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This exchange between “Jeopardy!” champ Ken Jennings and a fan caused a stir on Twitter last night.
@KenJennings Do you anticipate being in Seattle area the first week of August? If so, want to catch up for a drink?
— Trevor (@tmount) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/457366680616726528
@KenJennings Fair response. A fan who will be in the Seattle area the first week of August. Check out my blog: http://t.co/WotLVpUAav
— Trevor (@tmount) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/457370434489430017
@KenJennings Touche – but, then how do you make that first meet?
— Trevor (@tmount) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/457371033012416512
@KenJennings Well, ok then. Thanks for your candor. That's a shame, would've been nice to meet you.
— Trevor (@tmount) April 19, 2014
Public shaming time:
Making cool friends on the World Wide Web. pic.twitter.com/GXG5UZJecE
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) April 19, 2014
@KenJennings Now I understand you are closed to meeting fans. Maybe note that on your profile, so we can avoid the wasted time?
— Trevor (@tmount) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/457373707615223808
Gracious and classy? About as much as we’d expect from a guy who “quoted” Andrew Breitbart’s ghost in a tasteless Obamacare push last month. Jennings admits he revels in getting to be a dick.
https://twitter.com/brians_neck/status/457373060534763520
https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/457373396553068544
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That’ll teach him!
@KenJennings You sure showed him that there's no being awkwardly friendly to Ken Jennings!
— Patricc Beaver (@FatFreddysPat) April 19, 2014
Of course, there are fans, and then there are fans. You know, the ones who want to wear a Jennings-skin bodysuit. Telling them apart on this freak show we call Twitter can be tricky at best, so some Twitter users seemed to embrace Jennings’ approach.
https://twitter.com/respected_loner/status/457376029242585088
https://twitter.com/SeanHurley_/status/457376675811328000
https://twitter.com/emilolz/status/457373256131952641
https://twitter.com/mighthaverabies/status/457376385620013056
But maybe, just maybe, there were other ways to handle this?
@KenJennings Oof. There's more gracious ways to handle that situation. Declining but suggesting an upcoming book signing, appearance, etc.
— Jessica (@avant_gardening) April 19, 2014
@KenJennings I feel kinda sorry for that guy. Not that it's your responsibility, but still.
— ?, Yeehaw Serious ?? (@0xKruzr) April 19, 2014
10 ys from now @KenJennings will be begging anyone to remember who he is. Smh. I'll take shitty manners for $1000.
— jaxsaid ? (@jaxsaid) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/457380938863755264
.@tmount how does it feel knowing that @KenJennings, a guy you thought so highly of, is really just a pathetic douchebag?
— Lefty Bollocks (@LeftyBollocks) April 19, 2014
No, Ken. You suck. It's not even a question anymore. MT @KenJennings Making cool friends on the World Wide Web.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) April 19, 2014
Being good at Jeopardy doesn't mean you're good at life. Especially when it means hurting people who never hurt you. Shame on @KenJennings.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) April 19, 2014
@KenJennings registering disappointment in both treatment of random guy and then making it public.
— Rachel Hechter (@rachelhomer) April 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/457375807103827968
@kept_simple I thought it was sweet of the other dude, if presumptuous
— Irin Carmon (@irin) April 19, 2014
@fakedansavage @KenJennings seems needlessly cruel.
— Irin Carmon (@irin) April 19, 2014
@irin It's not cruel – the guy's pretty presumptuous and could be a complete nutbag on top of it. @fakedansavage @KenJennings
— AnnInStPaul ????86.45.2020 (@libsechumanist) April 19, 2014
@libsechumanist @fakedansavage @KenJennings no one has to go to drinks with anyone. It's the tone and publicizing it.
— Irin Carmon (@irin) April 19, 2014
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