Ankle SCARVES are winding everyone up on the Internet today

Yes, you read that right.

Ankle scarves. Scarves that you put around your ankles. Genius. But, not really. It's all a big joke. Confused? Well, a German satire site, Der Postillon, decided to come up with the fake trend to wind its readers up. The 'joke' article read: "Long trousers are worn only by grandmothers and grandpas. But after I've had chilblains twice this year and my doctor warned me I could lose my ankles, I'll just wear those shawls for safety's sake." A lot of people didn't cop onto the joke (hello, they would be the most impractical things in the world), and took to Twitter to vent:

SOCKS. JUST WEAR SOCKS AND YOU WON'T TRIP OVER YOUR DANG-'OL "ANKLE SCARVES." WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. https://t.co/CVcEBACoG6

— Wes Wolfe (@WesWolfeBN) December 20, 2018

Ankle scarves? Yall need to just stop. STOP.

— Steph Conroy Stephslife.net (@Stephie_Lark) December 20, 2018

Trying to figure out which is less practical: the nose warmer or ankle scarves ?

— Rachel Martens (@RaeofSunshine79) December 20, 2018

What happened to socks?

— Mother of Dragons ? (@Zaibyx) December 23, 2018

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— Lishe (@Official_Lishe) December 23, 2018

Yeah, people were not impressed. Thank God it's a joke... although someone will probably create them soon enough *eye roll*.