Chris Brown

Chris Brown, what a man. This guy does it all. He sings, he dances, what's he bad at? Ironic question, because he screws up a lot, and its not just on Twitter. For starters, he was dating one of the hottest people on the planet, Rihanna, and was charged with domestic violence. Why would he ever do such a thing? There has been many more controversies involving Brown's anger and his past relations with Rihanna, but I am here to enlighten you about something different. In this screw up, Brown bashed Walmart for not carrying his newly dropped album Graffiti. 

(ironic, his phone at hand)

In 2009, Brown had a mini-meltdown on Twitter after he visited a Walmart in Wallingford, Connecticut and didn't find his new album, Graffiti, on the shelves. "But they had Alicia Keys album ready for release for this Tuesday," he tweeted. "BUT NO SIGN OF GRAFFITI. BS." He continued, "I'm tired of this s----. Major stores r blackballing my CD. Not stockin the shelves and lying to costumers. What the f--- do I gotta do." To the record business, he added: "The industry can kiss my a--." Walmart released a statement saying that all stores around the country had carried the CD since its release, including the Wallingford store mentioned in the post. The store had run out of its initial shipment of copies prior to Brown coming into the store. Brown basically freaked out for nothing. If he actually took a second to think about it, it could have been easy to realize this may have been the case. Brown later deleted his Twitter after these posts.

Chris Brown always feels the need to be connected to the online world. It can be said that Brown definitely lives a tethered life, a life where he is always connected. Brown always has to tell the Twitter world what he thinks and has to feel "connected" to everyone else. Brown is definitely tied to the internet, which Sherry Turkle describes as living a tethered life. Without the internet and sites like Twitter, Brown would feel empty with nothing to turn to. But if you think about it, maybe it would be best for Brown if he wasn't connected, because it only causes him problems. #controlyourself