@FishbowlDC vs. @ABeaujon

Fishbowl D.C. editor (and former Washington City Paper cover subject) Betsy Rothstein and TBD.com arts editor (and former City Paper managing editor) Andrew Beaujon matched up yesterday in a Twitter battle for the ages. Though since Beaujon and Rothstein wind up in Twitter spats nearly weekly, maybe it wasn’t quite for the ages … but it was pretty entertaining. The whole thing appears to have started with a post on Fishbowl by intern Alec Jacobs that, in turn, was about a post by TBD writer (and another former City Paper staffer) Amanda Hess . So if you’re scoring at home, yes, this item you’re reading is a blog post about a series of Twitter posts about a media gossip post about a post about the Oscars. Assuming the various levels of recursive pointlessness involved here haven’t scared you off, here is our dramatic reenactment of the Twitter fight: A transcript is below the jump. (Note: We were inspired to make this movie by this Deadspin post .) @FishbowlDC: Abeaujon: Stop picking on an intern. WTF is your problem? And you have no idea what you’re talking about. We should pinch you. @FishbowlDC: P.S. Not that @alecjacobs can’t handle you, he can. He can eat you for breakfast. Or, er, pinch you. [Insert laughter here Beaujon] @FishbowlDC: @abeaujon: And pls. You’re counseling our intern on what is “playful” touching? You sound like someone I wouldn’t want in my neighborhood. @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC Betsy, I assure you, I wouldn’t want to be in your neighborhood either! @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC (metaphorically, of course; I’m sure where you live is very nice!) @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon Good then we’ll never move in together. Great. In the meantime, you can talk all the stupid you want to our intern @alecjacobs. @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC He did do a great job of talking stupid. I look forward to more of it! @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon Fact is, you counseling our intern on appropriate touching just sounds plain creepy. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon He did a great job with the item. Considering how ridiculous your colleague’s story was. That was the point. Get it? @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC Now we’re coming full circle. His post was about @amandahess saying a touch was creepy! Love you, love your work, don’t stop. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon This is your prob, Andrew. You arguments make no sense. We’re not full circle to anything except that you should get pinched. @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC I’m pinching myself that you’re talking with me! Really, it makes every day like spring. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon Ahhh…too bad feeling isn’t mutual. Keep pinching yourself though… a good start to getting real insight. @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC I think my real problem is how much smarter than me both of you are. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon Well, there’s no test on who is smarter, but between the two of us we could pinch the hell out of you. Think of it as a service. @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC Betsy, I’d fail that test against you any day. I’m sure most people who read both of us would agree. You arguments make sense. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon You’d fail a pinching test? I think we might kill each other if together for too long. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon And really, I don’t think many people really read us both. We are very different, Andrew. Is that not clear enough yet? @ABeaujon: @FishbowlDC It’s clear. @FishbowlDC: .@abeaujon Good.

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@FishbowlDC vs. @ABeaujon