David Burge started out with a website he operated under the name Iowahawk. He later migrated to Twitter, where he is one of the platform’s funniest and most insightful commentators. On Thursday, Iowahawk tweeted a lament on behalf of laid-off Buzzfeed and Huffington Post liberals in a mock-blue collar, populist style reminiscent of the 1930s. It was then set to music by SixStringTweets, a genius with whom I was previously unfamiliar. Here it is. As Oscar Wilde put it, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh:
Another @iowahawkblog work of art pic.twitter.com/BDhiXxUKRo
— SixStringTweets (@SixStringTweets) January 25, 2019
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