People Are Blaming Everything on Brexit
(Bloomberg) -- #BlameBrexit is becoming the new #ThanksObama.
People are blaming life's little disappointments and misfortunes on Brexit, in a few moments of levity sprinkled among news of market tumult and political upheaval.
Twitter: Rich Shannon on TwitterThe weather was quickly pinned on the vote.
Twitter: Tanya Weaver on TwitterEven peculiar British weather.
Twitter: Signs on TwitterInjuries were blamed on the referendum. Both actual...
Twitter: heather peacock on Twitter...and not life-threatening.
Twitter: cornelius cauldpeper on TwitterBrexit was surely behind people being updated to the new Instagram feed, organized by an algorithm, against their will.
Twitter: caitliwinx on TwitterThen there's the horror of finding out that recorded episodes of beloved British soap opera "Coronation Street" aren't showing up. Clearly Brexit's fault.
Twitter: Eimear Langan on TwitterAnd when a bunch of things go wrong at once, the cascade of calamities is definitely the referendum's fault.
Twitter: Paula Cogan on TwitterÂ
To contact the author of this story: Lisa Fleisher in London at lfleisher2@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Timothy Coulter at tcoulter@bloomberg.net.
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