Yes, Shelly, it’s a joke. Which you would have known had you read the Daily Currant’s “About” page:
Q. Are your newstories real?
A. No. Our stories are purely fictional. However they are meant to address real-world issues through satire and often refer and link to real events happening in the world
Unfortunately, many Twitter users didn’t get the memo. Here are fifty of them:
https://twitter.com/laur_ce/status/297159648056840194
https://twitter.com/KrissyAlways/status/297159612036161536
https://twitter.com/heybuddy1/status/297158751146893312
https://twitter.com/ITSCARA2YOU/status/297158076010733568
https://twitter.com/DJTrap/status/297157354787598339
https://twitter.com/CantStandRob/status/297157042181918720
https://twitter.com/baddieShe/status/297156992269705216
https://twitter.com/Mz_C_Roc_/status/297156572717654017
https://twitter.com/Mazaradi2u/status/297156552123617281
https://twitter.com/_CallMeDom_/status/297156215551717376
https://twitter.com/jwillztaughtyou/status/297156053160837120
https://twitter.com/Malamin_J/status/297155076747833344
https://twitter.com/ksychedelic/status/297154825517416449
https://twitter.com/PursuitOfArete/status/297154416807653376
https://twitter.com/_deidraaa/status/297154264231444480
https://twitter.com/YourStarrAngel/status/297147967327072256
https://twitter.com/masterduo/status/297124056593997824
https://twitter.com/Irish_Jeff/status/297122478449381376
https://twitter.com/marian0121/status/297114580516225024
https://twitter.com/jonhearty/status/297095407102738433
https://twitter.com/RichardCrandle/status/297092325627273216
https://twitter.com/LaurieHaverkamp/status/297088394243231744
Correction: We accidentally included a tweet from @belmoreart whose RT was intended to make conservative friends aware of this story. We apologize!
