It's a tale as old as (internet) time. Someone posts a joke, people freak out, memes ensue. The internet hive mind always needs somewhere to direct its outrage, right?
That's exactly what happened when Natalia Kaiser, 17, and her boyfriend Joe O'Brien, 16 — two teens from Texas who met playing tennis at school — posted a pic of themselves posing in front of Joe's aunt's house. The caption? "We just bought our first house at the age of 17&16. So proud of how hard we worked these last few years to get it."
We just bought our first house at the age of 17&16. So proud of how hard we worked these last few years to get it ? pic.twitter.com/h0x4ZguN5O
— ?Natalia? (@nataliamk8) July 13, 2017
We don't know about you, but we think it's pretty hard to mistake this for anything but a joke. Not only is it illegal for teens to buy real estate, but who has the money?
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"We had bought matching shirts earlier that day and Joe's brother's girlfriend wanted to take a picture with her boyfriend because they looked cute. So Joe and I also took a photo because we were matching," Natalia told Teen Vogue. "The photo was taken in front of a house, and I thought it was funny-looking because we looked like homeowners. So that's why I decided to post it with the caption not thinking anything of it."
They said they weren't expecting this tweet to bring them their 15 minutes of internet fame. (Or were they? Hmmm...) "I knew our friends would understand it was a joke, because clearly we are underage and our parents would never, ever let us do that," she continued. "It's gotten way more attention than I ever anticipated."
Twitter has a funny way of making things happen that really shouldn't happen. As of now, their tweet has over 19,000 likes, over 3,000 retweets, and too many meme-ified responses to count.
Some poor souls seemed to actually believe them...
I just wanna know what you've been doing & how u did dis bc I can't even afford a sonic drink https://t.co/vi2IKmavrk
— kin ☼ (@kinley_clark) July 14, 2017
Some dragged them for seeking attention...
Here's that attention you ordered pic.twitter.com/FXobEXZAtQ
— K•G (@GallegosKylee) July 15, 2017
Some played the voice of reason...
Yall mad for no reason. pic.twitter.com/cq37ZOYaY5
— R. (@Rolando__69) July 16, 2017
The memes are so good, though.
We just bought our first house at the age of 17&16. So proud of how hard we worked these last few years to get it ? pic.twitter.com/HxOsqmDGof
— Derek Stead (@PerekStead) July 21, 2017
We just bought our first house at the age of 17&16. So proud of how hard we worked these last few years to get it ? pic.twitter.com/LK88it2xyi
— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) July 20, 2017
Natalia's Twitter bio now says, "I am not a homeowner." (Just so we're all 100% clear on that.)
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