The “Netflix and chill” hoax – IOTW Report

The “Netflix and chill” hoax

LegalInsurrection:

No, Ted Cruz Isn’t Having a Booty Call Raffle.

Back in April, the Ted Cruz campaign had a fundraiser in which one could win an afternoon “shooting with Ted,” so on the one hand, it’s not surprising that when a “Netflix and chill” fundraiser went out people believed it.

In other ways, however, because of the meaning of that phrase; it is surprising . . . simply because the Cruz campaign has been pretty savvy thus far about not making such cultural and social media faux pas.  more here

8 Comments on The “Netflix and chill” hoax

  1. Love all the “uhh” & “umm” in the comments at the link. Individually, they’re not much, but the more you read, the more it sounds like a herd of lofo cattle.

  2. I’ve heard the phrase before, however I deciphered it within another context which was, watch some Netflix and light up.

    However this is also interesting, I had no idea there was a Black Twitter.

    The phrase first started appearing online in late 2014, mostly through Black Twitter. On October 8th, 2014, Twitter user @itsIsaaaaaaac

  3. I’ll bet all those progs (although I assume that a number were a number of self-styled wits) were congratulating themselves on the wittiness of their comments. I wonder how many got messages that it was a fake they were too consumed by their own conceit to realize it was a fake. What dorks.

  4. netflix and chill referrs to hanging out at home with a significant other and watching netflix. After a little while you get “frisky” there on the couch. As far as I know it doesn’t involve lighting up.

  5. Unless the person is VERY VERY good, most digital leaves a “fingerprint” that can be traced back. I hope Cruz’s campaign can find the person that posted that hoax and (in the immortal words of Monty Python) “whack his pee pee”.

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