Whether you watched the Fyre documentary released by Netflix or Hulu, the latter kicks off with a quote that hits a little too close to home: “You’re living in your parents bedroom, you look at your phone, which you look at 100 times an hour… seeing people in places that you’re not, doing things you can’t afford to do.”
This description not only summarizes an enormous flaw inherent to the millennial existence, but also explains how so many were duped into purchasing super expensive tickets to a disastrous weekend, topped off with the gnarliest-looking cheese sandwich ever made.
Here are tweets from folks just as unable to look away from the train-wreck as you.
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Re-branding my instagram inspiration 2019#FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/Fd2yOhZ53P
— Krista (@Krista99210187) January 21, 2019
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“It’s so stressful to decide which Fyre doc to watch. I won’t watch more than one.”
*30 mins later*
“I could watch infinite Fyre docs until the day I die.”
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 20, 2019
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when I go to the book store to buy a dictionary but they sell me a thesaurus https://t.co/54veY5i97V
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 20, 2019
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fyre festival really just entertainment 720 irl pic.twitter.com/alPQq8sNvT
— joon (@joonlee) January 20, 2019
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Approach today with the optimism and confidence of Ja Rule & Billy McFarland
— Tshezi (@HonxTheJedi) January 21, 2019
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saw the fyre documentary. feel like i would’ve had a good time at fyre fest. sometimes when you go on a trip you have to make your own fun
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) January 22, 2019
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— Ruin My Week (@RuinedWeek) January 23, 2019
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Me watching the Netflix Fyre Festival documentary pic.twitter.com/20eTfbVuT0
— anthony (@itmeanthonyb) January 20, 2019
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I watched the Netflix Fyre Festival documentary and was really struck by the fact that one series of decisions in the Choose Your Own Adventure of life lands you on a conference call with Ja Rule while he screams “IT’S NOT LIKE ANYBODY DIED” at you
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) January 19, 2019
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Fyre Festival documentary conclusion:
Some of you never camped on Sunday night at Reading Festival and it shows.
— mitch (@limitedmitch) January 19, 2019
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the two fyre docs are actually great companion pieces; in the Hulu one you get a smart overview of millennial scam culture, in the Netflix one you hear about how Billy asked one of his investors to suck a customs officer’s dick for Evian water
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) January 19, 2019
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I think I can now safely say that the Netflix Fyre Festival documentary is “Armageddon” and the Hulu Fyre Festival documentary is “Deep Impact”
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 22, 2019
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me @ the duped fyre festival guests vs me @ the overworked employees pic.twitter.com/fkpS2sElSo
— hattie (@hattiesoykan) January 19, 2019
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the most shocking part of the #FyreFestival documentary was when they got into a plane with man who taught himself to fly on MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR
— Katie 🤠 (@katierestucc16) January 21, 2019
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These Fyre docs just keep reminding me how segregated the internet is. I never heard of the festival until it all went wrong. I don’t follow Bella Hadid or Kendal Jenner on IG. I have no clue what that part of the internet is even like.
— Jasmyn Lawson (@JasmynBeKnowing) January 20, 2019
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editor: how’s that story looking?
— julia 🤔 alexander (@loudmouthjulia) January 20, 2019
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after nearly 2 years of silence, the designer behind Fyre Festival has reactivated the official Twitter account… for the sole purpose of sending tweets to Chrissy Teigen pic.twitter.com/GcSgjNuA4i
— Nick Robinson (@Babylonian) January 15, 2019
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— Ruin My Week (@RuinedWeek) January 23, 2019
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watched the fyre festival documentary and wasn’t disappointed pic.twitter.com/uOZ1o4tyX9
— lawrence (@lawrencelasagna) January 20, 2019
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In charge of the catering for our fyre festival viewing party… pic.twitter.com/EhQBThZcdb
— Helen Lawrence (@helenium) January 18, 2019
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The Netflix #FyreFestival documentary neglected to address whether the cheese sandwich served was any good.
— Todd Barry (@toddbarry) January 19, 2019
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If I’m ever looking for staff, I’d employ this guy. #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/YuVmcwRFyr
— Nash (@danieltnash) January 21, 2019
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Some of you have never sucked a dick for Evian water to save your friends festival and it really shows #FyreFestival
— Asim Chaudhry (@AsimC86) January 19, 2019
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The best part of Netflix’s FYRE pic.twitter.com/W4uCX9SV29
— Sobat Otan (@aimrod) January 20, 2019
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amazon prime video’s silence on fyre festival is deafening
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) January 22, 2019