Two Dudes Pretending To Be Fired Twitter Employees Pull Off One Of The Best 'Ligma' Jokes Of All Time

As expected from Elon Musk's now completed purchase of Twitter, there have been a lot of layoffs so far.

Apparently knowing that this was going to happen, two guys who live near the Twitter headquarters decided to go out walking around with boxes of props, baiting and trolling the surrounding journalists to ask them about their status.

After saying that they were fired developers and holding up Michelle Obama's 2018 book Becoming for dramatic effect, the duo supplied their names as "Rahul Ligma" and "Daniel Johnson," which the media ran with (yes, that ligma).

It’s happening

Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them#TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/gNSl6qSCKU

— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022

Lol.

One of the reported Twitter engineers fired was named Rahul Ligma.

Ligma. pic.twitter.com/30vostI6xY

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 28, 2022

Recently unemployed twitter employees Ligma, Johnson seen leaving Twitter HQ pic.twitter.com/DJOJ3AvJm2

— sucks (@powerbottomdad1) October 28, 2022

Bloomberg and CNBC ran headlines saying Twitter employees were being fired and walking out of the HQ with boxes. It was a prank, and one prankster even identified himself as Rahul “Ligma” 😂 https://t.co/QEs0aIN54L

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 28, 2022

It didn't take long before people noticed, however, and began posting about the troll job pulled off by the two, with many creating their own jokes at the situation and acting unhinged about the information as it spread throughout the day.

So the employees fired from twitter are Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson…LIGMA JOHNSON?!?! pic.twitter.com/mhUJzkLe2h

— Huff Fitness Blog (@HuffFitnessBlog) October 28, 2022

You got conned.
Name is “Rahul LIGMA”

C’mon man pic.twitter.com/EdcuIk6jCP

— Dr. Randy J. Marsh ➐ (@WealthyCFO) October 28, 2022

Friends inside Twitter tell me that Ruhal Ligma’s boss, Dinesh Sukondeez has also been laid off and is walking out of the building now. #TwitterTakeover

— yoni rechtman (@yrechtman) October 28, 2022

I’m getting OFF Twitter and MOVING to CANADA until Rahul Ligma is reinstated with full back pay at Twitter pic.twitter.com/0oLhLAI1EA

— Zak Kukoff (@zck) October 28, 2022

However, it appears that more than just the media were "got" by the two, with others unironically posting their glee that someone they believed was a Michelle Obama-supporting Twitter dev got fired.

Former Twitter engineer Rahul Ligma says Michelle Obama is his greatest hero. RT IF YOU'RE HAPPY THE LIBERALS AT TWITTER GOT FIRED! pic.twitter.com/zchd6f35Uh

— monke (@wiki_early_life) October 28, 2022