How would you like to see Twitter change (or stay the same) in the future? Now I pretty much just tweet observations, one liners or memes. Once I started getting serious about standup I got a better handle on word economy and making jokes punchier, which translated well to Twitter. Then I got to college, started doing improv and started tweeting a lot of ~wEiRd & iRoNiC~ non-sequitors, lotsa quirky facts about animals, that sorta thing. ![]() My very first tweets were mostly sad indie lyrics: Youth Lagoon, The Shins, Vampire Weekend on a good day. Speaking of change: How has the way you use Twitter changed over time? ![]() In 2009, I was 100% confident that by now I would’ve graduated Princeton, started a business, seen Europe, owned a dog or not stolen a rotisserie chicken from a Great Gatsby costume party. actualizing my future self has been such a jolting process. ‘16 me: *google search* can you inject tequila- jaboukie August 6, 2016 ‘09 me: u don’t NEED drugs 2 have a good time. In the meanwhile, you can follow him on Twitter This week, Young-White spoke with me about three of his favorite tweets, plus Kanye, Brand Twitter’s co-opting of Black Twitter, and making memes. You can find his work at when he keeps up with SquareSpace payments. ![]() He’s been featured on The Fader and Clickhole and was a finalist at 2016’s NYC Devil Cup Stand Up Festival. Jaboukie Young-White is an NYC-based comedian and filmmaker.
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