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*Hulu (No Ads) – $13" refers to a phrasal template used to mock a tweet criticizing the price of the various television streaming services.

Origin

On November 12th, 2019, Twitter^[1] user @KrysMcFly tweeted, "Hulu (no ads) – $13 Netflix – $12 HBO now/max – $15 (reportedly) Disney+ – $7 Prime – $9 CBS All Access – $6 Apple TV+ – $5 Showtime – $11 STARZ – $9 Almost $90 a month in streaming services. Cutting the cord was supposed to save us how much?" The tweet received more than 95,000 likes, 21,000 retweets and 6,900 comments in less than one week (shown below).

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Following the post, people began mocking the original poster's assertion that people would have to pay for all these services. Twitter^[2] user @JackWilliamRtF tweeted that tehre are other options, writing, "hulu (no ads) – $13 Netflix – parents hbo – pirate Disney+ – grow up prime – bootlicker cbs all access – why apple tv+ – who showtime – where starz – I thought this was showtime honestly almost $13 plus parents cutting the cord was supposed to save us how much?" The tweet received more than 9,800 likes and 725 retweets in less than two days (shown below, left).

Twitter^[3] user @JohnBarchard tweeted, "$90 Is still way cheaper than $280… so….." The tweet received more than 195 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below, center).

Others made jokes about the list. Twitter^[4] user @TheSocietyDude added the line "E-girl Premium Snapchats – $2654," which raided the price to $2,716. The post received more than 196,000 likes and 31,000 retweets in less than two days (shown below, right).

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