Today is December 7, 2013, marking the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seventy-two years on, people still take a moment to reflect on the event which plunged our nation into World War II, and social media is a fantastic place to do that.
Sometimes brands get involved too, and as we’ve documented before, they often have a habit of fucking everything up gloriously.
Here’s how SpaghettiOs decided to remember Pearl Harbor:
Citizens of Twitter, apparently disgusted by a brand’s shameless self promotion on the graves of dead American heroes, were less than enchanted.
What the actual fuck. RT @SpaghettiOs: Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. pic.twitter.com/p5g1wOqc33
— Suzan Eraslan (@SuzanEraslan) December 7, 2013
@SuzanEraslan @SpaghettiOs faving and retweeting and saving to camera roll
— Sean Mullins (@seanmullins) December 7, 2013
@SuzanEraslan @SpaghettiOs unfuckingbelieveable.
— mike brun (@mbrun12) December 7, 2013
.@mbrun12 I can’t wait for the official @SpaghettiOs 9/11 tweet.
— Suzan Eraslan (@SuzanEraslan) December 7, 2013
@SpaghettiOs @CBoyardee [SCREAMING]
— A$AP Ska (@skashark420) December 7, 2013
@SpaghettiOs I would really like to know who is going to be fired tomorrow because of this
— kenton ☠ sheely (@ksheely) December 7, 2013
@SpaghettiOs @CumWitch oh sweet jesus
— Frosty the NO MEN (@girl_aggro) December 7, 2013
@SpaghettiOs really? really?
— dianagram (@dianagram) December 7, 2013
It wasn’t all abject horror and f-bombs. The tweet managed to get 4,800 retweets and 2,200 “favorites” as of publishing time.
UPDATE: Bring on the Photoshop!
@pattonoswalt Join SpaghettiO’s in remembering Kent State. pic.twitter.com/7E9kfij6cf
— Adam Koford (@apelad) December 7, 2013
What else should @SpaghettiOs remember?
pic.twitter.com/CIyr5gCP71
#PearHarbor
— Capn Marrrrk (@capnmarrrrk) December 7, 2013
“Uh-oh, @SpaghettiOs the humanity!” pic.twitter.com/FMY5AbYIvy
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 7, 2013
Do you think that SpaghettiOs’ Pearl Hearbor tweet is insensitive?
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