Do you know what the best thing about reality is? ... No, I’m asking you, do you know what it is, because I’m stumped here. The news seems perpetually terrible.
For HuffPost Comedy’s weekly hashtag game, we wanted to know what Twitter thought about when they wanted to escape to the world of make-believe.
Here’s the best of #WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend:
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend
— Jillian (@Pheramuse) May 9, 2017
It's the ultimate episode of Punk'd@HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/LQzUrs6AOJ
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend that @jaketapper and I are married. 💍 pic.twitter.com/YMuJ8FUjUY
— Corey Miller (@StopEatingBees) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend it's just a particularly dark season of Game of Thrones. @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/6TC5fy9Aci
— Ben Hooper (@BenHooperWrites) May 9, 2017
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— Paul Lander (@paul_lander) May 9, 2017
I'm French
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend we have a backup planet.
— Jessica Wildfire (@JessicaLexicus) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend there isn't a bottle of champagne at the back of my fridge that's been untouched since Nov. 8. @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/e1UBJGKIfM
— Ben Hooper (@BenHooperWrites) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I'm just dreaming..... pic.twitter.com/CZW33xsQPT
— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend The Squirrel Cavalry is coming to save us. @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/Ga7wdz0AGG
— View from my Office (@viewfrommyoffic) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I'm watching a Michael Bay movie.
— kerry waysman (@KerryWaysman) May 9, 2017
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— Dan (@SimmaDAN522) May 9, 2017
that alcohol can be a long-term solution to coping until 2020
@HuffPostComedy @iamandymcdonald pic.twitter.com/umsYBGNaG1
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend that I'm watching the sequel to Idiocracy. pic.twitter.com/7IKcBqOi0a
— Julie S. (@Juliess31) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend its mystery science theater pic.twitter.com/mE1tFHQ3gp
— KMFA (@KCMFA) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I'm interested but secretly I'm daydreaming about the things I truly care about. pic.twitter.com/5mIhAap56Y
— Brad Crocker 🍔 (@BradThePigMan) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend that I had nothing to do with those fires. 🔥 🔥 🔥
— Brian Smith (@MustBeTheMeds) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend that it's perfectly normal for them to talk about a president tweeting like an 8-year old. @HuffPostComedy
— President Jeff (@PresidentJeffPJ) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend Putin and I share a buttery bowl of hot popcorn pic.twitter.com/A5WBRZAWqG
— Spork Dorkanson (@SporknBeans) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend the reporters can hear me when I yell out corrections. @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/nwXJxxtLNF
— Wolverines!!! 🇺🇸 (@NotThatKellyAnn) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend the oreos I'm stress eating have no calories.
— Jenzy Jen Jenzinita (@47young1) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I'm in the Land of Chocolate. Mmm, chocolate. pic.twitter.com/higMqpu5o0
— Kirk (@WorkWithKirk) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend any minute now, we'll all wake up and Obama will be President again!! Any minute now!!! pic.twitter.com/oBv8HZlMKK
— Velinda Burton (@AuthorVelindaB) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I'm the foreign correspondent and prepare for my close up. What are you doing idiot? Blocking my shot asshole!
— Brandon Cloud (@theclobra) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend it's Law & Order: Live Edition.
— Ami (@ohhsquirrel) May 9, 2017
#WhenWatchingTheNewsIPretend I WAS THERE.@HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/bOPuicxXUI
— Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) May 9, 2017