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While You Were Offline: Donald and Arnold Are Twitter Beefing Because 2017

It’s been a long week, being back to work after the holiday break. It’s a wonder that you’ve even managed it, so, hey: give yourself a pat on the back. You deserve it, hero. With all that going on, it’s completely understandable that you’ve let your concentration slip and missed some stuff that’s been going on online. That’s cool. We’ve got your back, champ. If you’re needing to prepare for small talk at some leftover social event and have no idea what’s been going on outside of just making it through another 24 hours for the least seven days, have no fear. Just look below and you’ll find the highlights of the last week on this wonderful virtual prairie we call the World Wide Web.

Welcome to 2017: Donald Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger Are Having Twitter Beefs Now

What Happened: NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice returned this week, with its former star (and still executive producer) now waiting to become President of the United States. What could go wrong? Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: It’s a sign of how strange the new world is that the return of a reality TV show could turn into a moment of political significance. And yet, the new season of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice was just that, because the former star of the show is now the president-elect, and yet unusually will continue to make money from the show while in his new job. It helped that Donald Trump’s replacement happened to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, aka the former governor of California.

At first, the Internet amused itself with the fact that the show was being promoted with a “secret” catchphrase that the Schwarz, as we’ll now call Arnold, would use in place of Donald’s iconic “You’re Fired.”

What should be Arnold Schwarzenegger's catchphrase at the end of each Apprentice episode when he eliminates a contestant?

— Carlos Bolaos (@CarlosVinLeaded) December 30, 2016

If Schwarzenegger's Celebrity Apprentice catchphrase isn't "You're terminated" I will be legitimately upset

— Jaden Moon (@FrogPrinced) December 30, 2016

I can now report that Arnolds catchphrase for Celebrity Apprentice is: "Yippee-ki-yay, monday-to-friday snakes on this plane

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 3, 2017

The subsequent reveal of “You’re terminated” on Monday evening actually real news . (It also poorly critically, but that didn’t seem to matter to Trump.)

Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017

being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017

Once again: this man will be the leader of the free world in a matter of weeks. Also once again: this man is dragging a show that he is still the executive producer of publicly. But, wait, it gets better or, at least, stranger. Because Arnold Schwarzenegger is on Twitter as well, and responded with some subtweeting.

There's nothing more important than the people's work, @realDonaldTrump. http://bit.ly/2inoBNj

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017

I wish you the best of luck and I hope you'll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings.

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017

Please study this quote from Lincoln's inaugural, @realDonaldTrump. It inspired me every day I was Governor, and I hope it inspires you. http://pic.twitter.com/QRoOFTZfQ9

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017

You bet that what was going on as weird

Trump is suppose to receive Intel about Russian hacking today and what is he doing? Tweeting about "The Apprentice" of course. http://pic.twitter.com/k8YEZsU7h8

— RogelioGarcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) January 6, 2017

Donald Trump also publicly trashed Martha Stewart when she hosted her version of The Apprentice. http://bit.ly/2jmTXrm

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 6, 2017

Trump's tweeting about 'New Celebrity Apprentice' this morning to divert attention away from… http://pic.twitter.com/dX0rUa9BmE

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) January 6, 2017

The Takeaway: Happy 2017! This is going to be one very, very long, strange, and very not normal year, everyone.

Please Silence Your Cellphones During the Performance

What Happened: What if you didn’t have to turn off your phone when you were at the movies? Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: Where to start with this one? Well, let’s go right back to the beginning, which came at the end of last week:

iOS 10.3 to feature a new Theatre mode – will include a new popcorn-shaped Control Center icon.

— Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) December 30, 2016

“Theater mode”? That one tweet—and the subsequent discovery that Apple had patented “situationally aware” technology years ago—was enough to spark off a wave of and commentary about what it mean. Twitter, of course, had some feelings on the matter.

My phone already has a theater mode: the power button controls it.

— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) January 4, 2017

If you take an iPhone with the new "Theater Mode" into theaters, it should use Apple Pay to refund everyone sitting behind you.

— Brock Wilbur (@brockwilbur) January 4, 2017

Is "Theater Mode" where your phone instructs you to STAY THE FUCK HOME IF YOU CANT GO TWO HOURS WITHOUT TEXTING IN A MOVIE? http://bit.ly/2jmESpQ

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 4, 2017

if the iphone "theater mode" turns on automatically when u enter a theater and then tases u if u take out your phone i'm all for it

— andy levy (@andylevy) January 4, 2017

The Takeaway: The one question that remains unanswered: Aren’t people who want to use their phones in a theater, movie or otherwise, kind of missing the point of why they’re at the theater?

That's stupid…the "Theater Mode" feature? Just watch the movie. You're paying 20 dollars for a movie. You can put your phone down.

— #JessSoul (@tacolautner) January 6, 2017

Megyn’s Big Move

What Happened: Having successfully raised her profile over the past couple of years, Fox News siren Megyn Kelly is moving networks—or selling out to the lamestream media, depending on who you’re listening to. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: After months of speculation, the news broke early this week: Megyn Kelly, host of Fox’s The Kelly File, would be leaving the network after all. Quickly, Kelly moved to take control of the story herself:

An ending, and a new beginning… http://pic.twitter.com/clyKaDpQTW

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) January 3, 2017

It was too late, however; the move was big news being reported everywhere a matter of national importance.

You might have thought that those on the right wing, arguably Fox’s—and therefore, Kelly’s—target audience would be upset about the news anchor leaving them for the mainstream, but that really wasn’t the case if social media was any indicator.

Big Whoop. @megynkelly is leaving #Fox for #NBC … What's more American than watching a jerk's career tumble? http://pic.twitter.com/OEDpNtJzMc

— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) January 3, 2017

Megyn Kelly represented the lowest form of journalism. Her constant bashing of Trump & supporters will not be forgotten. NBC is a nice fit!

— Adam D. Brown (@aduanebrown) January 3, 2017

Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News is textbook addition through subtraction.

— Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) January 3, 2017

Meanwhile, those on the left weren’t exactly thrilled with the shift:

So now we're supposed to pretend that Megyn Kelly doesn't have a longhistory of racially insensitive/inflammatory rhetoric?

— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) January 3, 2017

Rather than finding real journalists, NBC is adding Megyn Kelly. Appears that they are now nothing more than a wing of the Republican Party. http://pic.twitter.com/qSy8GG7KQb

— Adam B. Bear (@democraticbear) January 3, 2017

I wish Megyn Kelly well on her transition from least racist person on Fox to most racist person on NBC.

— Justin Colucci (@justinmcolucci) January 4, 2017

And let’s not forget what’s really important about Kelly’s new role at the network the fact that it is said to include a daytime show.

Memo to @NBCNews: If @megynkelly's daytime show replaces #Days we will boycott same as when @katiecouric ousted #OLTL – a giant failure #GH

— Carolyn Hinsey (@CarolynHinsey) January 3, 2017

The Takeaway: Of course, let’s not let any of this distract us from Megyn Kelly’s actual history of broadcasting.

Megyn Kelly's rebrand has been as cynical and successful as Taylor Swift's and it would be cool if you didn't fall for it like a dumbass

— Charlotte Shane (@CharoShane) January 4, 2017

There’s Already a Contender for Typo of the Year

What Happened: Here’s a publishing secret: When designing a cover based around a famous symbol recognizable by pretty much the entire world, make sure that you’re using the right symbol. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: This one is practically self-explanatory, and based around one simple mistake. One simple, obvious, we can’t believe anyone actually made it, mistake. To wit:

By the way, if you were wondering whether @WaPoExpress actually printed those covers, the answer is yes. http://pic.twitter.com/AJL1PwPDpp

— neontaster (@neontaster) January 5, 2017

Yes, that’s a cover graphic for the Washington Post’s Express about the Women’s March that uses the symbol for the male gender. It originally debuted online via the paper’s Twitter account in a now deleted tweet, which of course led to some helpful people pointing out that maybe things weren’t exactly what the Express team had intended.

I think… I think that's the wrong symbol? http://bit.ly/2ini5G7

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 5, 2017

is this some kind of record for largest typo http://pic.twitter.com/kOZ9UIp0Ig

— Sam Thielman (@samthielman) January 5, 2017

I have def made mistakes when commisioning art for a story before but… y'all… this is a Bad Look http://bit.ly/2inrWMo

— austin walker (@austin_walker) January 5, 2017

I have no fucking words.

YOU HAD ONE JOB, FRONT PAGE DESIGNER. ONE. JOB. http://bit.ly/2jmNZHd

— Katie Cunningham (@kcunning) January 5, 2017

Just in: men's rights activists choose @WaPoExpress as their official news outlet following paper's visual exclamation of "WHAT ABT THE MEN"

— Francesca Collins (@franjcollins) January 5, 2017

.@WaPoExpress PHOTO EDITOR: Ok…I think I got it this time! http://pic.twitter.com/wUs5BxXg0D

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) January 5, 2017

Someone even suspect they know exactly how it happened:

@WaPoExpress I found where the problem came from. They literally Googled 'Female Symbol' and didn't click through. Thanks Wikipedia! http://pic.twitter.com/BgNQrxsCOY

— Lil Thotty (@db) January 5, 2017

Does that really matter, though? Especially when of the media started on and sharing mistake.

For its part, the Express team ‘fessed up on Twitter and apologized:

This is how the cover should have looked. We apologize for the mistake. http://pic.twitter.com/MKKOkHPV8T

— Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017

…But then, it couldn’t really do anything else, could it?

The Takeaway: Still, at least that was the most embarrassing typo from a major media organization to make it out this week, right? Oh, wait. Never mind.

The Young Puns

What Happened: If the makers of Jude Law’s new TV show intended on coming up with a name that would turn the show into a meme, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: When it comes to imagining unexpected ways to promote your television show, producers of HBO’s The Young Pope accidentally hit the motherlode, by choosing a name that social media just couldn’t stop plugging into its favorite music:

The Young Popes, Darlin' We're The Young Popes And The Young Popes, Shouldn't Be Ordained

— BRANDONE (@BDOBZEK) January 2, 2017

To the tune of Black Lips "Bad Kids" Yooooung pope All we want is a young pope Not like those college grad popes A pope like you and me

— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) January 4, 2017

Cause popes, they want to be you-oung / oh, popes just want to be young

— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) January 5, 2017

Young Pope, here you kneel on the ground, I said Young Pope, I heard you like to bone down,

— moran (@MeghanSketch) January 5, 2017

*to the tune of mickey mouse club* Y-O-U

you know his name

N-G & P

people love him

O & P & E

younnnng pope (young pope!) younnnng pope

— Rollin Bishop (@rollinbishop) January 5, 2017

What made The Young Pope so memetic? No one is quite sure, but there’re many trying to find

i'll give a dollar to anyone who can make a (good!!!) young pope/uptown girl joke

— karen h. (@karenyhan) January 5, 2017