Last week I tried to start a social media movement and get people to come up with things that architecture reminds them of. Wouldn’t you know it, Twitter disappointed me once again. But the people who did play made it awesome and I came up with a few more good ones myself, so here is everything from the #architectureislike. If you can think of any more and want to try and bring it back, well, knock yourself out.
#architectureislike toilet paper: most people don't care how good it is as long as they're not bleeding from the ass afterwards
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike a condom: a level of protection everyone should have but nobody wants to use
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike Joan Rivers: desperately clinging to relevance through increasingly elaborate cosmetic enhancements
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike Google Glass: a powerful and unique perspective that nobody wants to hear about
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike sex, it sounds cool until you see your parents doing it
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john stallin (@coldseat) August 12, 2014@coldseat #architectureislike sex, internet sets unrealistic expectations and real life people won't let you do all the fun stuff
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014Help me make #architectureislike a thing! RT your favs and make your own @bobborson @JodyBrownArch @BusinessofArch @EntreArchitect
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014^ A bunch of people who were too cool to play along. Here are some of their way more interesting tweets from that day:
RT @buildllc Design, context, and delight; Explanations of the Built Environment: An interview with Kate Asche... bit.ly/1p22QBL
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Bob Borson (@bobborson) August 12, 2014Nice of him to put the ellipses right at the point where I stopped paying attention anyway.
I find your lack of concern with line weights troubling
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Jody Brown (@JodyBrownArch) August 12, 2014lol?
Royal College of Art graduate "technically" guilty of plagiarism bit.ly/ViJsVd
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Enoch Sears, AIA (@BusinessofArch) August 12, 2014He also tweeted 4 times about his own podcast, so maybe he “technically” only gets one bone to throw per day.
Leadership is about creating change that you believe in. -Seth Godin
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Mark R. LePage (@EntreArchitect) August 12, 2014I guess if I want a RT from this guy I have to join his shaved head club.
Alright, back to the tweets that were actually entertaining. #notbitter
#architectureislike Democratic platform: a really great initial concept that is ultimately neutered by a series of compromises #politics
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike Republican platform: wants to involve women and minorities, still lets old white dudes make the decisions #politics
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike a Libertarian: everyone wants to be one, before concluding it is a charming waste of time #politics
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014Just so nobody felt left out.
@raybowman #architectureislike the Green Party: "Green Infrastructure" sounds good on paper, but isn't field-tested or expert-approved.
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The Steelers n'at (@thesteelersnat) August 12, 2014RT file that under #truthhurts @thesteelersnat: @raybowman #architectureislike the Green Party
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014@raybowman #architectureislike Politics: There is too much input from the constituents/clients that dilutes the opinions of the experts
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The Steelers n'at (@thesteelersnat) August 12, 2014RT can't have a rivalry if you're just getting beat all the time @thesteelersnat: @raybowman #architectureislike The Cleveland Browns
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014#architectureislike a rave: never gets to a clear stopping point, even by the next morning
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Raymond Bowman (@raybowman) August 12, 2014Thanks again to everyone who played along!
I still think this has potential, so if you have more followers than me and want to take this idea and pretend it was yours two weeks later, that’s just fine with me. Wouldn’t be the first time. #stillnotbitter
rmb-design 
Good stuff. Too bad I’m too lazy to retrieve my long forgotten twitter password.
Your account has probably been hacked by now anyway. Plus, Angela made a Twitter account just to post for this, but then her account got suspended because Twitter thought she was a spammer. Pretty sure Twitter is just not my medium.