AMM descends into silliness thanks to Twitter feed frenzy
As you weren’t there, here’s what you missed
This year’s Annual Members Meeting of the Bristol student union was a lively affair filled with heated debates on abortion, anti-semitism and a generous helping of free pizza.
The SU also chose to project the event’s twitter feed (linked by #iAMMhere and #iAMMgoing) onto a huge screen in front of the audience.
Passionate talks about vegetarian rights and tampons were interrupted by raucous laughter as anonymous tweeters called the debates “a bit quorn-y” and “Bloody amazing. Period”.
Not to be restricted to puns, other tweeters punctured the democratic silence from the SU on the nuclear deterrent Trident:
“Trident is a badman weapon. Jus sayin” and “Breaking news: Bristol SU has no control over whether or not Trident is replaced”.
One inspired tweeter even asked “Can the union vote to declare war on UWE?”
This really got the crowd into the aggressive spirit of things and a few other audience members sought to harness the powers of 21st century democracy for evil by posting the following spoilers onto the huge projection screen:
“Walter White dies”
“Dan is Gossip Girl”
“Joffrey Dies”
Towards the end of the event’s arduous 4 hour lifespan, the energy in the room might have been flagging but the way of unay lived on in the Twitter feed at least:
“Dropping before this was a bad idea #IAMMbuzzing”
“Man has been a real roadman since day. Ride or die”
“Anyone got baccy? Will give Bs on zoot”
Democracy truly is beautiful.