Today, I read a joke on Twitter posted by a graphic designer & Twitter comic by the name of Sean Tejarachi, who goes by the Twitter handle @ShittingtonUK. Although I don't follow him, he was named one the 25 funniest people on Twitter by Rolling Stone magazine, and the hilarious Patton Oswalt often retweets him.
Unfortunately, the joke, about former First Lady Barbara Bush just wasn't funny. I amongst several other folks replied to the tweet that we didn't think the joke was funny. Sean apparently didn't like that and ranted at several folks. Further he engaged in a strange back and forth with me about the quality of the joke and my supposed lack of qualifications for judging the joke.
Simultaneously, Patton Oswalt engaged a fellow professional comedian on Twitter in a round of silly insults, which riled up a bunch of their followers. At this point it occurred to me that perhaps Sean, who I have never met or interacted with previously, was engaging in a mock fight with me to rile up his followers.
Either way, he certainly didn't hurt my feelings, and I am left to either feel bad for him that he can't take a mild critique, or impressed that he feels confident enough to engage in a potentially acrimonious encounter with an unknown person on Twitter, however genteel and respectful I turn out to be.
Good luck Sean, & I look forward to future funny jokes.
