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The Sad Saga Of A College Football Player Who Didn’t Understand How Twitter Works

Elon senior RB Jamal Shuman is frustrated. The Phoenix lost 48-28 Saturday to Wofford, and Shuman only factored in one play—a five-yard pass reception. So he did what anyone would do in that situation, and vented on Twitter.

He did this without understanding that his tweets were public. (He's since deleted the account.) Here's the succession of Mr. Verify Deez Nuts's breakdown and eventual realization of the trouble he was in—a bildungsroman, in 140-character chunks.

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