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A [[AlterEgoActing man of mystery]], Dril's real identity was unintentionally exposed after he was credited under his real name as a writer on a ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' book and ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', [[AttackBackfire although he was wholly unbothered by this]]. He also starred alongside fellow Weird Twitter user derek in the parody news show ''WebVideo/TruthpointDarkwebRising''. On his 10th anniversary in 2018, he published a print collection of his tweets with original artwork. This was followed up with in 2021 with the self-help parody ''The Get Rich and Become God Method''.

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A [[AlterEgoActing man of mystery]], Dril's real identity was unintentionally exposed after he was credited under his real name as a writer on a ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' book and ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', [[AttackBackfire although he was wholly unbothered by this]]. He also starred alongside fellow Weird Twitter user derek in the parody news show ''WebVideo/TruthpointDarkwebRising''. On his 10th anniversary in 2018, he published a print collection of his tweets with original artwork. This was followed up with in 2021 with the self-help parody ''The Get Rich and Become God Method''.
''Literature/TheGetRichAndBecomeGodMethod''.
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A [[AlterEgoActing man of mystery]], Dril's real identity was unintentionally exposed after he was credited under his real name as a writer on ''WebComic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' and ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', [[AttackBackfire although he was wholly unbothered by this]]. He also starred alongside fellow Weird Twitter user derek in the parody news show ''WebVideo/TruthpointDarkwebRising''. On his 10th anniversary in 2018, he published a print collection of his tweets with original artwork. This was followed up with in 2021 with the self-help parody ''The Get Rich and Become God Method''.

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A [[AlterEgoActing man of mystery]], Dril's real identity was unintentionally exposed after he was credited under his real name as a writer on ''WebComic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' a ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' book and ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', [[AttackBackfire although he was wholly unbothered by this]]. He also starred alongside fellow Weird Twitter user derek in the parody news show ''WebVideo/TruthpointDarkwebRising''. On his 10th anniversary in 2018, he published a print collection of his tweets with original artwork. This was followed up with in 2021 with the self-help parody ''The Get Rich and Become God Method''.

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* BotheringByTheBook
-->the jduge orders me to take off my [[Film/VForVendetta anonymous v mask]] & im wearing [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the joker makeup]] underneath it. everyone in the courtroom groans at my shit



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dril, as a soldier.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dril, as a soldier.NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:
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the phrases "auth lib left" and "auth lib right" are oxymorons that don't make any sense. also, who even uses the political compass in serious political discussion anymore?


* SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism: Dril's political opinions veer all over the compass, but he is consistently an extreme, StupidEvil authoritarian. He wants [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/372720390369726465 jokes and sex banned and 'a cop in every household' by 2025]] (auth right), wants to [[https://twitter.com/dril/status/404981174746898433 move to North Korea because they have stronger cops]] (auth left); [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/990761755080118272 makes regular donations to Cambridge Analytica]] (auth centre), [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/213849618415484929 ruined his uncle's 4th of July barbecue due to it 'smack[ing] of gender']] (auth lib left) and [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/247956611300196352 wants to end taxes with 'cyber pinball']] (auth lib right).

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* SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism: Dril's political opinions veer all over the compass, but he is consistently an extreme, StupidEvil authoritarian.extremist. He wants [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/372720390369726465 jokes and sex banned and 'a cop in every household' by 2025]] (auth right), wants to [[https://twitter.com/dril/status/404981174746898433 move to North Korea because they have stronger cops]] (auth left); [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/990761755080118272 makes regular donations to Cambridge Analytica]] (auth centre), [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/213849618415484929 ruined his uncle's 4th of July barbecue due to it 'smack[ing] of gender']] (auth lib (lib left) and [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/247956611300196352 wants to end taxes with 'cyber pinball']] (auth lib (lib right).
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A complete archive of his tweets is available [[https://cooltweets.herokuapp.com/dril/old here]].

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A complete An archive of his tweets is available [[https://cooltweets.herokuapp.com/dril/old [[https://dril.gumroad.com/l/dril10000 here]].
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: His idea of a weekend is to drink a single beer...and then call 911.
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* CompanionCube:
-->another day volunteering at the betsy ross museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the flag. buddy, they won't even let me fuck it.

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* CompanionCube:
-->another
%%* CompanionCube:%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->another
day volunteering at the betsy ross museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the flag. buddy, they won't even let me fuck it.



* CureForCancer: Inverted with his [[CoolGuns hollow point Smith & Wesson which gives targets leukemia]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: Parodied.
-->[[http://twitter.com/dril/status/985512751685619712 thinking about a adults version of star wars where all the characters have Depression and saying the word "Bauzinga" to mysef in my car]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Implied.
-->so long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement

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* CureForCancer: Inverted with his [[CoolGuns hollow point Smith & Wesson which gives targets leukemia]].
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leukemia.
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DarkerAndEdgier: Parodied.
-->[[http://twitter.
Parodied.%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->[[http://twitter.
com/dril/status/985512751685619712 thinking about a adults version of star wars where all the characters have Depression and saying the word "Bauzinga" to mysef in my car]]
* %%* DrivenToSuicide: Implied.
-->so
Implied.%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->so
long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement



* FlameWar: Referenced.
-->"Is VideoGame/{{Wario}} [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical A Libertarian]]" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

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* %%* FlameWar: Referenced.
-->"Is
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%%-->"Is
VideoGame/{{Wario}} [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical A Libertarian]]" - -- the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,



* GunsAkimbo: {{Discussed}}:
-->cops should have two guns to get rid of crime faster . cops should be dual wielding by 2016

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* %%* GunsAkimbo: {{Discussed}}:
-->cops
{{Discussed}}:%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->cops
should have two guns to get rid of crime faster . cops should be dual wielding by 2016
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* DrivenToSuicide: Implied.
-->so long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement
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In 2022, Dril officially unmasked for the first time, granting interviews to websites [[https://www.theringer.com/tech/2023/4/12/23673003/dril-twitter-interview-profile-identity under his real name]] as part of his desire to do more offline comedy. This coincided with the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, after which he reimagined his persona as an antiheroic defender of the site.

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In 2022, 2023, Dril officially unmasked for the first time, granting interviews to websites [[https://www.theringer.com/tech/2023/4/12/23673003/dril-twitter-interview-profile-identity under his real name]] as part of his desire to do more offline comedy. This coincided with the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, after which he reimagined his persona as an antiheroic defender of the site.

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* AllLowercaseLetters: Frequently, contributing to the StylisticSuck.

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* AllLowercaseLetters: Frequently, Frequently posts in all-lowercase, contributing to the StylisticSuck.



* TheHeart: It's common to find Twitter users describing Dril as the beating heart of the site or otherwise 'load-bearing'. Flashes of this began to emerge in his persona when squabbling with lolicon-addicted nerds, but became one of his more prominent character traits in his beef with Elon Musk in 2022.



* TheHeart: It's common to find Twitter users describing Dril as the beating heart of the site or otherwise 'load-bearing'. Flashes of this began to emerge in his persona when squabbling with lolicon-addicted nerds, but became one of his more prominent character traits in his beef with Elon Musk in 2022.
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In 2022, Dril officially unmasked for the first time, granting interviews to websites [[https://www.theringer.com/tech/2023/4/12/23673003/dril-twitter-interview-profile-identity under his real name]] as part of his desire to do more offline comedy. This coincided with the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, after which he reimagined his persona as an antiheroic defender of the site.


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* MessiahCreep: Dril started out as the internet's furious, masturbating demon, but after gaining a reputation for being a mascot or even prophet for the site, his character became more of a righteous trickster.


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* TheHeart: It's common to find Twitter users describing Dril as the beating heart of the site or otherwise 'load-bearing'. Flashes of this began to emerge in his persona when squabbling with lolicon-addicted nerds, but became one of his more prominent character traits in his beef with Elon Musk in 2022.
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[[caption-width-right:240:dril’s profile picture, a blurry [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61565947/dril_unblurred.0.jpg promotional photo]] of Creator/JackNicholson.]]

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[[caption-width-right:240:dril’s [[caption-width-right:240:dril's profile picture, a blurry [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61565947/dril_unblurred.0.jpg promotional photo]] of Creator/JackNicholson.]]



Dril's posts are...odd, to say the least. They paint a picture of a semi-consistent character -- a deranged, incompetent, arrogant {{jerkass}} exaggeratedly mirroring an archetypical male American internet user -- mixed in with large amounts of surrealism and parodies of current events, often taking an implicitly left-wing stance through its mocking of right-wing figures. His idiosyncratic style of profane and low-brow absurdism woven in with these layered moments of satire and general disdain for authority has frequently earned Dril the moniker of “the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes Diogenes]] of the 21st century”.

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Dril's posts are...odd, to say the least. They paint a picture of a semi-consistent character -- a deranged, incompetent, arrogant {{jerkass}} exaggeratedly mirroring an archetypical male American internet user -- mixed in with large amounts of surrealism and parodies of current events, often taking an implicitly left-wing stance through its mocking of right-wing figures. His idiosyncratic style of profane and low-brow absurdism woven in with these layered moments of satire and general disdain for authority has frequently earned Dril the moniker of “the "the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes Diogenes]] of the 21st century”.century".



-->who cares. pick up a foot ball
-->let the record show that the minor-attracted genius blocked me after i said this

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-->who cares. pick up a foot ball
-->let
ball\\
let
the record show that the minor-attracted genius blocked me after i said this



-->THE COP GROWLS “TAKE OFF TH OSE JEANS, CITIZEN.” I COMPLY, REVEALING THE FULL LENGTH DENIM TATTOOS ON BOTH LEGS. THE COP SCREAMS; DEFEATED'

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-->THE COP GROWLS “TAKE "TAKE OFF TH OSE JEANS, CITIZEN." I COMPLY, REVEALING THE FULL LENGTH DENIM TATTOOS ON BOTH LEGS. THE COP SCREAMS; DEFEATED'



--->'''ARMY''': your nickname reflects poorly on us all. we're changing it to something like "raven" or "switchknife"
--->'''ME''': no. "[[ShootTheHostage hostage killer]]" is good

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--->'''ARMY''': -->'''ARMY:''' your nickname reflects poorly on us all. we're changing it to something like "raven" or "switchknife"
--->'''ME''':
"switchknife"\\
'''ME:'''
no. "[[ShootTheHostage hostage killer]]" is good



--->'''@dril''': Food $200\\

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--->'''@dril''': --->'''@dril:''' Food $200\\



'''@craigus12''': [[StatingTheSimpleSolution spend less on candles]]\\
'''@dril''': [[BluntNo no]]

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'''@craigus12''': '''@craigus12:''' [[StatingTheSimpleSolution spend less on candles]]\\
'''@dril''': '''@dril:''' [[BluntNo no]]



--> ST PETER: on march 14 2024 you posted simply the words "james earl bond". hope the 34 favs were worth it idiot \\

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--> ST -->ST PETER: on march 14 2024 you posted simply the words "james earl bond". hope the 34 favs were worth it idiot \\

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