Twitter Note Appears on Photo of Biden Sunbathing at Beach: ‘This Is Not a Corpse’
The Babylon Bee publishes satirical humor. Every once in a while, so do the authors of “Community Notes” on X, formerly Twitter. On Monday, The Babylon Bee tweeted a satirical story entitled, “Police Investigating…
The Babylon Bee publishes satirical humor. Every once in a while, so do the authors of “Community Notes” on X, formerly Twitter.
On Monday, The Babylon Bee tweeted a satirical story entitled, “Police Investigating Corpse That Washed Up On Delaware Beach.” A photo of a shirtless, sunbathing President Joe Biden accompanied the tweet. Biden appeared to have his eyes closed. Editors superimposed a fake “Police Line Do Not Cross” yellow barricade tape on the photo.
Meanwhile, a proposed community note offered clarification. “This is not a corpse,” the note read.
Ashley St. Clair, writer at The Babylon Bee, found the note hilarious. “I’m laughing way too hard at this proposed community note,” she tweeted.
When not used in the service of censorship, “Community Notes” typically provide context or correction.
In this case, however, the note’s author seemed to have a Babylon Bee-esque sense of humor. The full note further “explained” the Biden sunbathing photo.
“This is not a corpse. Although one can easily mistake the living body of J. Biden with a corpse having washed ashore, it is not a washed up corpse — wrinkled and withered by salt-water, age, and fish feeding on dead flesh. It’s really J. Biden on vacationing while sunbathing,” the note read.