The FBI’s “Happy Holidays” tweet brought plenty of seasonal cheer over the weekend, but maybe not in the way the agency intended.
Twitter users couldn’t resist poking fun at the law enforcement agency after it posted this MS-Paint-style snowman graphic Saturday alongside its festive message:
Happy holidays from the #FBI pic.twitter.com/l9VoIbQXnx
— FBI (@FBI) December 24, 2016
Dozens of tweeters piled in to claim that the bureau had committed a “graphic design crime.” One person even called for agents to “arrest themselves for this card.”
Some critics mockingly posted their own equally amateur-looking greetings pictures. Others used the post as an opportunity to attack the FBI over allegations that it had played a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s election win, which have resulted in a lawsuit against the agency.
Here are some of the most popular responses we’ve seen so far:
@FBI @ebruenig I absolutely love that an agency with millions of dollars in funding assigned this task to an intern using MS Paint.
— Laya Maheshwari (@lazygarfield) December 24, 2016
I started my new job doing graphic design for the @FBI today. Wish me luck!
— hrtbps (@hrtbps) December 24, 2016
MS Paint is a graphic design crime scene https://t.co/4imLCZbkqu
— nice jewish C@RLY (@carlycarbonate) December 24, 2016
.@FBI pic.twitter.com/ffF32d14zY
— Brianna (@raininblack) December 24, 2016
@FBI arrest yourselves for this card
— Josh (@shatterfront) December 24, 2016
All those millions of emails you have access to and this is the best Christmas image macro you could find @FBI
— Advent Calvindar (@HyperGlavin) December 24, 2016
@FBI we need to have the "Lucida Calligraphy" talk.
— Rachael Sullivan (@rachaelsullivan) December 24, 2016
.@FBI pic.twitter.com/EMHBVenuZS
— Marti (@mrmarti_) December 24, 2016
@FBI
— Reasonable Tom (@anonbene) December 24, 2016
Why didn't you just open the camera on my phone and say that to my face. Would have meant more.
.@FBI Why are you letting your 5-year-old play with MSPaint on your computers? Not very secure.
— Merisa 🤷 (@cambrian_era) December 24, 2016
Ditto @FBI pic.twitter.com/ecyXosBRYC
— Buffalo start over (@HaverOfOpinions) December 24, 2016
@FBI I think you've been hacked
— elan gale (@theyearofelan) December 24, 2016
@FBI Did you guys make one in Russian for the trump team?
— ReasonsWhy (@Percifice) December 24, 2016
.@FBI pic.twitter.com/f0ct4kLX7N
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) December 24, 2016
Hi, I'd like to apply for the empty position you have in the graphic design department https://t.co/KZVRtHXV3q
— cassi (@cassiwithoutane) December 24, 2016
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