CanucksCorner.com Forums

micky107 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:59 am No doubt something will come up in the future and I'll be able to say that's what I was talking about.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:02 am

micky107 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:59 am No doubt something will come up in the future and I'll be able to say that's what I was talking about.

We can only hope...

Internet falls for Trump-'Gorilla Channel' parody

Amid startling disclosures about life in the Trump White House, Twitter users fall for a satirical fake excerpt from Michael Wolff's book that claims the President is obsessed with gorillas.

Amid the cascade of revelations from Michael Wolff’s incendiary book about the Trump administration, one Twitter user posted a screenshot Thursday night of what looked like an especially stunning excerpt. It described how the president, on his first night in office, had complained that White House televisions did not carry "the gorilla channel" and that Trump spent hours a day watching gorilla programming his staff subsequently produced to satisfy his simian appetite.

The excerpt, of course, was satire. But that was not clear to the countless people who spread it like wildfire across the internet

So many Twitter users took seriously the gag excerpt, which included the claim that Trump spends 17 hours a day watching videos of gorillas fighting, that its author subsequently tweeted a clarification and even switched to a highly literal new twitter username — "the gorilla channel thing is a joke” — to underscore the point.


THE GAG:

“To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump’s bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn,” read the fake excerpt, tweeted by a user whose official handle is @pixelatedboat. “However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was ‘boring’ because ‘the gorillas aren’t fighting.

“Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren’t hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied,” the faked excerpt continued, citing “an insider” who said Trump would watch “the gorilla channel” for 17 hours straight on some days. “He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen,” the nonexistent insider continued, “and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like ‘the way you hit that other gorilla was good.’”

Trump Could Destroy the Entire Human Species, Says Yale Psychiatrist Who Warned Congress Members

President Donald Trump’s mental health might lead to the extinction of the human species, the Yale psychiatrist briefing lawmakers on the president's psychological state told Newsweek on Friday.

If it were possible, Dr. Bandy Lee said, "we would be declaring a public health emergency that needs to be responded to as quickly as possible.”

“As more time passes, we come closer to the greatest risk of danger, one that could even mean the extinction of the human species,” she said. “This is not hyperbole. This is the reality.”

Cornuck wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:03 pm Gorillas playing golf now? Crazy! But I've seen photos of a large mammal hitting the links a lot lately.

Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:30 pm Millions of Americans lapped that up... GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

Strangelove wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:30 pm Yeahno, The Donald has taught the righties to never fall for "fake news".

BUT SERIOUSLY:

“Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren’t hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied,” the faked excerpt continued, citing “an insider” who said Trump would watch “the gorilla channel” for 17 hours straight on some days. “He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen,” the nonexistent insider continued, “and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like ‘the way you hit that other gorilla was good.’”

Millions of Americans lapped that up... GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

Strangelove wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:30 am Millions. This is not hyperbole. This is the reality.