Elle Apologizes For Stupid Kim/Kanye/Voting Tweet

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We all know voting is important, but is it important enough to annoy the world through headlines which are just not to be? For the longest time celebrities have been spreading around a Tweet purporting to say that this is the reason that Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande broke up, only to lead you to a page where you can register to vote.

Some people were delighted by it, and some where uhh… very putt off by it, disliking the implication that they were dummies who have to be tricked into voting.

Well, despite how many people were put off by it, Elle Magazine took a look at it and went “oh, cool! People are talking about it! Positively? Negatively? I certainly cannot tell.” Which led to Elle magazine annoying everyone with a Tweet claiming Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have broken up, leading to a link to a voting registration page.

https://twitter.com/ELLEmagazine/status/1052973502033264640

Well, the people of the Internet were not having it, with luminaries such as Roxanne Gay even jumping in to the (Roxanne) fray, calling the entire matter condescending and weird and dumb.

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https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1052980089493762048

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1052983914917068800

Splinter went for an amazing bait and switch, by Tweeting out that Elle is going out of business only to a link about just how gross the stunt was.

Meanwhile, if you want to register to Vote, you absolutely should! Heck you can do so here! I’m not going to try to trick you into it as if you’re some dumb goon who don’t not know no nothing! Go vote, you mutant! Register at Vote.org maybe why not! You don’t need Taylor Swift to get you to vote! You need ME! The Taylor Swift of blogging! Me!

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Anyway, Elle Magazine has now apologized for the Tweet.

But I digress. What do you think of those weird Tweets where someone tricks you into going to a voting site by teasing juicy celebrity gossip in front of you? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter at @WhatsTrending.

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