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Regardless of what you think of Julian Assange and his claims to be a refugee, you can't deny his Twitter account is becoming a bit ridiculous.
He's taken to tweeting philosophical quotes, "made you think" style cartoons and, well, it's all a bit 16-year-old-discovers-Nietzsche-and-Ayn-Rand.
https://t.co/B4tChwk4Zg— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1504426292
Twitter is the world's worst highschool. Clique conformity signalers & mean girl mob inciters fight over 327 million emos. No one cool.— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1504474027
https://t.co/gYJdelzd2S— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1503905460
https://t.co/OnjIxhbIdf— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1503878476
https://t.co/XV4OSfbEPC— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1503690601
People have also noticed that he's added a weird blue diamond to his name, as he is yet to attain a verified tick.
And, well, he's lashed out a bit at Twitter, as if he's the first person to notice it's an echochamber:
Twitter is the world's worst highschool. Clique conformity signalers & mean girl mob inciters fight over 327 million emos. No one cool.— Defend Assange Campaign (@Defend Assange Campaign) 1504474027
People have been savage in his replies:
@JulianAssange Maybe you need to get out more. Explore the town. Make some real friends.— Jeff Shannon (@Jeff Shannon) 1504474811
@JulianAssange hey julian what does the diamond in your user name mean— leon (@leon) 1504481396
@JulianAssange You were that kid who read Catcher in the Rye and wouldn't shut up about it for like, a year, weren't you?— New year, same Michael (@New year, same Michael) 1504477823
@JulianAssange So this is what living in a cupboard for years does to your mind— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) 1504477589
You know what’s cool? Never being able to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London. ✌️😎✌️ https://t.co/utExLDmtxE— joe mande (@joe mande) 1504480224
Not to mention posers pretending they're verified with a sad blue diamond 🔹 https://t.co/nquAjviN5V— Gary Whitta (@Gary Whitta) 1504484446
We're surprised no one picked up on the Mean Girls vibe.
Julian, you can't sit with us.
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