Homer's Odyssey on Twitter

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Eric Alt imagines how Homer's Odyssey would have read, had it instead been written 140 characters at a time on twitter.

"If Homer's Odyssey Was Written On Twitter" (Holy Taco, Thanks, John Andrew Walsh!)

[#1 posted by Anonymous, April 5, 2009 3:05 PM]

Cute and clever, but a little too much with the lolspeak.

[#2 posted by aguane, April 5, 2009 3:22 PM]

Cute and clever, but a little too much with the lolspeak.

Isn't that kind of the point?

[#3 posted by jfrancis, April 5, 2009 3:24 PM]

What do you mean, 'if?' - Let's put it on Twitter!

[#4 posted by signalnine, April 5, 2009 3:24 PM]

This whole [classic work of literature|historical event] but on [Twitter|Facebook|World of Warcraft] thing is getting really old.

[#5 posted by jfrancis, April 5, 2009 3:27 PM]

How about MySpace Status and Mood Updates - as they would appear on Twitter?

[#6 posted by Daemon, April 5, 2009 3:54 PM]

This isn't improving my opinion of twitter in the slightest.

[#7 posted by Nelson.C, April 5, 2009 4:48 PM]

Is it Twitter's turn for Hate-Week?

[#8 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants, April 5, 2009 4:48 PM]

Here is the one from Facebook (from before the horrible redesign):

http://home.comcast.net/~fuuchan/aeneidonfacebookfinal.png

[#9 posted by Anonymous, April 5, 2009 5:35 PM]

Don't be hay'in on subjunctive, "If H. O. WERE Written on Twitter"

[#10 posted by eustace, April 5, 2009 5:43 PM]

Valentine Michael Smith on twitter...

hot nurse just came in with water this looks good
five minutes ago

waterbeds are the bomb
two hours ago

[#11 posted by Ape Lad, April 5, 2009 6:45 PM]

You can read Moby Dick in it's entirety on twitter at twitter.com/publicdomain. Next up will be Alice in Wonderland, which is likely very well suited to the format.

[#12 posted by buddy66, April 5, 2009 8:17 PM]

So try it with Finnegan's Wake >.

[#13 posted by mdh, April 5, 2009 8:31 PM]

Buddy, Is there even one 140-character sentence in F.W.?

[#14 posted by Anonymous, April 5, 2009 8:37 PM]

It makes one wonder why Odysseus didn't just open a new tab and go to Google maps instead of spending all his time on Twitter.

[#15 posted by Takuan, April 5, 2009 8:47 PM]

lots. Every 140 characters.

[#16 posted by mdh, April 5, 2009 8:53 PM]

heh.

[#17 posted by John Markos O'Neill, April 5, 2009 9:56 PM]

I am in my house, killing suitor d00dz. - 1 minute ago, from web.

[#18 posted by Anonymous, April 5, 2009 10:04 PM]

I think I hate hearing about twitter more than Michael Vick or Brett Favre at this point. Come on world, you can dumb yourself down a little more!

[#19 posted by mezzapazza, April 6, 2009 12:07 AM]

Even better - A Facebook Haggadah: http://9a4440c5.fb.joyent.us/haggadah/ultraModern2.php

[#20 posted by Anonymous, April 6, 2009 7:06 AM]

Great. Now I know what happens so I don't need to read the book.

[#21 posted by Rampant, April 6, 2009 8:02 AM]

Why was my comment deleted? For not enjoying this as everyone else apparently does? What backward moderating!

[#22 posted by gtron, April 6, 2009 12:18 PM]

i'm waiting for Shitter, your laptop makes little wet-farting sounds of all the puerile ideas that come up to waste your existence 'laughing' about

[#23 posted by Mindpowered, April 6, 2009 12:27 PM]

As much as I like seeing classical literature being raped like Lucretia, this is stunningly tasteless and moronic.

I'm now going to douse my eyes with lye, to remove that screenshot.

[#24 posted by mdh, April 6, 2009 1:49 PM]

Why was my comment deleted?

Scroll to the top of any page, click "Moderation Policy". Happy reading. Enjoy the ice cream.

[#25 posted by mdh, April 6, 2009 2:02 PM]

i'm waiting for Shitter, your laptop makes little wet-farting sounds of all the puerile ideas that come up to waste your existence 'laughing' about

Clearly you've never been to the Apple App store.

iFart (and it's derivatives) abound!

[#26 posted by Antinous / Moderator, April 6, 2009 9:04 PM]

Rampnat,

Your comment wasn't deleted. It was in the pending queue because you weren't signed in and I haven't had electricity for fourteen hours and, if you hadn't noticed, we just had a big system upgrade and half the comments aren't making it through. But if you want to feel persecuted, don't let me stop you.

[#27 posted by Takuan, April 6, 2009 9:26 PM]

fourteen hours? LUXURY!