This is a valid use of Twitter.
Norm Macdonald, acquired taste and inveterate gambler, has perhaps the most amazing Twitter account going. It's an active Twitter account, with 458,000 followers. And all he's using it for is tweeting live in-game updates for various sporting events and gambling tips.
Joh Hamilton comes to the batting-box with the go-ahead run standing at second.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014Angels in the bottom of the 8th, lead-off runner is on.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014Calhoun lays down the bunt, pops it up, and is out, and no advance. Brings up Trout.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014fastball. Strike 1.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014pitch in the dirt, gets past the catcher, hits the ump, and the Ianetta advances to second base after Calhoun couldn't help him do that.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014Breaker misses. 2-2. man on second.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014high. 3-2.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014fouled off. 3-2.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014Trout hanging in.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 3, 2014He did the same thing for the Vikings-Packers game earlier on Thursday night, and he also tweets fantasy updates.
In fantasy, Tom has Caepernick.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 15, 2014You have to go back to September 13 to get a tweet from Macdonald that isn't about sports or gambling.
The car, abandoned at the train station, with tires caked with a child's blood.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 13, 2014I see.
Here's to Norm Macdonald, who apparently sees Twitter as a new way to read The Great Gatsby to an audience expecting jokes.