Hey Kids, Want to Know Why 'Mario Kart' is Trending?

And now, my dear readers, I present to you a re-enactment of a short but torrid journey Team Pajiba went on today.

‘Oh hey, Mario Kart is trending. I love that game! Are they announcing a new one?’

*clicks*

Top tweet.

me finding out why Mario Kart is trending on twitter pic.twitter.com/XZyNCecSY7

— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) September 18, 2018

‘Hmm… Bit odd. Let’s scroll down.’

I don't want to know why people are tweeting Mario Kart and mushroom images, do I?

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 18, 2018

‘Huh?’

Me, logging on first thing in the morning: oh why is Mario Kart trending, maybe today won’t be that ba— pic.twitter.com/kq2twgyiWz

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) September 18, 2018

me waiting for the rest of the US to wake up to see why mario kart is trending pic.twitter.com/ycKvcEcutB

— David Mack (@davidmackau) September 18, 2018

Good morning, don't check why Mario Kart is trending today

— Hoai-Tran Bui (@htranbui) September 18, 2018

‘Well now I have to know…’

For reference: here's the "mushroom character" (Toad) in Mario Kart. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/OH0ThBUxjv

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 18, 2018

‘Okay, this is just ridiculous, will someone tell me already what the hell is going on?’

In her upcoming memoir, Stormy Daniels provides this description of her night with Donald Trump: "I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart" https://t.co/jmwfyBqFtJ

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 18, 2018

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‘I regret everything.’