Elon Musk and PewDiePie troll the media over meme reaction outrage YouTube: PewDiePieElon Musk and YouTube star Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg have been trolling media outlets on Twitter about how they behave when the pair react to \u201cdark humor\u201d memes. PewDiePie is arguably the king of memes on YouTube, with his \u201cMeme Review\u201d show regularly drawing millions of viewers who flock to see the Swede discuss and rate the internet\u2019s latest viral sensations. While many think of Musk as the figurehead of companies like Tesla, he also has an appreciation of memes, posting them regularly on his Twitter account. With the duo seen as two of the most recognizable men in the world, media outlets often pick up on anything controversial they do, including their reactions to memes that are of a dark-humor variety. When PewDiePie posted a meme on Twitter that suggested the reason Musk and actor Keanu Reeves were so popular was because the SpaceX boss\u2019 middle name was Reeve, the 47-year-old responded with a meme that compared the reactions of the YouTuber\u2019s fans and media. In Musk\u2019s image, the \u20189-year-olds\u2019, a term given to fans of the Swede, can be seen laughing along with PewDiePie and the tech giant as they chuckle at a \u201cslightly dark humor meme,\u201d with the image of the billionaire actually taken from his appearance on Meme Review where he broke into fits of laughter after seeing a dead deer in a swimming pool. The reaction from media outlets, according to Musk, isn\u2019t so friendly though, with the image showing an angry boy with a frown on his face. Elon Musk became a viral sensation in his own right back in October when he made an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, smoking marijuana on the episode. While it may have endeared him to the internet, Tesla stock prices reportedly crashed following the incident, with some outlets asking whether his maverick behavior actually hurts the companies he owns. PewDiePie has also faced his fair share of criticism from the press, with many labeling him as a right-wing apologists and claiming he is racist for clips and incidents in his past. Back in April, almost 100,000 people signed a petition to have his channel removed for \u201cwhite supremacist content.\u201d It hasn\u2019t hampered the pair\u2019s enjoyment of memes though, although whether Musk will ever appear on Meme Review again remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elon Musk and PewDiePie troll the media over meme reaction outrage YouTube: PewDiePieElon Musk and YouTube star Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg have been trolling media outlets on Twitter about how they behave when the pair react to \u201cdark humor\u201d memes. PewDiePie is arguably the king of memes on YouTube, with his \u201cMeme Review\u201d show regularly drawing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}