In this day and age where comedy comes in many guises, popular social media user @pewpiedie let the world know that he and fellow Twitter social mediaite @Jack-Septic-Eye have followed ISIS, which has led to both of them having their little blue tick removed by Twitter.
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Although not particularly funny at all and a bit of an in-joke, thousands basked in the banter and liked and retweeted the 'revelation'.
Credit: @pewdiepie
@pewdiepie, real name Felix Kjellberg, and @Jack_Septic_Eye, known in the real world as Seán William McLoughlin, an 'Internet personality', must have concocted the spoof joke after a Margarita or two.
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So Kjellberg, from Sweden, who has amassed over 46 million people on his YouTube channel with his mildly amusing videos, is presumably narked that Twitter has not given his name a blue tick, which would make him the bloody bomb! Or perhaps he was verified and now isn't. Answers on a postcard/in the comments please.
McLoughlin actually is verified, however. Banter's through the roof here.
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PROOF POSITIVE! Credit: @Jack_Septic_Eye
Obviously, because the joke is tactless, some people have decided it's not funny at all.
I would go into some of the other conspiracies on the Internet, such as the idea that it is some kind of cry for help by Kjellberg, but they're a load of absolute bollocks and it's too early in the morning.
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He's clearly looking for publicity and, in that respect, I must say well played.
Kjellberg. Main image credit: PA
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