"Word up!" It is I, the Gray Lady, with a "shoutout" to all my hip young friends.https://nyti.ms/2YF0T3k
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(Not to kill the joke but i fear some of you don't know it's a joke and now I have to explain myself ugh https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/word-up-this-is-the-story-behind-the-new-york-times-most-famous-tweet-which-is-10-years-old-today/ …)
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Replying to @mccanner
I understood it and I'm also well versed in Fortnite culture with my 9 year old. Happy to exist in both worlds!
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I understood the joke but, uh, I'd also worked at the NYT for several years already when we tweeted thatpic.twitter.com/nDHXvWU72o
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Replying to @BenHoffmanNYT @mccanner
Oof yeah I could have mentioned that I suppose but I dunno if the millennials would keep taking to me if it got out. Gotta keep those cards close.
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It was heavily implied when I started, and even moreso a couple years later when
@TroyEricG started, that keeping our age *quiet* would be a good idea as to not alarm the older editors. Somehow Troy's still passing as a young while people are asking me what hot type was like.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Wtf omg zomg Ben! Idk what you mean
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Replying to @TroyEricG @BenHoffmanNYT and
Also do you remember that I used to dress in bowties because I thought they’d make me look older lololl
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I just wish I'd gotten a taste of that sweet sweet "middle" age of newsroom employee. I went from "my god you are a child" straight to "listen mr., let me explain the internet to you." That being said, you totally pulled off those bow ties. 10/10.
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That age lasts a single day.
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