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Arnold Schwarzenegger made fun of Nickelback in a recent tweet, with the band quick to throw the fun right back at him by mentioning one of his movies.
Last night, two entities that know what it’s like to be pop culture punchlines—Nickelback and Arnold Schwarzenegger—displayed an understanding of the latter by eschewing pettiness for humor and humility.
It began when Schwarzenegger, who’s been a particularly outspoken critic of President Donald Trump on social media, used the maligned Canadian rockers to help frame our commander in chief’s low approval ratings. Nickelback, as they’ve made clear in the past, are through with jokes at their expense and won’t let someone as imposing as the Governator stop them from saying so.
.@Schwarzenegger big fans. Approval rate this: Batman & Robin. Please leave us out of your future wisdom drops. Danke Shön Herr Governator.
— Nickelback (@Nickelback) February 14, 2017
Schwarzenegger took the high road, acknowledging his ridiculous, pervasive ice-themed puns in the second-worst Batman film while still pushing forth his political points. And Nickelback? They were probably just happy to get a response.
That's… ice cold. I hope we can agree that we need a freeze on gerrymandering, guys. Thanks for the reply.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) February 14, 2017
well played, sir. #Respect
— Nickelback (@Nickelback) February 14, 2017
And everyone comes out looking better in the end. Isn’t that a novel concept?
Maybe Father John Misty’s right, after all.
Agencies/Canadajournal
