The biggest news of the week was old mate Tony Abbott losing his PM crown to Malcolm Turnbull. #PutOutYourOnions wasn’t the only thing dominating the Twittersphere.
Imagine if Turnbull doesn't win. Imagine being less popular than Tony Abbott. Tough day on the self-esteem.
— Felicity Ward (@felicityward) September 14, 2015
Tony Abbott can't stop the votes. #libspill #auspol
— Dan Ilic (@danilic) September 14, 2015
"NETFLIX N SPILL" #libspill #aupol #itson pic.twitter.com/ox9dnkWtoE
— dan debuf (@dandebuf) September 14, 2015
YES! THE WHITE MALE PRIVATE SCHOOL CATHOLIC RHODES SCHOLAR WON! #LibSpill
— Tom Gleeson (@nonstoptom) September 14, 2015
First leaks, now spills? Someone needs to teach this government how to drink #LeeLinforPM #libspill #auspoll #primechinister
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) September 14, 2015
Twelve hours and still nothing from Abbott, but to be fair Turnbull has lots of houses so burning all of them down will take time. #libspill
— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) September 15, 2015
Donald Trump
Abbott’s not the only political figure that took a beating this week. His US counterpart (when it comes to hilarious and ridiculous news pieces), presidential candidate Donald Trump, took some punches at a recent debate.
Donald Trump has NBD: Natural Born Duckface. #GOPDebate
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) September 17, 2015
Trump is the evil Muppet who wants to buy out Sesame Street. #GOPDebate
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 17, 2015
Trump for the last ten minutes of this debate: #GOPDebate #CNNDebate pic.twitter.com/F0EoexAn4i
— Travon Free (@Travon) September 17, 2015
Donald Trump just did every emoji face on your phone in 7 seconds. #GOPDebate https://t.co/jkTnY0xBp8
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) September 17, 2015
When did CNN decide the #GOPDebate would be "A Roast of Donald Trump"?
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) September 17, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed was arrested during the week after bringing a homemade clock to school that teachers mistook for a bomb.
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
— President Obama (@POTUS) September 16, 2015
#IStandWithAhmed totally BUT it would be a *little* funny if that clock kinda sucks and Obama still has to be like "This sure is something!"
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) September 16, 2015
#IStandWithAhmed because he wasn't carrying anything dangerous, like skittles or iced tea.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 16, 2015
I still can't build a clock. #IStandWithAhmed
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) September 16, 2015
Facebook Dislike Button
All three of the aforementioned gentlemen could have used a dislike button on Facebook during the week – a function that founder Mark Zuckerberg said this week is in motion.
Hate to break it to you Facebook but the entire internet is already a dislike button
— josh groban (@joshgroban) September 16, 2015
Glad Facebook has finally decided to add the dislike button, because in my opinion, social media isn't negative enough.
— Michael Flynn (@Home_Halfway) September 15, 2015
Facebook is introducing a "dislike" button. You hear that, Steve from high school who thinks vaccinations cause autism? You're going down.
— Miles Kahn (@mileskahn) September 15, 2015
More than a "Dislike" button, Facebook really needs a "Wow Is That Racist" button.
— Matt McDaniel (@themattmcd) September 15, 2015
Facebook says they're working on a dislike button. How much "work" does this require???
— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) September 16, 2015
Bonus Round
Is "bigot" short for "big idiot?" Just curious.
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) September 15, 2015
“Please write more ‘Said No One, Ever’ Jokes” – said no one, ever.
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) September 15, 2015
my favorite part of flying is picking which books i'm not going to read on the plane.
— Pete Holmes (@peteholmes) September 16, 2015
Thank you all for the birthday wishes!!! I am currently ranking them from best to worst!!!
— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) September 15, 2015
Australians are just such a painful reminder of how attractive English people would be if we took care of ourselves
— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) September 15, 2015
