50 Celebrities and Companies That Got Publicly Owned On Twitter For Living In Their Own Bubble
Are they socialists now since they have a knack for getting publicly owned?
Some celebrities and companies have a talent for making themselves look completely disconnected from reality, and Twitter has a long memory for it.
This roundup pulls together 50 public callouts, from tone-deaf celebrity moments to corporate posts that landed badly with people who were already dealing with enough. The common thread is simple: someone with money, influence, or a big platform said the wrong thing at the wrong time, and the internet noticed immediately.
By the end, it is hard not to see the same pattern over and over again. Read on.
1. The cycle of hurtful beauty standards
tfxin2. It's been so rough for us, so we needed a spa day
Public_Citizen3. They thought this was impressive and newsworthy
_colenewberry
4. When you ask your fans to donate their hard-earned minimum wage money that you can easily pay for yourself
JAFD74
The internet did not let that one slide.
5. The bar is in Tartarus
TravelingOnALeash
6. So brave
beerbellybegone
7. He spent it well on golf trips
soledadobrien
8. Anybody seen or read The Lorax?
Doctor_Confident
9. The retirement plan is to slowly waste away due to climate change
AyoCaesar
10. You should have invested that $600 instead of buying your insulin!
beerbellybegone
That comment aged exactly as badly as you would expect.
11. There was an attempt to look smart
ArgumentsValid
12. Well, I didn't go outside to check! That's where the peasants are!
kristencheeks
13. The subscription business model needs to d-i-e
twigdere
14. Now we have to pay our employees for their labor? Where have you heard of such a thing!
wolicyponk
15. Take them all to Mars and leave them there
Biggies_MaIIs
16. We'll end it right here, folks
charlesxholmes
17. Will drop 5 mil for a tax break
JordanUhl
18. They must have Taco Tuesdays and Pizza Fridays, right?
nmwissa
19. They're already enjoying the very thing they're telling you is a socialist agenda
chafo40
20. Why subsidize health care when the one we have is working so well?
courtneymilan
People were not impressed, and they said so immediately.
Speaking of surprise trip drama, this AITA about refusing to contribute to the lavish vacation.
21. Those impatient millennials!
reddit.com
22. He should consider changing his name to this one
cbkDSA
23. Those damn millennials again working three jobs to scrape by! Now they don't have time to overpopulate the earth!
kellyblaus
24. We love gay people; that's why we donate to politicians who wish they didn't exist
keithedwards
25. Remember when billionaires were faced with the question of where to spend their unimaginable wealth, and they chose to have a pissing contest in space?
ZaackHunt
26. Such a difficult choice: bombing another country or free college for all?
whateverloll
27. Thanks for the affirmation; how about you affirm a livable wage for your employees?
JordanUhl
28. They didn't need a study when they literally could have just asked anyone on Twitter
BethLynch2020
29. F*ck 'em kids, amirite?
thejoannagraham
30. Raise the wages and stop calling them heroes
opnmindtexas
That was the part people kept coming back to.
31. They really know how to spin in Washington
SpeakerRyan
32. Or at all
owillis
33. Oh, the myth of "self-made" billionaires
KentingtonClark
34. They should try eating at home and cut down on coffee
laik72
35. The system failed all of us, and they're trying to convince us it's actually a good thing
Public_Citizen
36. This human is for lease for the low, low price of $3.99 a day!
astiesan
37. These damned marches are making my commute to work insufferable!
MonMatMagMasMic
38. Also, I can't go to therapy 'cause it's expensive AF
goodyusuftime
39. The simulation is due for an update, surely?
BBW_BFF
40. Here's how you can get a bigger apartment: get more money
LizardRumsfeld
41. Why do rich people and corporations insist on telling poor people how to spend their money?
Public_Citizen
42. Buy a dictionary with those self-made millions, Kylie
Dictionarycom
43. One person took advantage of a life-saving program; is it time to eradicate it?
reddit.com
44. But our precious war!?!
willnoon
45. Putting lipstick on a pig
ArgumentsValid
46. Oh no! I'm caged in my expensive house during a literal pandemic! Poor me!
if_you_see_kaye
47. Why are the people we orphaned and bombed coming over here?
wikileaks
48. You can't make this sh*t up
WillUseSemicolons
49. Oooh, oil spill burn
catrinadaimonlee
50. When you think tweeting about being a socialist erases the cold, hard fact that you are a capitalist through and through
elonmusk
May this kind of tone-deaf posting never get old.
Remember, you have a lot more in common with the working class than with billionaires. So stop defending them; they don't care about you; they're too busy thinking about how to exploit you.
We'll probably never be able to meet the 1%, so it's definitely nice to give them a little wake-up call on Twitter from time to time. Let's hope they keep showing their asses with their tweets.
Wait, you have to read this Reddit debate on refusing to fund friends’ lavish trip.
