Psychopath Trend
There’s nothing like a psychopath to bring out a bit of dark British humour. At the time of writing, Raoul Moat is still at large having shot three people, killing one, and openly declaring himself at war with the police. He’s been on the go for four days now, the police apparently one step behind but understandably moving cautiously with the knowledge that he has guns, is not afraid to use them and has declared he will continue to try and kill police officers until he is dead.
Not the brightest of news stories, evidently, but interesting to note earlier that Raoul Moat was the top trending topic on Twitter worldwide for a good part of today. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of Twitter, ‘trending’ is the term given to words or phrases being used by the most people. It gives an indicator of what people are talking about, basically, and with around 45 million users worldwide, to gain the status of a top ten trending topic means you’re pretty big news – to be at number one really is something special.
So the infamously fickle world of Twitter is talking about old Raoul, but what are they saying about this unquestionably very serious situation? Well, typically it is neither particularly constructive or in the best of taste. They’re making jokes, basically.
“If anyone knows Raoul Moat - can you tell him his mrs was also shagging James Corden, Piers Morgan and The Go Compare Adverts”
Classic twitter that – trying to be droll whilst capturing the zeitgeist. There are also inevitably lots of childish influence:
“how many did the coppers count up to before they shouted "Ready or not here... i ......come!!"
“If they haven't found #raoulmoat in the morning does that mean he is a free man? Gameshow idea??”
“Breaking - Moat has been seen all around Rothbury Castle - Police are looking into it #raoulmoat”
“Raoul Moat has said he will only target the police and the public are safe. In other news Northumbria Police announce 'Dress Down Wednesday”
Yeah, not bad – a mild amount of mirth from them. I’d give them a collective 5/10. Here’s a pictorial one:
“Raoul Moat's car is searched. Meanwhile, a police officer fists a tortoise in the background.”
Again, childish and mildly amusing. 6/10 for the use of a picture. My favourite was the following which, while making light, also conveyed the message most were undoubtedly thinking but unable to convey so eloquently:
“wish they'd find Raoul Moat, it's not even raoulmoatly funny anymore.”
10/10
Not the brightest of news stories, evidently, but interesting to note earlier that Raoul Moat was the top trending topic on Twitter worldwide for a good part of today. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of Twitter, ‘trending’ is the term given to words or phrases being used by the most people. It gives an indicator of what people are talking about, basically, and with around 45 million users worldwide, to gain the status of a top ten trending topic means you’re pretty big news – to be at number one really is something special.
So the infamously fickle world of Twitter is talking about old Raoul, but what are they saying about this unquestionably very serious situation? Well, typically it is neither particularly constructive or in the best of taste. They’re making jokes, basically.
“If anyone knows Raoul Moat - can you tell him his mrs was also shagging James Corden, Piers Morgan and The Go Compare Adverts”
Classic twitter that – trying to be droll whilst capturing the zeitgeist. There are also inevitably lots of childish influence:
“how many did the coppers count up to before they shouted "Ready or not here... i ......come!!"
“If they haven't found #raoulmoat in the morning does that mean he is a free man? Gameshow idea??”
“Breaking - Moat has been seen all around Rothbury Castle - Police are looking into it #raoulmoat”
“Raoul Moat has said he will only target the police and the public are safe. In other news Northumbria Police announce 'Dress Down Wednesday”
Yeah, not bad – a mild amount of mirth from them. I’d give them a collective 5/10. Here’s a pictorial one:
“Raoul Moat's car is searched. Meanwhile, a police officer fists a tortoise in the background.”
Again, childish and mildly amusing. 6/10 for the use of a picture. My favourite was the following which, while making light, also conveyed the message most were undoubtedly thinking but unable to convey so eloquently:
“wish they'd find Raoul Moat, it's not even raoulmoatly funny anymore.”
10/10
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