The 10 Best Jokes About THAT Presidential Text Alert

October 3, 2018 marks the text heard around the world — or, I guess, the United States.

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October 3, 2018 marks the text heard around the world — or, I guess, the United States. The White House tested out its new emergency text alert system, which sends an Amber Alert-type notification to your phone and is (unfortunately for some) something you can’t opt out of.

But even though these notifications may seem a little annoying to some, it does make for some great jokes. Here are our favorites, thanks to Twitter dot com.

1. Well now this is just rude

https://twitter.com/jlazebnik/status/1047551934515703814

2. What the alert SHOULD have said

https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1047552816728817665

3. I think my alerts are broken…

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1047553085495754753

4. We need new methods!!

https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1047555601839149058

5. Are these alerts the new Twitter?

https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1047557118994382849

6. A little rough but a good reminder

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1047557297034158080

7. This is getting out of hand

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1047554025099591682

8. What’s next, Direct TV alerts??

https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1047560118043385857

9. Goodbye, old friend

https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/1047552373378281472

10. The truest tweet of all

https://twitter.com/meganamram/status/1047551550351015936

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