18 Facts About Dril

Dril came to prominence for his Twitter account and his idiosyncratic style of nonsequitur, absurdist humor.

Dril is one of the most notable accounts associated with "Weird Twitter", a subculture on the site that shares a surreal, ironic sense of humor.

Dril's first book, Dril Official "Mr Ten Years" Anniversary Collection, is a compilation of the account's "greatest hits" alongside new illustrations.

Dril grew up in New Jersey, raised by working-class parents: his father worked as a manager at FedEx while his mother, a homemaker, sought out odd jobs for additional income.

Dril sent his first tweet, the single word "no", on September 15,2008.

Dril is a master of tone, he is a master of character; his accidents are not accidents and his spelling mistakes are not mistakes.

Dril's character is the anonymous psycho of the comments box.

Dril is the corn syrup addiction of America and he is an expired Applebee's coupon.

Dril's tweets are, in the words of Jordan Sargent at Gawker, a series of "quietly seething and unhinged avant-garde scribblings".

Dril's tweets are deliberately peppered with odd typos like misspelled words, grammatical mistakes, punctuation errors, and eggcorns.

Dril has been outspoken in his criticism of Elon Musk's stewardship as CEO of Twitter, particularly Musk's changes to the Twitter verification system.

Dril was one of several artists who contributed illustrations for the card game The Devil's Level, based on the Twitter account da share z0ne.

Dril published his first book, Dril Official "Mr Ten Years" Anniversary Collection, in August 2018.

Dril revealed he had written another book, titled How to Cheat at Casino Games by Being a Bitch, at a Truthpoint live performance in January 2023, when a supposed raffle to give a single copy of the book to an audience member instead ended with dril ripping up the printed manuscript in a performative rage.

Dril's writing has been praised by a variety of public figures, including poet Patricia Lockwood; actor-comedians Rob Delaney and David Cross; The New Yorker staff writer Adrian Chen; and Reply All hosts PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman.

Dril is a psychic Markov chain whose input is the American internet.

Dril is an intestine swollen with gas and incoherent politics and obscure signifiers and video-game memes and bile.

Dril is the only writer on the internet you can trust.