Ten years ago, Ed Balls tweeted ‘Ed Balls.’ How is it still funny?

Each year, on “Ed Balls Day,” Twitter users pay tribute anew to the tweet’s unintentional comic genius, an eight-character masterpiece seen by many to encapsulate the best of the site’s humor. Brevity is the soul of wit. It allowed people to laugh at someone else’s mild misfortune.

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