{"id":4474,"date":"2015-02-09T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2015-01-29T18:27:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T18:27:28","slug":"linked-the-brands-saying-bae-twitter-account-collects-cringeworthy-tweets-of-brands-trying-to-talk-like-teenagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/linked-the-brands-saying-bae-twitter-account-collects-cringeworthy-tweets-of-brands-trying-to-talk-like-teenagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The \u2018Brands Saying Bae\u2019 Twitter Account Collects Cringeworthy Tweets of Brands Trying to Talk Like Teenagers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/the-brands-saying-bae-twitter-account-collects-cringeworthy-tweets-of-brands-trying-to-talk-like-teenagers\/\">via LaughingSquid:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Brands Saying Bae is a hilarious Twitter account that collects cringeworthy examples of major brands trying to use hip teenager slang on Twitter. Witness Burger King saying \u201cTHIS WHOPPER BRUH,\u201d or IHOP telling us \u201cPancakes or you\u2019re basic.\u201d The account gets its name from the term \u201cbae,\u201d which if you were born before 2000, is a hot new slang term that means variously \u201ccool,\u201d \u201cboyfriend,\u201d or \u201cgirlfriend.\u201d Hence this baffling tweet from Tostitos: \u201cBae is only bae if bae is down for #TOSTITOS chips and dip #BringTheParty.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know what \u2018Bae\u2019 was until today but this is pretty hilarious and a gentle reminder why I don\u2019t want to be at the helm of a major corporation with my objectives being based around number of retweets. I like working 1:1 with customers but not being measured on clicks, retweets, etc. This is clearly an attempt by social media gurus to do this and I\u2019m sure they hate themselves for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via LaughingSquid: Brands Saying Bae is a hilarious Twitter account that collects cringeworthy examples of major brands trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-05-17T19:12:11Z","apple_news_api_id":"3f17d69f-4145-4c0e-a90a-542553e6e4e0","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-05-17T19:12:11Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/APxfWn0FFTA6pClQlU-bk4A","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1aa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6422,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/09\/linked-scenes-from-the-terrifying-already-forgotten-jfk-airport-shooting-that-wasnt\/","url_meta":{"origin":4474,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Scenes From the Terrifying, Already Forgotten JFK Airport Shooting That Wasn\u2019t&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via NYMag: There was a second stampede, I heard some time later, in Terminal 2. 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