Thanks to some internet pranksters, Taylor Swift is in the midst of getting the Pitbull treatment in an online poll. Swift has teamed up up with Papa John’s so that fans (read: anyone on the internet) can vote to send the country star to perform at any school campus in the nation. The school with the most votes right now? The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Massachusetts.
See, the internet trolls will tell you it’s “hilarious,” because those students won’t be able to hear Taylor’s “terrible” music. It’s one thing to punk Pitbull and send him to a remote outpost in Alaska, but this is just a jerk move that makes a very lame Taylor Swift joke at the expense of deaf students who actually can enjoy musical performances (via bass vibrations, the spectacle, etc).
Voting is still open through September 23, so the outcome isn’t locked up yet, but you know what? We hope Horace Mann wins, because the school would get the performance and a $10,000 grant for its music department.
Do you think Taylor will end up performing at Horace Mann? Let us know in the comments below, or on Facebook and Twitter.
as a 4chan user You do realize that about 90% of us are doing this so they can get the money, look they have a rich history, the school itself is 143 YEARS OLD, and it deserves the attention it gets and the money, oh and in what is that a jerk move i mean isnt it better if the money goes to a special needs school rather than a regular one
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oh for f***’s sake. God it’s not like they couldn’t just pick the runner up (the highest voted school that hasn’t been voted to infinity). It’s a prank, no one will get hurt. Stop offering your butts as butt hurt martyrs.
Saying that this is a bad-intentioned joke is quite offensive to those deaf students, most part of 4-chan knows that deaf people can enjoy a concert, and want them to win the prize. Taylor Swift will have a enriching experience as well, It’s a win-win, nobody gets hurt. Yeah, It is a joke, but with the best intentions. The question is: why are you assuming that the prankers are stupid and “jerks” ?
It is only your opinion. It may be “lame” to you. But it is funny to us.