird, maybe. Silly possibly, but that seems...lighter? Definitely not gimmicky. What's the gimmick?
  - atchoo 3y ago
    Shitposting is the gimmick i.e. "something that is not serious or of real value that is used to attract people's attention or interest temporarily".
    - xzsinu 3y ago
      "Gimmick" implies that shitposting is deployed merely as a means to quick success, but dril's style of "shitposting" predates the term and is just what self-expression looked like on the old Internet.
      - peppermint_gum 3y ago
        I think in this case "gimmick" was used in the pro-wrestling sense, it basically means "persona". >In professional wrestling, a gimmick generally refers to a wrestler's in-ring persona, character, behaviour, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing which are usually artificially created in order to draw fan interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestlin...
        OO000oo 3y ago
        But wrestling itself, or the act of performing a character, is not a gimmick under any definition of the term. If you want to adopt this definition from wrestling, which is a domain specific definition to be sure, then tell us what is the gimmick of dril the character? I think you are guilty of very lazy analysis and you don't know what you're talking about.
      - BoiledCabbage 3y ago
        > Gimmick" implies that shitposting is deployed merely as a means to quick success, Can you explain this use of 'Gimmick'? I'm only familiar with the other/older/mainstream use of the term of essentially something 'extra' done to attract attention. Can you explain what you mean by 'quick success' w.r.t. 'gimmick'?
    - OO000oo 3y ago
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- OO000oo 3y ago
  Then what is the gimmick? I would categorize it as performance.
- TillE 3y ago
  He's essentially a Mitch Hedberg style comedian, just doing tweets instead of standup.

mvdtnz 3y ago

He absolutely is. How would you categorise his account?

patmcc 3y ago
He's a shitposeter. Weird, maybe. Silly possibly, but that seems...lighter? Definitely not gimmicky. What's the gimmick?
- atchoo 3y ago
  Shitposting is the gimmick i.e. "something that is not serious or of real value that is used to attract people's attention or interest temporarily".
  - xzsinu 3y ago
    "Gimmick" implies that shitposting is deployed merely as a means to quick success, but dril's style of "shitposting" predates the term and is just what self-expression looked like on the old Internet.
    - peppermint_gum 3y ago
      I think in this case "gimmick" was used in the pro-wrestling sense, it basically means "persona". >In professional wrestling, a gimmick generally refers to a wrestler's in-ring persona, character, behaviour, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing which are usually artificially created in order to draw fan interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestlin...
      - OO000oo 3y ago
        But wrestling itself, or the act of performing a character, is not a gimmick under any definition of the term. If you want to adopt this definition from wrestling, which is a domain specific definition to be sure, then tell us what is the gimmick of dril the character? I think you are guilty of very lazy analysis and you don't know what you're talking about.
    - BoiledCabbage 3y ago
      > Gimmick" implies that shitposting is deployed merely as a means to quick success, Can you explain this use of 'Gimmick'? I'm only familiar with the other/older/mainstream use of the term of essentially something 'extra' done to attract attention. Can you explain what you mean by 'quick success' w.r.t. 'gimmick'?
  - OO000oo 3y ago
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OO000oo 3y ago
Then what is the gimmick? I would categorize it as performance.
TillE 3y ago
He's essentially a Mitch Hedberg style comedian, just doing tweets instead of standup.