4/19/2017: aaron/gronk

Aaron Hernandez, a football star who used to play with the Patriots before going to jail, committed suicide today and is trending on Twitter.

I look at the rest of the Trends and see “Gronk”, who was Aaron’s teammate when the two of them comprised the "greatest Tight End duo in NFL history". So, I just assumed people were mentioning him in tweets about Aaron Hernandez and that’s why he was trending, as well.

NOPE.

Gronk is trending for a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASON:

Rob Gronkowski is trending because he peeked his head in to a White House Press conference this morning while Sean Spicer was speaking to cameras and when everyone was watching it on TV:

An article about the two of them when they first came into the league at the same time, for the same team:

So, on the day Aaron Hernandez was found dead, the Patriots just happen to be visiting the White House...AND Rob Gronkowski JUST HAPPENS to do something special, so he is suddenly trending at the same time as Aaron. BUT, NOT FOR THE REASON YOU'D THINK.

It's truly hilarious how this all works. None of this is coincidental. It’s ritualistic, on purpose, etc.