With 1 Simple Tweet, Good Morning America Ruins a Meme

One of the most popular memes ever to be memed is Kermit the Frog’s tea-sipping meme. It throws the perfect amount of “You ain’t hear it from me” shade. It’s been tweeted, posted on Facebook, Instagrammed countless times … so you have to wonder what happened with Good Morning America’s Twitter account Tuesday: Suggested Reading…

One of the most popular memes ever to be memed is Kermit the Frog’s tea-sipping meme. It throws the perfect amount of “You ain’t hear it from me” shade. It’s been tweeted, posted on Facebook, Instagrammed countless times … so you have to wonder what happened with Good Morning America’s Twitter account Tuesday:

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Tea. Lizard?

Really?

Of course, social media’s answer to a GMA mistake is to mock it and create #GMAMemes:

https://twitter.com/upthetwerx/status/745273718801195008
https://twitter.com/amdhit/status/745273651415515136
https://twitter.com/PKtalksalot/status/745273564581007360

Way to go, GMA! Mess up a meme, then become a meme yourself. It’s like a meme inception. Or meta-meme. Or just get a better social media person.

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