The Top Ten Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022 – The shocking truth about Number Two, revealed!

Ruben Bolling

There is no Number Two Tom the Dancing Bug of 2022.

In a shocking development, the historic vote among the prestigious and esteemed members of the Inner Hive to determine the top three positions resulted in an actual, dead heat, deadlocked, unprecedented TIE for the Number One Tom the Dancing Bug of 2022.

And so, instead of a Number Two Tom the Dancing Bug of 2022 being revealed today, there will be TWO Number One Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022 revealed tomorrow!

The Top Ten Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022 – Number Three

Ruben Bolling

Numbers 10-4 of The Top Ten Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022 were calculated by a rigorous scientific algorithm, developed at great effort and expense. This algorithm also set the Top 3.

But then the Top 3 were submitted to the INNER HIVE to vote on their final order. And so, we now present the Number Three Tom the Dancing Bug of 2022, as determined by Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive:

Q-Nuts: “It’s the War on Christmas, Charlie Brown” (from the week of December 12)

I am Spartacus

Ruben Bolling

Galaxy Brain hath decreed that anyone who lists their username on another social media platform will get suspended, and I’d already had those names in my Twitter profile. I’ll be damned if I’m going to remove them because Elon forced me to.

So instead, I decided to lock the account and walk away. Well, it was just a matter of time; I’d been backing away from it with an eye toward leaving for about a month.

Twitter was a big part of my business plan for Tom the Dancing Bug, not only elevating its presence, visibility and fan base, but also driving subscriptions to my free newsletter and, most importantly, to my paid subscription service the Inner Hive.

I truly value all my partners and venues, but the Inner Hive has become the lifeblood of Tom the Dancing Bug, and I’m not sure what’s going to happen to it without the Twitter pipeline.

If you like Tom the Dancing Bug at all, I hope that you’ll join and interact with me on any of the below platforms. Twitter had been a lot of fun, and I’ll be working hard to make these fun and interesting too.

👉 You can find me at Mastodon, where I seem to be gaining most traction, and I’m spending most of my social media time now. @rubenbolling@mastodon.social

👉 I’m also kind of parallel posting at Post, Hive and Counter.social, all with the username @rubenbolling

👉 And I will continue to post, mostly just comics, at Instagram (@rubenbolling) and Facebook.

👉 Of course it would be great if you signed up for the free weekly Tom the Dancing Bug Review newsletter.

⭐️👉 And it would be greatest of all greats if you joined the fun at the Inner Hive, the paid subscription service, where you get each week’s comic emailed directly to you, at least a day before it’s published anywhere, plus other exclusive content, including extra comics, commentary, puppy pics, and whatever else I can think of each week. 🙏

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12/20/22 UPDATE: Did the following scene happen in the movie?

After all the slaves stand up and say “I am Spartacus,” refusing to identify the leader of their failed rebellion even to save their own lives, the Roman General says, “Er, actually I guess we won’t execute Spartacus.”

And so the slaves shuffle their feet and say, “Um, okay, then that guy there with the giant cleft chin is Spartacus.”

Because that’s what happened with Twitter. Musk backed down and is now allowing accounts to link to other social media sites.

So I’m dipping my toe back in. I’ll continue to tweet, but only to link to other social media sites (and other sites).

Having a chaotic man-baby as the leader of a site you’ve invested a lot of time in is exhausting.