Who do you think would win Webby awards for its social media marketing prowess? A cutting-edge brand that resonates with the young crowd? A superstar who can break the Internet with one picture? Actually, it's... the TSA. Yes, the same agency that takes your water bottle at the airport (among other instances of security theater) just bagged three social content marketing Webby awards for its Instagram feed.

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Whatever kid graduated from college last year and decided to take the social media job at TSA is killing it right now. On one hand, I’m impressed by this and it kind of adds up right? You basically have a nonstop supply of ridiculous shit that people try to bring on airplanes and you get to make jokes about it. Airplane travel and dumb people, I’m telling you it’s a recipe for success. 

On the other hand, TSA, this is not your priority. If everybody else in your organization was as trusty with their metal detector wands as this one person is with their thirsty instagram account than this would be a different story. However, I feel like you’ve got to start passing your security tests you can start making jokes on social media.

This is all less amusing when you consider that in November the TSA only caught 70% of the hidden weapons that went through security- THAT’S INSANE. You see these photos? That’s only 70% of all the weapons that people tried to bring on planes? The flights on 9/11 were hijacked with boxcutters and we’ve got motherfuckers bringing samurai swords onboard in their carry-ons. Maybe if the hardworking agents of the TSA were more focused watching X-rays than taking instagram photos of their dogs and expired mortar rounds they’d be more effective! Also, somebody tell TSA that bragging is unbecoming. Everyone one of these these posts is screams, "Hey look we got something!" 

P.S. Everybody who lost not one, not two, but three Webbys to TSA needs to step the fuck up. This blog wasn’t nominated because nobody has ever heard of it, but you best believe we would have won if we were more famous, funnier, and had any followers.