Uh Oh! Target Boycott Coming Soon...

[JimGinPA]

Link to tweet

(Sorry I couldn't find the actual text to paste)

[Sailor65x1]

1. Funny, but fake

That's not Target.

[JimGinPA]

2. And Yet I Copied The Link From Target's Twitter Feed...

After I saw it on FB (to be sure).

[Sailor65x1]

5. It's one of a handful of fake Target accounts

That were created to troll assholes online. Although they grew mainly out of Target's announcement of the bathroom policy, the accounts have gone on to troll others like this, usually brilliantly.

[Heather MC]

3. Epic!

[vi5]

4. Not real.

And not even recent I don't think. There's a facebook account from a comedian who creates phony versions of other accounts. Mostly customer service for big stores. And then he responds to right wing buffoons who post complaints.

He started I think with a fake Joel Osteen account.

I think the account is called "Hope This Helps".

[cwydro]

6. I cant believe people fall for these fake tweets.

No real customer service is going to insult the public. Smh.

[left-of-center2012]

7. --- If it were real ...

That 'customer service' rep would be looking for a new job.

[Codeine]

8. Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? nt

[cwydro]

11. Lol.

Looks like many fall for this nonsense.

[PeaceNikki]

9. The fake "customer service" accounts have been around forever.

As if they'd really write that. LOL

[Stonepounder]

10. Many years ago I was privileged to go to Amsterdam on business.

I extended my trip to stay over on the weekend, since getting an expense paid trip to Europe was not something that regularly happened to me. One of the things I did as a tourist was take a bus tour around The city and surrounding countryside.

Our 'tour guide' was a young woman who looked college age. At the start of the tour she announced that she would be giving her commentary in "English, Spanish, French, and German". She then ran down a list of about ten other languages, asking if there were any other speakers of languages like Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Cantonese, etc. I felt a little embarassed that I only spoke one language.

[Cartoonist]

12. Language joke

What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
Trilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
Bilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks one language?
An American.

[ToxMarz]

13. Most of the fake news items are posted as image files not text

So you won't find the actual text. Helps them circumvent the platforms oversight of fake news. Facebook allows you to report suspected fake news, but their automated tool doesn't work on so much on images.

[Danascot]

14. It'd be nice if some of those boycotts took hold

I was there today and the place was freakin' mobbed.