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7 appropriate reactions to International Men's Day on Twitter

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Nov 19th 2013, 5:34 PM 3,934 Views 0 Comments

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TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL Men’s Day. You will have gathered this if you have opened your Twitter client at any point during the day.

(Or if you read our heartfelt paean to the glories of Irish men earlier.)

Now, are you wondering how you should react to this global event? Many are.

So for your edification, we’ve collected seven appropriate reactions from the cesspool of social media:

1. The ‘traditional rituals’

2. The ‘holiday spirit’

3. The ‘reality check’

4. The ‘victim card’

5. The ‘media occasion’

6. The ‘mock confusion’

7. And the ‘simply the facts’

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7 appropriate reactions to International Men's Day on Twitter