You know how when you send your friend an instant message sometimes, he or she immediately signs off after receiving it? Or how when someone tries to open your locked bathroom stall, you freeze like a deer caught in headlights? Or how when you’re walking down the street and realize you’re going the wrong way, you pretend to pat your pockets and pretend you forgot something so you can turn around without alerting strangers that you were just really walking in the wrong direction? Or maybe how you make plans with your friends for the weekend, but secretly hope they fall through the night before? Well, this penguin knows your pain.
Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.
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