Here’s a sampling of tweets from the #EndFathersDay hashtag that has hundreds of people laughing, crying and pulling out their hair today.
https://twitter.com/TashaPolwright/status/477344240045813760
https://twitter.com/TashaPolwright/status/477327223578316800
https://twitter.com/NayNayCantStop/status/477431825250254848
https://twitter.com/NayNayCantStop/status/477432573417648128
https://twitter.com/PhoebeKwon/statuses/477299243804151808
https://twitter.com/Carly_Jacksn/statuses/477314485669998593
Fathers Day should be renamed to Semen Day, because that's what men contribute to families. #EndFathersDay
— Imani Raven (@IRRGoddess) June 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/TashaPolwright/status/477325329627754496
https://twitter.com/TashaPolwright/status/477323747750199296
So unreal it has to be a joke or hoax. And for many of the craziest-seeming hashtag participants, it is.
This shows up in the Google search results for #EndFathersDay, but the page has been deleted and there’s no Google cache.
https://twitter.com/Pisat3l/status/477291392574582784
4chan is pointing the finger at Reddit.
Okay, apparently #EndFathersDay started on Reddit, and was perfected on 4chan as a joke.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) June 13, 2014
4chan is trolling all of you with #EndFathersDay and you're all falling for it.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) June 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/QUEcified/status/477440240815063040
https://twitter.com/SamARosado/status/477455202178437120
https://twitter.com/terrybrokebad/status/477440309690122240
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https://twitter.com/NaijaWarrior/status/477443759018221569
https://twitter.com/WeNotSocks/status/477461485786902528
It’s hard to tell at this point which #EndFathersDay tweets, if any, are radical feminists taking the bait.
How much of #EndFathersDay is trolling? #CantTellAnymore
— Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) June 13, 2014
But whether or not the hashtaggers are sporting genuine tampon earrings, we might as well have some fun.
#EndFathersDay because I really don't want to dress up and wait in line at Cheesecake Factory again.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 13, 2014
#EndFathersDay because I already have a drawer full of Chinese multi-tools from Target
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 13, 2014
#EndFathersDay because no man wants another pair of pleated Dockers.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 13, 2014
Dear Redditors and 4Chan folks who started an online war with the fake fem-nazi hashtag, #EndFathersDay pic.twitter.com/4gQ1UYTUiR
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) June 13, 2014
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