[…] Mr Gillies ruffed and screamed out so loud in approbation, that he fell from his chair, and brought an American gentleman down with him.

The downside of working with sketchy dudes on building sites and in greasy spoons was that they were sketchy, but they also knew shady things.

On those occasions, she said, her knee-jerk reaction is often to post an account of a cool thing she has done, or to upload a particularly fun picture from her weekend. This may make her feel better — but it can generate FOMO in another unsuspecting person.

If you're clever, you can craft something that is retweet worthy, creating a realtime twitterstorm.