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34 Genuinely Funny Tweets About The Oscars Best Picture Shitshow

Unless you're Warren Beatty, the person in charge of envelopes, or anyone who had anything to do with La La Land, that is.

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Hey "La La Land" remember when you gave us that fake happy ending and then took it away How's it feel

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Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day.

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"Warren Beatty was just presenting alternative winners." #Oscars #BestPicture

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IF ANYONE FROM THE IN MEMORIUM IS STILL ALIVE PLEASE LET US KNOW

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warren beatty heard everybody on twitter and set it up so moonlight literally got to take la la lands oscar from their hands

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In true form, La La Land only won Best Picture in a fantasy moment shared between former lovers imagining wistfully what might have been.

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meryl streep's face from that backstage #oscars feed when she realized what was happening with moonlight is hilario… https://t.co/Gr34hY3OIF

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"Wait till you see what I have planned for the end of the show..."

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HOLLYWOOD: What happened PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS: We don't know! HOLLYWOOD: [shoots Price. Turns to Waterhouse and Coopers] What happened

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Actual footage of how the #BestPicture incident at the #Oscars went down

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Warren Beatty teaching us the valuable lesson that when something doesn't look right, don't say anything, just pass it on to the next person

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Lol La La Land got hit with the improvisational twist ending—THAT'S JAZZ BABY

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Warren Beatty pulled off the coveted and rarely executed reverse Kanye

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Also Hillary just won Wisconsin Michigan and Pennsylvania?

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La La Land quickly became Nah Nah Land #Oscars

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and the winner is....la la land WAIT MOONLIGHT

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"President Trump would like to congratulate La La Land for winning Best Picture. Period."

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not only did Moonlight win, but we got to watch La La Land actually have it taken out of their hands what a time to be alive

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God: Did he just say his "blue-eyed wife"? Angel: [looks at clipboard] Yep. God: That's it. It's Moonlight. Do Moonlight. Angel: Got it.

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The world just witnessed a supervillain's origin story. (Photo via @prewarcinema)

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"CORRECTION: Moonlight is the actual winner of the Best Motion Picture award! #Oscars" White Viewers:

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OMG IT WAS LEO's FAULT. HE HAD THE ENVELOPE.

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Have your people call our people - we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse

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well at least for the rest of my life when i make a mistake i'll think "at least i didn't fuck up as hard as the 2017 oscars envelope guy"

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And you thought the ending to @The_OA was wild #oscars

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Congrats to Oscars telecast director M. Night Shyamalan.

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ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE ON STAGE BEING REPLACED BY BLACK PEOPLE IS A METAPHOR IF I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE. #Oscars

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Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway outside #Oscars right now waiting for person responsible for #AcademyAwards envelopes.… https://t.co/5yrigAT8d0

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Warren Beatty looking at the card trying to figure out how Emma Stone could win Best Picture

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Bonus: a perfect tweet that wasn't about the Best Picture confusion...

Update: As funny as the fifth tweet in this list was, it turns out someone in the "In Memoriam" segment is actually still alive. Obviously. You can read about it here.