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‘The One Where They Commit War Crimes’: IDF tweet celebrating Friends sitcom's 25th anniversary backfires spectacularly | ‘The One Where They Commit War Crimes’: IDF tweet celebrating Friends sitcom's 25th anniversary backfires spectacularly |
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Israeli Defense Forces have jumped on Friends-anniversary bandwagon with a video tweet recreating the title sequence of the 25-years-old sitcom. Judging from social media reactions, even IDF’s friends thought it was bad taste. | Israeli Defense Forces have jumped on Friends-anniversary bandwagon with a video tweet recreating the title sequence of the 25-years-old sitcom. Judging from social media reactions, even IDF’s friends thought it was bad taste. |
The video posted on IDF’s official English language account showed a group of young soldiers occupying a set of chairs in front of a fountain and opening umbrellas with IDFriends title running on top. | The video posted on IDF’s official English language account showed a group of young soldiers occupying a set of chairs in front of a fountain and opening umbrellas with IDFriends title running on top. |
“Our soldiers couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate #Friends25 than celebrating...with friends,” the tweet read. | “Our soldiers couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate #Friends25 than celebrating...with friends,” the tweet read. |
Whoever is running the twitter account has surely failed in the art of 'Unagi' as the post brought mostly unfriendly reactions many of which were inspired by the sitcom. | Whoever is running the twitter account has surely failed in the art of 'Unagi' as the post brought mostly unfriendly reactions many of which were inspired by the sitcom. |
"Love the one where Chandler fires white phosphorus into a hospital," responded one user. "The one where Joey snipes a child," went on another. | |
"The One Where Rebekah Bulldozes a House" and "The One Where Ross Shoots A Medic And Laughs About It On Tape" were other suggestions. | "The One Where Rebekah Bulldozes a House" and "The One Where Ross Shoots A Medic And Laughs About It On Tape" were other suggestions. |
Even those users who seemingly supported IDF commented that it was "tone deaf" and that the military should not do things like that. | Even those users who seemingly supported IDF commented that it was "tone deaf" and that the military should not do things like that. |
So far its unclear if IDF would respond to the feedback or if it would just be a "moo point" for them. | So far its unclear if IDF would respond to the feedback or if it would just be a "moo point" for them. |
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