In case you missed it, which would mean you literally just got on the internet for the first time this week, the government was shut down for 69 hours this week.
On Monday night, President Donald Trump signed a bill reinstating government funds until February 8th. Of course, we may have to just go through this all over again in three weeks, but for now the government is back up and running.
As Vox points out, “Congress has only bought itself a little more time. The idea is that they will cobble together a deal on immigration and more permanent government spending in the weeks ahead. But that won’t be easy. So far, Trump has been presented with one bipartisan proposal on immigration and shot it down.”
All that being said, the internet was really only focused in on one thing: the fact that the government was shut down for 69 hours.
BREAKING: White House official: President Donald Trump signs bill funding government through Feb. 8, ending 69-hour shutdown.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2018
Naturally, that required every single person on Twitter to make the same “nice” joke. It’s actually a law now I think.
— Mitzula (@Mitzula) January 23, 2018
— Cody Jay (@AllDayCodyJay) January 23, 2018
And on and on it goes. Pretty sure of the four-thousand-plus comments, 99 percent of them are some version of “nice.”
One person who must not have gotten the memo was a man named Christopher J. Hale, a self-described Fox News contributor and TIME columnist. Apparently they don’t make “69” jokes at those organizations so he asked the internet for help.
Why is everyone responding "nice" to this? https://t.co/ywfztazuUa
— Christopher Hale (@chrisjollyhale) January 23, 2018
Wow, right? Talk about leaving yourself wide open.
Oh Christopher…Oh no.
— Screaming Little League coach (@TheRealALev) January 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/thehypersleeper/status/955634195560353792
https://twitter.com/KendoMuzik/status/955766280686047234
People seem very nice in your mentions. Uncharacteristicly nice for Twitter. Almost… too nice. pic.twitter.com/gwYVE7PMHg
— Jim Higdon (@jimhigdon) January 23, 2018
Then this happened.
https://twitter.com/HarrisonVevo/status/955656636537831424
Noiception
— Alt WASO NPS (@AltWASONPS) January 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/HarrisonVevo/status/955675850065592321
Because of course it did.
Luckily for Christopher, someone actually came through in the clutch with the answer he was seeking.
Because we all typed 58008 into our calculators at one point.
— feminist next door (@emrazz) January 23, 2018
Wait, that’s not right. Ah, here we go…
https://twitter.com/braddybb/status/955654042717310976
Too bad Hale hates the New England Patriots so much.
God is rooting for the Eagles over the Patriots in the Super Bowl, because God is good and just.
— Christopher Hale (@chrisjollyhale) January 22, 2018
Sometimes I dislike the Patriots as much as the Russian regime.
— Christopher Hale (@chrisjollyhale) January 22, 2018
Because we know a guy who would have been more than happy to help him figure it out.
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H/T Total Frat Move