Financial Times correspondent Sarah O'Connor really didn't think this through...
A robot has killed a worker in a VW plant in Germany http://t.co/RRdCnNmbsj
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
The obvious name similarity to the Terminator protagonist. The subject of the tweet. The brand new release of Terminator Genisys. The fact that we are a depraved species of idiots.
The ingredients were all there for a Twitter explosion of meta Terminator references and wisecracks. All it takes is for one person to catch on...
@sarahoconnor_ @munitionsfamily She's been waiting her whole life to write that article.
— David Donohoe (@dvddnh) July 1, 2015
@sarahoconnor_ You are our only hope now. Resistance fully supports you as our leader.
— FakeJourno (@FakeJourno) July 1, 2015
Please @sarahoconnor_ take care of John Connor, he is our only hope now!
— Nicolas Fraiman (@nicolasfraiman) July 1, 2015
A quick run down of the journalist's Twitter feed provides a shameful level of amusement, to be fair. Until you remember the joke stemmed from an article about someone dying tragically.
This is literally the best thing I've ever seen happen on Twitter pic.twitter.com/cM4kJlr0hm
— Utah (@JohnnyUtah100) July 3, 2015
And in fairness to O'Connor, she was quick to remind the Twidiots of the seriousness of the matter:
Feeling really uncomfortable about this inadvertent Twitter thing I seem to have kicked off. Somebody died. Let's not forget.
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
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