Netflix Clapped Back At Hulu’s Twitter Diss With A ’13 Reasons Why’ Joke And People Have Mixed Feelings About It
There's a new brand that's tweeting its way to Wendy's-level savagery on Twitter: Netflix
OK, serious question: who is running all these famous brands’ Twitter accounts, and how can I get them to start tweeting for me?
I mean, we’ve all heard about Wendy’s and their fire tweets that make me feel a strange, conflicting mixture of bewilderment (because when the hell did Wendy’s get good?) and honest-to-god hero-worship. How could a fast food account be so much better than me at, well, everything? HOW?
https://twitter.com/carterjwm/status/849813577770778624
But now there’s a new brand that’s tweeting its way to Wendy’s-level savagery: Netflix.
It all started when Hulu fired some shots at the rival streaming company with this tweet.
https://twitter.com/hulu/status/853006715641516033
Hulu may have thought it was clever, but they probably didn’t expect Netflix to have the perfect response.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/854124255113498624
The tweet alluded to the hit Netflix Original 13 Reasons Why, which is just about everything people on the Internet can talk about these days.
Of course, Netflix’s tweet isn’t that original. Similar posts have popped up all over the Internet for weeks.
https://twitter.com/cib110/status/853669407654113281
https://twitter.com/ComedyHamza/status/854317770976227328
https://twitter.com/13ReasonQuotes/status/854358486997622784
Some people were thrilled that Netflix picked up on the joke and executed it so beautifully.
https://twitter.com/TeamVisionary/status/854125396329025536
https://twitter.com/JBomb11/status/854124860426993664
https://twitter.com/emeaesece/status/854124468226150401
Others were, well, not as impressed, considering the “welcome to your tape” reference has to do with a girl who committed suicide and wanted people to understand how their actions drove her to kill herself.
https://twitter.com/DameG0AT/status/854125361893855232
https://twitter.com/221b_badwolfbay/status/854125858256285696
https://twitter.com/kysbaker/status/854127317722972161
https://twitter.com/writingvee/status/854124738033143808
https://twitter.com/ryanregalado/status/854132392268673024
https://twitter.com/bisexualcIarke/status/854125221623812097
Did Netflix go too far? Or should we take the joke as just that — a joke?
I guess we’ve got to ask ourselves: WWWD (what would Wendy’s do)? Well, we don’t even have to wonder, because even they had something to say about it.
https://twitter.com/thetylerprice/status/854345857289699329
https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/854346684150808576
Well, it’s not often that you can say a fast food restaurant helped decide whether a Netflix tweet concerning a joke referencing suicide is tasteless or not. What a world we live in. 