Viral
Jessica Brown
Feb 01, 2017
Reddit / packetloss
Warning: This article contains foul language, obviously.
The red ‘Breaking News’ icon became particularly infamous last year when we saw it all over our Twitter feeds every day, all day, telling us something bad had happened when we were sure things could get no worse.
Even the thought of it is enough to give you shivers, now.
So you’ll probably relate to this:
Picture: Reddit / packetloss
That pretty much sums up what we all think read when we see the scary red banner.
The image, uploaded to Reddit, also inspired this image:
It's probably what you thought when you saw the news that Downing Street has reaffirmed plans for Trump's state visit to the UK, despite protests around the world against his ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries to the US:
... after a petition reached more than one million signatures:
Or when a second man was arrested over 'threats' against Gina Miller, who led the legal challenge against the government over Brexit plans:
Or when Trump sacked acting US attorney general for doing her job and upholding the law:
But don't worry. We might only be a month into 2017, but it's not going to be as disastrous as last year....
Right?
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