With Sochi Winter Olympic events underway, Twitter is ablaze with new accounts gaining traction for poking fun at one of the world’s biggest events.
And the bandwagon winner to kick off the 2014 Winter Olympiad has been @SochiProblems.
It exploded on the Twitter-snark scene this week by featuring highlights of reporting on the infrastructure problems that has met journalists, athletes and visitors upon their arrival and assimilation into Sochi for the Olympics.
Some of the pictures and reports posted to the account are really from Sochi, while others are simply hyperbolic jokes using old images or shticks to press a point.
The account began tweeting just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday with a poke at a supposed Sochi hotel room being inclusive -- with three really small beds:
You get all inclusive! #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/HVhSJ7e2jz
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
…and has seen a following explosion normally reserved for a celebrity joining Twitter: zero to 76,000+ and climbing in just two days.
From jabs at the maligned dog cull:
We can't have no dogs on roads here, all must be gone. #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/ZaFBjCp5oq
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
Argh, the strays are attacking. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/CkE3k1WUfG
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
Rebellious stray dog must be stopped. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/Mpa9bpt78X
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
… to the strange bathroom designs, furnishings and warning signs:
Who needs walls. #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/QUgMHqW4Zy
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
Who wants front row seats? Not the gold medal but it's close enough. #Sochi2014 #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/0sqqJDFQmc
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
So much for an actual toilet. Should it be an upper decker, middle decker or lower decker? #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/rh50z4bWKR
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
NO FUN ON TOILETS! #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/d28OpQcagA
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
No flush, must play basketball with used toilet paper. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/tHus7WfgtH
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
In the food department, things aren’t much better:
Enjoy your peach juice, it comes directly from the tap! Oh wait, that's water.... #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/N7yyzUAyCw
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
No Coke for you! #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/HujQ0uNJvo
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014
Some warm apple cider coming from my tap...wait is that water? #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/JMvV6uCTGG
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 6, 2014
…including this bee found in a packet of honey by ABC News’ @MattGutmanABC:
I think @blakeshelton's song took too much meaning in Russia. #HoneyBee #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/XnaLnraYpL
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014
The account does not state who it is run by and hasn’t given any hints about the owner in its tweets.
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