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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. The Israel Defense Forces tweeted out a video recreating the title sequence of Friends on the sitcom’s 25th anniversary. Judging from social media reactions, even the IDF’s friends thought it was in 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 the IDF’s official English language account shows a group of young soldiers in front of a fountain with the title 'IDFriends'.
“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 mostly attracted 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. "Love the one where Chandler fires white phosphorus into a hospital," responded one user. "The one where Joey snipes a child," another tweeted.
"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 support the 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 it is unclear if IDF will respond to the feedback or if it would just be a "moo point" for them.
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