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October 30, 2009 3:51 PM PDT

Miley Cyrus: Twitter should be banned

by Chris Matyszczyk
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Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest and most important musical artists.

So when she recently decided to leave Twitter and rapped on YouTube about it, one imagined that investors in the supposedly billion-dollar company shivered uncontrollably for several days.

As did some who watched the haunting performance in her rap video.

However, now the teeny singer has gone further. She believes that Twitter should be banished from our firmament. And I mean firmament.

You see, in an interview with the B96 radio show in Chicago, embedded for your pleasure, the pop divette declared: "Twitter should just be, like, banned from this universe."

I should say that Miley's speaking voice isn't quite as mellifluous as her singing. What could be? However, please peruse this video and, when it gets to around the 3.30 mark, you might enjoy Miley's Twitter tirade.

A highlight of her invective was, perhaps: "Because people, like, honestly, like, I mean people wanna know why, like, you're, like, unhealthy, and, like, you need, like, get out and do stuff and, like, be in the world instead of being like this (pretends to be hunched over a keyboard) all the time. And, like, all I did was, like, lay in bed all the time."

I know there will be some who might fear that Miley has removed herself from Twitter because the 140 character limit did not allow her full expression of her likes and thoughts.

However, I am confident that this deeply introspective performer is merely trying to warn her fellow teens of the dangers of immersing yourself far too much in, well, yourself.

As she further cautioned: "I"m not really a big fan of the Internet any more. I don't really get online."

Should you or your children be concerned that Miley might disappear entirely from the Internet, please rush to purchase some of Miley's fine recordings, which are available at iTunes.

Moreover, at MileyCyrus.com, you can secure examples of her highly stylish, Miley stylish collection of clothing. Regretfully, the current link doesn't go through directly to the Miley Cyrus collection on Walmart.com, which might be something of an oversight. You can also still find Miley on Myspace.com/mileycyrus.

Alternatively, you could spend all of your energies trying to save Fuzzy.

You see, Fuzzy's owner, who is possibly humorous or perhaps, like, demented, has declared that she will kill her cat Fuzzy on November 16 unless Miley returns to the world of the tweet.

At Twitter.com/mileysavefuzzy, you can participate in the important debate concerning Fuzzy's future.

You can also go to Mileysavefuzzy.com to learn more about how Fuzzy is to be cooked in the event of his demise. Eating a cat is not, allegedly, illegal in the country in which Fuzzy resides.

How can anyone not, like, like the Internet?

Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET.
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by thallwyn October 30, 2009 4:06 PM PDT
Thanks man, I really needed that...too funny!
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by ChrisMatyszczyk October 30, 2009 4:38 PM PDT
@thallwyn,

I exist to make your Fridays more palatable.

Thank you for commenting,

Chris
by AppleSuxLeo October 30, 2009 4:07 PM PDT
Twitter is a bunch of nothing...it`s just a "hook" to generate "page views".
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by AppleSuxLeo October 30, 2009 4:08 PM PDT
Even grandpa says "follow me on Twitter" LOL
by this1! October 31, 2009 2:26 AM PDT
replying to your own comment == fail.

try again kid.
by Perry_Clease October 31, 2009 12:10 PM PDT
"Twitter is a bunch of nothing" so are your comments
by leroyjethrogibbs October 30, 2009 4:07 PM PDT
"Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest and most important musical artists."

really? Isn't that taking it a little far?
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by jakedown October 30, 2009 4:39 PM PDT
LOL someone obviously can't grasp the sarcasm
by joe_bloggs_who October 31, 2009 4:19 AM PDT
There is sarcasm involved? No, surely not!
by ledhead1962 October 31, 2009 9:01 AM PDT
Research project note - like, look up the word sarcasm.
by subslug October 31, 2009 8:18 PM PDT
Go easy on leroyjethrogibbs, he obviously didn't read past the first sentence.
by Dalkorian November 2, 2009 9:55 AM PST
In Leroy's defense, I had a hard time making it past that first sentence too. It's amazing how hard it is to read when you're laughing yourself silly.
by jc364 November 4, 2009 7:11 PM PST
One of the cardinal rules of the Internet... if you use sarcasm, and don't include something like an emoticon or "/sarcasm", someone somewhere will think you are serious.
by n3td3v October 30, 2009 4:15 PM PDT
Twitter is a sinister social media being used by marketing companies, state intelligence services and shadowy individuals who are wishing to stalk folks. I have left Twitter for this reason, you will no longer see me on there.
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by this1! October 31, 2009 2:27 AM PDT
good, and may I add, and stay out.
by nerd97 October 30, 2009 4:34 PM PDT
how many times will she say like?
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by WDS2 October 30, 2009 4:43 PM PDT
Like, what's wrong with that? Like everyone in her gen is like saying "like" all the time. It's like the universal word thing, you know?
by UsingUrBrainSinceUArent October 30, 2009 7:01 PM PDT
Only, like, 30 years and counting.
by ledhead1962 October 31, 2009 9:06 AM PDT
Like I like like like. Like ya know.
by Dalkorian November 2, 2009 9:56 AM PST
Like as like many like times like as like she like can like!
by dverlaque November 4, 2009 6:24 PM PST
The worst thing is when people actually write 'like' in an essay for school.

Correction: That's the second worst thing. The WORST thing is when people use TEXT MESSAGE in their essays. That has happened in my class.
by Kanrin77 October 30, 2009 4:52 PM PDT
at some point some one needs to come up with a universal font to denote sarcasm that way even the slow ones can get the joke
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by October 30, 2009 5:11 PM PDT
"Like" seems to be the most over used word when used for no meaningful reason. It is used primarily as a filler for statements that lack substance. It really makes the person who uses the word that may sound like a complete moron. "Like reform" would be an excellent new service for speech therapists to offer.
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by Plasticless October 30, 2009 5:44 PM PDT
I am living in a country where YouTube is banned so I am unable to view Miley telling us that Twitter should be banned. I can leave for a more liberal country whenever I decide to and I appreciate the privileges that I have. I would lecture my teenagers if they suggested that any media should be banned.
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by bctexas October 30, 2009 7:34 PM PDT
I feel bad for you for not having the freedoms we have in the U.S., but I would trade half of that freedom if you would force your government to kidnap Miley Cyrus and lock her in your prisons. Pretty please!
by I_H8_U November 1, 2009 12:09 PM PST
I agree with you completely. That is the problem with some people.. They are given everything and don't appreciate what they have.. and make other Americans look like spoiled, ignorant little brats (not to say that there are not spoiled americans.. haha)... Not to mention (sadly) that her poll swinging self is a roll model for many young girls across the nation... How disappointing.
by jtfan2004 October 30, 2009 5:45 PM PDT
Like, are you serious? Like, really.

I used to live in "the Valley"... and I don't remember the girls using "like" quite as much as she does.
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by haydenn156 October 30, 2009 6:51 PM PDT
Aren't you just the coolest person on earth.

A lot of us live there and its not a big deal. No need to make it one.

And actually, i can name numerous people who you the word "like" to its infinite potential hah
by PandaSage1221 October 30, 2009 8:03 PM PDT
Did you post this just for me? lol.

I love her. And I do pretty much agree with her points, but I still love twitter anyway.

And, as far as the like thing, I really think that's just an age thing. I don't know if I ever used it quite that much, but I know my friends and I always said it a lot. I remember our parents and teachers getting after us for it. But you grow out of it.
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by gonzodex October 30, 2009 9:59 PM PDT
Uh...this is satire, right? Anyone who starts a story with "Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest and most important musical artists" must be kidding, or smoking some really good stuff!
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by BigAl35540 October 31, 2009 12:57 AM PDT
Miley has a point! To many kids, bent over keyboards, Xbox 360's and the rest, munching on snacks all day long, day after day! It's no wonder we have a problem with obese kids in this country! I'm 57 and love the Internet, but my bike tires are pumped up ready to go for a ride at a moments notice! I love to just cruise and ride for miles and then come home and get on the Internet. What Miley is saying in a rather extreme way is that there's more to life than the Internet, Myspace, Facebook Twitter and My Yearbook! Drop the computer and the Xbox and go ride...or do something physical at least twice a week!
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by PixP October 31, 2009 1:00 AM PDT
lol this girl is important? who is she again?
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by this1! October 31, 2009 2:29 AM PDT
omg yes!!!
PixP FTW.
by Chickengoodt November 2, 2009 7:29 PM PST
Shes more important than you.
by SlimGem October 31, 2009 8:13 AM PDT
Miley Cyrus would be a perfect contestant for the Miss Teen USA pageant. I'm sure she would appear to be almost as intelligent as the 2007 South Carolina entry.

And who knows, maybe after that a run for governor of Alaska.
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by Lakshmi Naarayanan R October 31, 2009 10:56 AM PDT
I hate it when these punk teens think its a "cool thing" to say "like" a thousand times whenever they speak! its almost a substitute for a space between words these days.. its so frustating!
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by Dalkorian November 2, 2009 10:01 AM PST
It's not a substitute for space between words at all. It's a substitute for thought.
by krazytrixxxsta October 31, 2009 11:49 AM PDT
Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest and most important musical artists.... that may be true. lol
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by cleverrick October 31, 2009 4:15 PM PDT
Like OMG! I cant believe Miley would like say that. Stupid girl.
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by Yelonde October 31, 2009 10:04 PM PDT
This... is news?

Next up in Breaking News, my younger sister develops a love for Owl City.

Of course a stupid 16 year old, pampered, disney, hollywood girl would say something like this, but why should we care?
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by Dalkorian November 2, 2009 10:02 AM PST
Because it points to the failure that her father obviously is. Or should we now be proud of raising stupid spoiled children?
by knowles2 November 2, 2009 12:29 PM PST
What she got a father.
I thought she genetically engineer by Disney to say like every second an to sing terrible songs.
by Chickengoodt November 2, 2009 7:28 PM PST
Hmm, Are you older then 16?
If you are you should really shut up.
Spoiled? Yes. Probably, I mean she makes her own money.
Brat? I think not.
Grow up, And btw if you dont like her, Then why do you care? Ha. Thats what i thought.
by jaeh7020 October 31, 2009 10:48 PM PDT
Wait, "one of the world's greatest and most important musical artists"? Miley Cyrus? Yeah, whatever.
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by Chickengoodt November 2, 2009 7:27 PM PST
Bigger and more important then you could ever be.
Just saying
by MarieCurie November 1, 2009 9:03 AM PST
I like it
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