By Helen A.S. Popkin
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Actor/comedian Aziz Ansari ? the guy who plays "Tom" on "Parks and Recreation" ? knows from social media. If you've ever seen his standup bit about harassing his little cousin Harris on Facebook?? you'd remember because it would be that 15 minutes of your life where you couldn't breathe because you were laughing so hard ? you know what I'm talking about.
That didn't stop President Barack Obama from issuing a Twitter smackdown on Ansari at a fundraiser last week in New York City, where the comedian was present.?Easing into the executive snap, the president mentioned that his daughter, Malia, is?a "big 'Parks and Recreation' fan," and that "having Aziz here is the only thing that she thinks is worth me doing." And then, this:
"I just want to remind him: I've got more Twitter followers than you, man," Obama said ... "I just want to keep him humble and hungry. We all need someone who does that; fortunately, I have Michelle.
Those Twitter follower numbers, in case you're wondering, are Obama, around 13M, Ansari, around 1.2M.
It was all good by Ansari, who tweeted a link to the video on YouTube, with this comment:?
Ansari's followers had his back, with supportive tweets such as these:
And the president's official Twitter account, which also tweeted the video,?had something to say about it, too: ?
More on the annoying way we live now:
Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job?on?Twitterand/or?Facebook. Also,?Google+.?Because that's how she rolls.
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