One might think that parodying the self-parody known as BuzzFeed would be impossible. Oh, how wrong that assumption would be! Twitter is at the ready to do the near impossible, and with hilarious results.
Self-parody => RT @ZekeJMiller: Some people at Ryan just cheered "four Americans were murdered in a terrorist attack in Benghazi." #fail
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 8, 2012
If you aren’t following the self-described “parody, but very BuzzFeed-like” @LOLBuzzFeed Twitter account, you should be.
As Twitchy reported last night, BuzzFeed, in typical fashion, issued a false headline. This one claimed that Paul Ryan was “testy” and walked out on reporters. “Just bloggers” called them out and the headline was changed. LOLBuzzFeed immediately began making side-splitting updates of its own.
Update: this never actually happened. RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Paul Ryan just told a reporter to "go to hell".
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 8, 2012
Update: She's 17 and it was $40 RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Pool: Romney left a $1 tip to a waitress that was laid off by a Bain Capital-funded company
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Video: Jeering crowd forces early exit for Paul Ryan at rally in CO.http://t.co/Lj5IdOsh
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Update: rally had just ended and crowd was actually cheering http://t.co/Lj5IdOsh …
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Small crowds for Paul Ryan's event in Michigan. http://t.co/HALa0eZl
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Update: This appears to be a stock photo. RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Small crowds for Paul Ryan's event in Michigan. http://t.co/HALa0eZl
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Update: It appears to be a scene from Goodfellas RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Paul Ryan just pistol-whipped some poor sap waxing his car in his driveway
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Update: It appears he spells it "Arian" RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Mitt Romney's favorite football player Aryan Foster is doing well tonight -Zeke
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Update: He was in Berlin, VA RT @LOLBuzzFeed: Mitt Romney vows to "take this country back" at a Berlin rally today, echoing Hitler's Germany
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
And the well-deserved mocking doesn’t end there. As Twitchy has reported, as the Obama campaign has unraveled, so have “reporters” at BuzzFeed. Recently, a BuzzFeed “reporter” breathlessly tweeted that Romney’s car had passed a confederate flag. Cue the ominous music reserved for racist-y racists! The only thing missing was a TwitPic of a white, hooded tarp.
Romney motorcade just passed the home of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson. Romney appeared to be smiling. -Zeke
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 8, 2012
That same “reporter” then tweeted about Romney’s “morbid” stories. Like the time he helped a dying child.
Mitt Romney told his story about when he comforted a dying boy, but the only thing to get killed here tonight was the mood. -Zeke
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 7, 2012
Next, Ben Smith of BuzzFeed declared that the Obama dot.com scandal is totally no big whoop. LOLZ, rubes!
And that was all just in the last week! None of it will be swept under the lapdog rug, if Twitter users have anything to do with it. Happy warriors hold BuzzFeed lapdogs’ paws to the fire, while giggling. They can multitask!
Hitler used the word BIG. RT @ZekeJMiller: Pastor says those here tonight believe "Not in a big government, but in a big God."
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 9, 2012
Feisty crowds frequently awaited Hitler. RT @ZekeJMiller: Now Sandy Levin is booed. Fiesty crowd awaiting Ryan and Kid Rock.
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 9, 2012
Hitler liked music. MT “@ZekeJMiller: Good bit of the crowd is this band
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 8, 2012
Nazis also held "closed press" events. RT @ZekeJMiller Per pool, Romney is holding a tele-town hall with voters in Colorado. Closed press
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 8, 2012
No less than 8 miles from where the KKK once held a rally. MT @ZekeJMiller Ryan Trash-Talks Biden Before Debate
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 8, 2012
American Badass is the favorite song of racist rednecks everywhere – Zeke RT @ZekeJMiller: Kid Rock takes the stage in Rochester
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/jeffemanuel/status/255457774010527744
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/255460683045552128
Let's focus on the important part: Did he drive by a Confederate flag today? RT @ZekeJMiller: Romney bus just stopped at a Wendy's
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/255467599553515521
You really are a hack. RT @ZekeJMiller: Some people at Ryan just cheered "four Americans were murdered in a terrorist attack in Benghazi.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) October 8, 2012
.@ZekeJMiller Have I mentioned you're a pathetic hack today?
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) October 8, 2012
But are they "morbid?" RT @ZekeJMiller: Ryan is basically repeating some of the Romney FP talking points
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) October 8, 2012
…Because It Was Over, But Y'know, Whatever RT @BuzzFeedBen Video: Paul Ryan Gets Testy And Walks Out Of Interview http://t.co/l6Puahel
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 9, 2012
Besides the cardio work-out from giggling, there is another benefit to this hilarious mockery. It’s getting to BuzzFeed.
Testy. Walks out. => RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: @CuffyMeh Have a nice night.
— LOL BuzzFeed (@LOLBuzzFeed) October 9, 2012
Oh, how true that is. Enter, BuzzFeedAndrew.
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/255773943489765377
Waaah! Someone needs a nap!
@BuzzFeedAndrew @AceofSpadesHQ I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, Andrew.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 9, 2012
Bingo. Keep the pressure on, Twitter.
@keder Follow @LOLBuzzFeed instead
— Dana (@Grandbulldoggie) October 9, 2012
Indeed. The giggles are priceless.
The fact that hack @ZekeJMiller is seeing all @LOLBuzzFeed's tweets is making my day.
— crouton crudup (@MavisGary) October 9, 2012
And so is that. BuzzFeed tears? So delicious.
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