One of her perks was that her and a family member/friend could get into the waterpark for free, so one hot summer day she had off and we both decided it'd be fun to go there and cool down for the day. I feel that my mental/emotional scars have healed enough to tell this gem.Īt the time my girlfriend, now Fiancée, worked as a photographer for one of those resorts with the indoor and outdoor water parks. So do you guys know those waterslides that you stand in, and then they suddenly drop you straight down onto the water slide? If not, look them up on YouTube, there's nothing like them.Īh yes, the sweet memories of my first time on one of these. Then the comedy god himself posts his creation to reddit and gets karma People who aren't killed die from laughter The pure funny of that joke destroyed civilization itselfĪll the while people are laughing harder than they ever did Humanity is regressed back to the stone age No one is prepared for what is going to happenĮveryone is filled with overwhelming dreadĪll at once, absolute pandemonium commencesĪll nuclear powers launch their nukes at once God and Jesus himself looks on in suspenseĮverything is completely quiet not a single sound is heard The building is filled with fear and anticipation I Sexually Identify as an Attack HelicopterĪLERT! COMEDY GOD HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING! GET TO COVER!īystander: "Oh god! Don't do it! I have a family!" It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know? You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.Īlso, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. No one's arguing that.Īs someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. And just as that phrase was capitalized on, Stall says he's seeing the same thing now.Here's the thing. The phrase "F*** Trump" was seen often on signs and apparel when Donald Trump was president. President Barack Obama was in office as social media's influence began to take hold, enabling the quick spread of racist images and insults online. "Let's go, Brandon" isn't the first president-related meme to take off, nor is it the first time a president has dealt with vulgar messages. There's a difference between calls for violence and this sort of wink that the 'Let's Go, Brandon' meme is." How this meme compares with others directed at presidents
"It's not a search term that they were going to limit," Stall says. Independent researcher Hampton Stall, who studies ideology and group cultures, says the phrase itself is "shareable and adaptable" and can be used in public in "way that cursing out the president cannot."Ĭoronavirus Updates Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study findsĪnd while it's possible that social media platforms and search engines might ban the more explicit phrase, Stall says the meme version isn't a phrase that can be banned. The airline says it's conducting an internal investigation of the incident. A Southwest Airlines pilot used the phrase to sign off from a flight on Friday. People are using the phrase as inspiration for multiple songs.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, no stranger to memes, also added to this discourse when he posted a photo from Game 2 of the World Series in which he stands with another Houston Astros fan whose sign reads "LET'S GO BRANDON" in big bold letters. Bill Posey of Florida, ended a speech on the House floor, in which he talked about frustrations with the Biden administration's agenda and legislation, with a "Let's go, Brandon!" and a quick fist pump. Investigations How Extremists Weaponize Irony To Spread Hate