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32 Famously Cringey Social Media Gaffes

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

December 14, 2023

32 Famously Cringey Social Media Gaffes

We’ve all embarrassed ourselves on social media, but certainly not to this extent. Better yet, these gaffes were primarily committed by soulless brands with a whole team of soulless social media managers, providing a nice bit of social schadenfreude. Get your hit below…

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GRACKED.COM Look like a girl Act like a lady Think like a man Work like a boss Bic urged women to 'think like a man' during Women's Day on their Facebook page. ® BiC #HappyWomensDay — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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Somebody at Entenmann's thought it would be smart to piggyback on the trending Twitter hashtag #notguilty: E® @Entenmanns Entenmann's Who's #notguilty about eating all the tasty treats they want?! Problem: #notguilty was trending because the public was outraged that Casey Anthony had just been found not guilty of murder. Entenmann's apologized. E Entenmann's @Entenmanns Our #notguilty tweet was insensitive, albeit completely unintentional. We are sincerely sorry. 1:11 PM- Jul 5, 2011 GRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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IHOP thought it was a good idea to promote their pancakes with a joke about breast size. IHOP Follow IHOP @IHOP flat but has a GREAT personality RETWEETS FAVORITES 385 381 6:00 PM - 18 Oct 2015 t7 Everyone else disagreed, so IHOP deleted the tweet and apologized. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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The New England Patriots wanted to celebrate reaching 1 million followers on Twitter with an auto generated tweet accompanied by an auto generated image thanking the fan. #1MillionPatriots @IHATENIG Thanks Patriots Nation! 1 #1MillionPatriots K.G 9487 THANKS FOR MAKING @PATRIOTS THE 1ST NFL TEAM WITH 1 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS! New England Patriots Follow @Patriots @IHATENIG Thanks for helping us become the first NFL team with 1 million followers! #1MillionPatriots 9:02 PM - 13 Nov 2014 587 RETWEETS 299 FAVORITES GRACKED COM Too bad their 1 millionth follower was a racist idiot. — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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The US Department of Education misspelled the surname of the civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. US Dept of Education Follow @usedgov Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life. - W.E.B. DeBois They issued an apology, which was also misspelled. US Dept of Education Follow @usedgov Post updated - our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo. RETWEETS LIKES 108 115 1:14 PM - 12 Feb 2017 152 108 115 GRAGKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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After their data breach in September 2017, Equifax Inc. tweeted: Equifax Inc. EQUIPAX Follow @Equifax Replying to @eqloprtntyhtr Hi! For more information about the product and enrollment, please visit: securityequifax2017.com. -Tim 5:11 PM - 19 Sep 2017 The problem? Their actual site is equifaxsecurity2017.com. The link they'd actually tweeted led to a phishing scheme site designed to steal valuable data from their customers. They did it three times before someone called them out. GRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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Computer company Razer tried to mock the lack of ports on the Macbook Pro. RAZER @Razer 2h You call yourself Pro? S my D. GRAGKED.COM 737 1.9K ... After receiving a wave of backlash for the immature joke, Razer tweeted an apology. — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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In May 2017, the St. Louis Cardinals hawked their World Series replica ring on Twitter with these words: CAIM St. Louis Cardinals 125 ANNIVE Blanc @Cardinals adidas You love baseball, she loves jewelry. On May 17th, it's a win-win. atmlb.com/ 2pdT73K REPLICA 1967 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP MYSTERY RING dinals BASEBALL PRESENTED BY E CRACKED.COM AMEREN MISSOURI Many female sports fans on Twitter then forcefully explained to the Cardinals that they, too, like sports, not just pretty, glittery things. — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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In 2013, The Onion, famous for its satires, called 9-year-old actress Quvenzhane Wallis the c-word. ONION.COM ، The Onion Following @TheOnion the ONION Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a с t, right? #Oscars2013 Retweet Favorite Reply More 516 411 RETWEETS FAVORITES mand 8:42 p.m. Feb 24, 2013 Although it was probably an attempt to ridicule the nation's preoccupation with child actors, it just came across as utterly reprehensible. The Onion later issued an apology, stating their tweet had been crude and OR offensive. h star 100 RAY away from ! GRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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After Carrie Fisher passed away, Cinnabon tweeted: RIP Carrie Fisher, you'll always have the best buns in the galaxy. Cinnabon Follow @Cinnaben RIP Carrie Fisher, you'll always have the best buns in the galaxy. People were not amused, and Cinnabon apologized and deleted the post. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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CRACKED.COM Pepsi's Swedish Facebook page posted a series of ads featuring a voodoo doll of Portugal's Cristiano pepsi MAX Ronaldo, Sweden's rival for the World Cup. They took pepsi them down MAXO - - when the Portuguese threatened to boycott pepsi them. MAX — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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Dogfish Beer gotfree advertising from an accidental drunken tweet by whomever was in charge of the Red Cross official account. + join us! American Red Cross - - @RedCross RedCross.org Ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of Dogfish Head's Midas Touch beer.... when we drink we do it right #gettngslizzerd HootSuite 2/15/11 11:24 PM Luckily, the humanitarian organization had the perfect response. We've deleted the rogue tweet but rest assured the Red Cross is sober and we've confiscated the keys. about 11 hours ago via ÜberTwitter Retweeted by 86 people + RedCross - join us! American Red Cross GRAGKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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During the 2016 Oscars, a Los-Angeles website praised Oprah's tattoo on Twitter... Except it wasn't Oprah. Total Beauty Follow contently @TotalBeauty We had no idea @Oprah was #tatted, and we love it. #Oscars It was Whoopi Goldberg. Timed during a boycott over the lack of diversity in Hollywood, the tweet sparked outrage. @TotalBeauty apologized and offered to donate $10,000 to the charity of the mistaken celebs' choice. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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On August 9, 2015, Disney Japan tweeted this picture with the caption Congrats on a trifling day in Japanese. - O- @disneyjp A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU! 8,068 5,958 DUY-K That was the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The next day, Disney offered deep apologies and promised to manage their Twitter account better. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson proved that his expertise in digital biomes doesn't translate into the real world when he tweeted this about the Amazon burning: notch @notch Replying to @MeTheNature and @HIDEO_KOJMA_EN Almost as if fire is natural and healthy for the eco system. Huh. 6:35 PM Aug 22, 2019 Twitter Web App Setting aside that burn cycles are a feature of temperate forests, not rainforests, the Amazon fires were purposefully set by humans specifically to clear the land for agriculture. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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David Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, tweeted this threat to employees considering unionizing: Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente If you work for @barstoolsports and DM this man I will fire you on the spot Rafi Letzter @RafiLetzter Aug 12 Replying to @stoolpresidente and @ringer If you work for Barstool and want to have a private chat about the unionization process, how little power your boss has to stop you, and how you can leverage that power to make your life better: my DMs are open. 9:30 AM -Aug 13, 2019 Twitter for iPhone 3.1K Retweets 38.3K Likes This is a textbook violation — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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Jim Carrey @JimCarrey I am not anti-vaccine. I am anti-thimerosal, anti- mercury. They have taken some of the mercury laden thimerosal out of vaccines. NOT ALL! 4:38 AM Jul 1, 2015 Twitter for iPhone 1.6K Retweets 3.4K Likes Every single vaccine that's routinely recommended for kids under 7 is available in a thimerosal-free version. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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Neil deGrasse Tyson thought the best time to play the I know more than you guy was right after two mass shootings. Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose... 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data. Не also completely misses the point. Medical errors and the flu aren't evil actions done on purpose, and we're constantly trying to make — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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In January 2017, Yahoo! Finance ran a tweet promoting their article about Trump's demand for a bigger navy. Trump wants a much n navy: Here's how much it'll cost yhoo.it/2iVAieO 10:01 PM 05 Jan 17 Except they misspelled bigger into something incredibly offensive. Black Twitter made a hashtag based on the typo and ran with it, tweeting a slew of photoshops and jokes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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After the United States' 2014 World Cup victory over Ghana, Delta Air Lines tweeted this: Delta Follow @Delta Congrats team #USA ! Nice goal @clint_dempsey @soundersfc! #USAVGHA #USMNT #DeltaSEA pic.twitter.com/7C8iRzPzoa Reply .. Retweet Favorite ... More 2 1 RETWEETS FAVORITES 628 374 5:08 PM - 16 Jun 2014 Flag media Twitter users pointed out that there are no giraffes in Ghana. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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Global Village's Facebook page in Duluth made a promotion to commemorate Martin Luther King by giving us a 25% discount on everything black COOK LES Global Village Duluth ... Like This Page 18 January 2014 adidas Annual MLK Day BLACK SALE! Не showed us that the struggle and lookin' super fly can go hand in hand. We salute him with 25% off everything black, Monday, January 20th. Much more our style than a Columbus Day sale, no? CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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In 2011, PR firm The Redner Group posted a threatening tweetregarding bad reviews of DUKE NUKEM FOREVER @TheRednerGroup trg The Redner Group - - #AlwaysBetOnDuke too many went too far with their reviews...we r reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't based on today's venom The tweet has since been deleted and the company had their contract terminated by its parent Take-Two. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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In 2011, Bing tweeted that they would give donations to earthquake victims in Japan... How you can #SupportJapan - http://binged.it/FEh7iT. For every retweet, @bing will give $1 to Japan quake victims, up to $100K. about 7 hours ago via CoTweet Retweeted by 100+ people bing bing Bing ...in exchange for retweets. Obviously, backlash ensued, with many people criticizing Bing for attempting to exploit a tragedy to promote their own Twitter account. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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In 2013, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution tweeted its congratulations to a lottery winner by making a joke about slavery: AJC Follow ajc @ajc $1M GA Lottery winner Willie Lynch can get 40 acres and a whole lotta mules. bit.ly/1cdQe6e Reply Retweet Favorite Pocket More 8 2 RETWEETS FAVORITES 8:35 AM-23 Oct 13 The newspaper deleted the tweet, apologized CRACKED.COM and promised appropriate disciplinary action for the employee responsible. — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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A few hours after the tragic shooting in Aurora, the NRA obliviously tweeted this: Follow American Rifleman TR @NRA_Rifleman Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans? OZA Reply Retweet Favorite 28 4 RETWEETS FAVORITES XIN 9:20 AM-20 Jul 12 via HootSuite Embed this Tweet They claimed that they didn't know what had happened and that it was taken out of context. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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On August 21, 2019, Trump tweeted that the dollar was the strongest it's been in history. That day, the U.S. Dollar Index - the most common measure of the dollar's strength - was 40% less than its record high. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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Kenneth Cole hijacked the #Cairo hashtag to promote the new collection. During the 2011 riots in Egypt, he tweeted: Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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LANCE ARMSTRONG PRETENDED TO ACCIDENTLY TWEET OUT HIS OWN PHONE NUMBER, AS A PRANK Lance Armstrong @lancearmstrong Hey - you bet. Happy to help. Call my cell Take care, L 6:33 PM - Sep 13, 2012 Twitter for iPhone 2.3K Retweets 1.2K Likes Lance Armstrong @lancearmstrong Psych! 10:02 PM - Sep 13, 2012 Twitter for iPhone 282 Retweets 122 Likes EXCEPT, INSTEAD OF USING A FAKE NUMBER FOR THIS PRANK, LANCE TWEETED OUT SOMEONE'S REAL NUMBER TO HIS THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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Chris Brown @chrisbrown I don't know ... But I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. S is getting crazy bruh. 9:02 AM Oct 13, 2014 Twitter for iPhone 36.1K Retweets 28.1K Likes When Chris Brown posted this in 2014, about 4,500 people had died from Ebola, and by mid-2019, the total had risen to about 13,000 (in that time, the world population rose from 7.3 billion to 7.7 billion). If the Ebola epidemic was an attempt to control the population, it wasn't a very good one. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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How come Google didn't have a Doodle on Easter 2018? According to James Woods: James Woods @RealJamesWoods They loathe Christians. Plain and simple. The real reason? Doodles for religious holidays are against Google's current guidelines. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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In 2018, Lorde posted a picture of a bathtub to Instagram, captioned with the titular lyric to Whitney Houston's biggest hit: I Will Always Love You. lordemusic And iiii will always love you The post was widely seen as insensitive, considering Houston died by drowning in a hotel bathtub after a drug overdose. CRACKED COM — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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MADE DARNELL DOCKETT Follow @ddockett Aye @_KatherineWebb hit me (240) when game over, lets go to wing stop CRACKED.COM then King of diamond, - TWEETS LIKES 3,852 1,265 9:55 PM -7 Jan 2013 L7 Arizona Cardinals player Darnell Dockett publicly tweeted his phone number by mistake while trying to hit on quarterback AJ McCarron's wife. Dockett later admitted he had intended to privately message the former Miss Alabama. — Source: 14 Incredibly Stupid Social Media Posts By Famous People

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