So you turned your Twitter Avatar green in honor of the fight for freedom going on in Iran. But now what?
Now, you’re stuck with a green avatar but you find that other stories are crowding out the front pages. Even your focus has moved onto other stories like Michael Jackson or the cap and trade bill. And you’re worried that other people’s avatars will start turning back to their original colors.
Now starts the awkward phase. It’s like all those news reporters who wore flag pins right after 9/11 and then became embarrassed by them a few weeks later when America actually defended itself but they didn’t know how to get rid of them.
You don’t want to be the first to change your avatar back to normal but you also don’t want to be last, right? I mean, you definitely don’t want to be the last guy with a green avatar.
Maybe you start by going with a lighter shade of green. You know, easing your way back down the color spectrum from fern to chartreuse, etc. so nobody will notice.
Or do you just stunt jump onto another cultural bandwagon like the Honduras debacle. Or maybe you could get all snarky and say something like, “In honor of Obama’s position on most foreign policy issues we are changing our avatar back to neutral.”
Don’t laugh. This is a real problem that affects us many Twitterers. You’re not alone. But, for me, I think Iran is still THE story of the moment. I believe so much of the world’s future depends on this moment. So I’m willing to stay green for a while more. Even if I get laughed at. And hey, maybe I’ll be the last green avatar out there. Hey, as Kermit said: “It’s not easy being green.” But it’s tougher being Iranian.
For updates on Iran, see Gateway Pundit, or Amy Proctor.
June 30, 2009 at 4:11 am
Green is the color of Islam.
Then again, it's also the color of Catholicism in Northern Ireland. So, I guess it's a wash.
June 30, 2009 at 6:32 am
Hilarious… Brilliantly put. Marc
June 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm
And then, there are those twitterers who had no idea why some avatars were green. Now I do.
June 30, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Then there are the non-Twitterers who have no idea what an Avatar IS!
Oh well, I'm always behind on the tech-curve. My husband is just teaching me to make a spread sheet…sad.
June 30, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I love it!! 😀 keep it green my friend.
July 2, 2009 at 1:59 am
You can always keep it green until the end of ordinary time and then change it to purple and claim you're just liturgically aware…….