The 'genius' handling ST's twitter account might be the best thing to happen to ST

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Nyi Nyi Thet | February 06, 2017, 03:31 PM

When you think of The Straits Times and personality, 2 images might come to mind.

One is of course, Sumiko Tan, and the other, a blank void with intermittent static in the background.

But a lone hilarious voice has seemingly come out of the publishing wild to give ST some much needed levity.

Check out this weather forecast tweet.

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Read tweet out loud for best effect.

And ST's tweets haven't always been this quirky.

Just look at their 2016 record.

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But something clicked, or someone was hired, at the start of 2017.

And their weather forecast tweets have been getting progressively funnier ever since.

These are the January tweets.

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And these are the February ones.

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The main reactions seem to be divided into these 2 camps.

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Whichever camp you fall into, it's always good to have a new take, or delivery, of something established.

May the force be with him. Warm, warm, warm.

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All images from ST's Twitter

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