S'pore Tourism Board throws shade at BuzzFeed with ice cream sandwich gif clapback

Sassy AF.

Belmont Lay | August 27, 2016, 05:40 PM

Singapore Tourism Board has perfected the clapback and prove that they sure can put "Singapore" before "Tourism" as they issued this clapback at BuzzFeed:

This is the gif they posted on their Facebook page with the caption, "Hey BuzzFeed UK, what's good? #VisitSingapore":

ice-cream-sandwich-gif

This response from YourSingapore Facebook page -- the digital face of Singapore tourism -- was after BuzzFeed UK ex-senior editor Luke Bailey went on a spree a few days ago lambasting what people around the world put in their sandwiches.

Included in his judgemental list was something that is familiar to Singaporeans:

Screenshot from Buzzfeed Screenshot from Buzzfeed

This led to an uproar from people here as well as others in the region, who regard the humble street-bought ice cream sandwich a time-honoured delicacy and the best thing since sliced bread (like literally, because it is sliced bread used to hold on to a slab of ice cream inside).

Following a massive uproar from their international audience, BuzzFeed subsequently realised they fouled up and replaced the ice cream sandwich with something else:

buzzfeed-sorry-ice-cream-bread

ramen-sandwich

 

Oh, and we mentioned "BuzzFeed UK ex-senior editor Luke Bailey" in the one of the paragraphs above because he apparently got demoted to just "Staff" when his designation got changed following the uproar:

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This is what his profile says on the offending article now.

The universe has since come back full circle and is once again at peace.

 

Update, Aug. 27, 2016, 5.50pm:

Just got reminded of this picture which seems appropriate:

gordon ramsay idiot sandwich

 

Related article:

BuzzFeed listicle disses ice cream sandwich, S’poreans outraged

 

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