Sunday 26 December 2010

Wicz Hunt

I've been awakened from a 3-month long coma by the Boxing Day furore caused by Peter Serafinowicz and the 'world's worst joke on Twitter'. As I write this, the outrage rolls on, without so much as a sniff of the original tweet that caused the uproar.

Funnily enough, it seems there are hundreds of people out there who are disgusted at his behaviour, a worrying indictment of where entertainment and censorship is heading if the Daily Mail readers have their way. 99%, however are chewing their own hands off in anticipation and curiosity about what simple words could have possibly caused such a volatile reaction.

And here's the rub - this is a superbly-orchestrated hoax. Well-played Peter, although I can't help but think society has lost on this one.

6 comments:

  1. tell us the joke to make our own minds up!

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  2. You seem to have missed the point that a lot of the "outraged", me included, where joking too. That's the only way the joke worked.

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  3. right so the joke never happened...how do you know? is this just a thought you've had or do you have evidence?

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  4. Anonymous - I'd take you up on a bet that a significant proportion of the 'outragees' were not in on it, even if you were.

    To you, well played, for the rest, my sentiments still stand.

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  5. Yeah after a quick search it was obvious there was no joke. So i just used mock outrage to spread it more. Im thinking that was the entire point. Chinese whispers.

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  6. I've heard the chinese can't whisper.

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