What’s even more amazing how awesome he thinks he is. When he’s not telling you that your kids just aren’t as important as Barack Obama’s, he’s busy placing dead last in the personality pageant.
My first thought was that I feel sad for you, alone, having to use your picture as a twitter icon! @mattyglesias
— Leroy Whitby (@LeroyWhitby) January 18, 2013
Guess the recognition of his own numerous failures finally got to him, because today, he lashed out at Twitterers whose avatars feature the late Andrew Breitbart.
https://twitter.com/jessicarights/status/292320368251785216
Because unlike Matt, Breitbart was and still is worthy of admiration and, you know, genuine respect.
@redsteeze @mattyglesias Yes, Breitbart icons don't have nearly the caché of Obama Praise Wear collection, do they? See: Sherri Shepherd
— Jackie Vasser (@JackieVasser) January 18, 2013
They certainly don’t! Nor do they have the caché of, say, a Matt Yglesias.
@jessicarights @mattyglesias Matt is just jealous no one is sporting a pic of him. All he has to do is die and VOILA! Meh, doubt even then.
— Pass, set, kill it ? (@bumpsetkillit) January 18, 2013
Ah, but it turns out that there were some happy warriors who were more than willing to give Matt the attention he so desperately craves. They decided to pay tribute to the self-righteous, professional whiner by temporarily plunking his mug into their Twitter avatars:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/292320510761639937
It’s delightful!
@redsteeze Oh hello, twinny! @mattyglesias
— Mike (@ThePantau) January 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/292321454387761153
As @mattyglesias' biggest fan on teh twitters, I just want to say that he is NOT jealous of the legacy of Breitbart.
— Mike (@ThePantau) January 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/badfr0g/statuses/292322529928941570
https://twitter.com/heavyhokie/status/292323489124347904
For the most part, they’ve returned to their original avatars (after all, Yglesias is a bit toxic to sensible people), but Matt should still draw some comfort from his own mini personality cult! And hopefully that won’t preclude him from membership in his other cult of choice:
Dear @mattyglesias parody, Where'd you find a picture of him before he had the Obama bumper sticker permanently attached to forehead?
— eric (@eriContrarian) January 18, 2013
.@mattyglesias rejects all cults of personality except the one of @BarackObama. #mattyglesiasfacts
— Mike (@ThePantau) January 18, 2013
@jessicarights @mattyglesias Matt, you want a cult figure? Check out Newsweek's latest cover. I know you love Twitchy. http://t.co/CUtp3inI
— Pass, set, kill it ? (@bumpsetkillit) January 18, 2013
And sing songs about him in schools: "@mattyglesias: Amazing how many people have Breitbart as twitter icons. What a sad personality cult."
— Jeff (@BewzNewznVewz) January 18, 2013
.@Grumpyelder Unreal @mattyglesias would have audacity to accuse OTHERS of being a personality cult. Completely non self-aware.
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) January 18, 2013
Eh, it’s tough to be self-aware when you’re that self-absorbed.
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