>But one thing he was clear about from the beginning: It was all right to end this game of living in the digital shadows.<p>> “I mean, my name is already out there,” he said, acknowledging the fact that, after the doxxing, he had at separate points confirmed his name on both Twitter and Reddit. “It’s in my Wikipedia article. Maybe people need to grow up. Just accept that I’m not like Santa Claus. I’m not a magic elf who posts.”<p>Even if he's not Santa or a magic elf, there's still good reason why stories of them are passed down.<p>I've known about his name for years, but it still feels odd and almost wrong about being able to put a name to dril and part of me doesn't really want to acknowledge it (even if it's literally at the top of the page). Of course there's a human behind dril, but it was never <i>JoeyBob's dril</i>.<p>On top of that, when gimmick/silly Twitter accounts get big they either sell out to scammers or the person behind it comes forward and uses the joke account as a personal one — so for dril to still be dril even with internet wide personality is a statement in of itself, especially when they keep doing what they're great at.
Either way, he decided, “You gotta commend Elon for doing everything in his power to wipe this nuisance website off the face of the earth.”<p>You do not, under any circumstances, gotta commend Elon.
I helped a kid pack up his house after college graduation last year and I saw that he and his roommates had pitched for a ~twelve foot custom banner for their dining room wall that was just a screenshot of a dril tweet about jacking off.
This is what I really miss about Twitter. Da Share z0ne, Good Tweet Man, Riker Googling, the Transport for London parody account. Weird Twitter is best Twitter.
I've tried dril a few times and never really got the appeal.<p>Obv funny at times, but a lot of it seems to rely on being alt/cool/surreal in some way that I don't connect with too well.<p>Not to say that's a negative thing, I'd prob say the same about stuff like Monty Python. I admire the creativity and the best of it is funny, but often the response to it seems a little about mutual recognition and belonging.<p>Just give me the funny.
As an older guy, I was glad to see "Jack Handey" referenced. I remember going through his stuff and was like -- okay, yes, this is the new Jack Handey.
It's too early to post more background information on Dril. No one wants it.<p>The final battle of Twitter is king Dril vs shitlord Elon. No know knows what the outcome will be. Elon is trying to promote Dril with artificial inflation, while Dril is trying to destroy Twitter, trolling every new feature and blunder and its inept CEO, and encouraging Block the Blue, to a huge audience. That's the real story here. Everyone is rooting for Dril and the permanent end of Twitter.
What is the meaning of this quoted tweet?<p>> “i am selling six beautfiul, extremely ill, white horses. they no longer recognize me as their father, and are the Burden of my life.”
I think the funniest line in here is "and looks something like a young Eugene Mirman".<p>Paul is 35. Eugene Mirman is 48. Mirman doesn't even look like an old 48.
i'm excited about dril mentioning doing anything in the style of Brass Eye [1] (a satiric british news show from the 90s)<p>[1] <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=En3TYdWfwaw">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=En3TYdWfwaw</a>
Dril is the original "lol i'm so random" twitter tryhard. I guess he's been occasionally funny, like XKCD, but I really don't get the appeal after years and years of just daily shitposts?