Turns Out, There’s A New Hilarious Trend That Has People Connecting Everyday Activities With Dangerous Outcomes (30 Tweets)
Twitter is rather unique as a social medium. While a lot has changed over the years as it adapted to become more accessible and mainstream, it has more or less maintained that “let’s fit an idea into 280 characters” mentality. And it’s even more amazing to see certain trends develop and prosper within these confines.
One of the more recent, and extremely entertaining, ones is the “You Want Me To”, a.k.a. “That Thing That Killed” trend, which revolves around the idea of taking something that’s ordinary and mundane and coming to an absurdly disconnected, yet very hilarious conclusion from it.
Bored Panda has scoured Twitter for the best entries in the trend and has compiled a lovely little list for you to enjoy, so why not go upvote the ones you found hilarious, and comment your own variations on the now viral trend in the comment section below!
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So, if you haven’t caught the drift yet, this trend is, in short, a two-sentence deal whereby the first sentence provides an imperative of what a given person is requested to do, and the second is the conclusion, always very ridiculous, that can be drawn should said action come to fruition.
You can find ample examples in this list, but for the sake of clarity, let’s say “you want me to” drink water. A perfectly normal, and even very mundane task to perform (vital, really) but there’s a catch. Remember when an ocean-worth of water led to the tragic demise of Jack Dawson (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) in 1997’s hit epic romance and disaster film Titanic? Yah, so you want me to drink water? The thing that killed Jack?
Maybe more like: You want me to do my nails. The thing that killed Jesus.
Twitter has been going nuts with these lately, with the previously mentioned example garnering over 340,000 likes and nearly 50,000 retweets, though a number of tweets surpassed the 100k like mark, with others gaining tens of thousands of them. Needless to say, the trend was viral.
And the references didn’t stop there. Tweets touched upon the likes of Twilight, Apollo 13, Jesus, and even that one hit song by the Buggles from the early 1980s.
This one is my favorite, because all the Harry Potter fans are freaking out. Not that I hate the series, it's alright, but it's really funny watching the fans lose it.
This one deserves more upvotes which tells you how bad some of them are
You can check out more hilarious tweets by simply searching for “things that killed” on Twitter, or, you know, clicking here. Or you can alternatively check out other previous Twitter trends here, here, and here.
But before you run away, possibly never to be seen until the other time we cover a Twitter trend, why not tell us some of your spin on the whole “you want me to” meme in the comment section below!
And you want me to mail my vote? The thing that killed the Trump administration.
You want me to go to sleep? The thing that killed those people on Elm Street?
C'mon now, you just gotta Roll With The Changes. ;-)
Load More Replies...You want me to say what? The thing that killed the scared guy in Pulp Fiction.
im going to saynone word for all of this posts ........................... yes
You want me to eat strawberries? The thing that killed Darkstalker? (I had to do it, I'm sorry!)
The only funny one was the "cash me outside" one. The rest were so dumb and 1/2 made no sense. Abe wasn't murdered by a theater, Elvis wasn't murdered by a toilet, jesus wasn't murdered by a dinner party.
You are so right. Why do "they" put such pathetic garbage on here. You get my vote for President of the Internet.
Load More Replies...You want me to go to sleep? The thing that killed those people on Elm Street?
C'mon now, you just gotta Roll With The Changes. ;-)
Load More Replies...You want me to say what? The thing that killed the scared guy in Pulp Fiction.
im going to saynone word for all of this posts ........................... yes
You want me to eat strawberries? The thing that killed Darkstalker? (I had to do it, I'm sorry!)
The only funny one was the "cash me outside" one. The rest were so dumb and 1/2 made no sense. Abe wasn't murdered by a theater, Elvis wasn't murdered by a toilet, jesus wasn't murdered by a dinner party.
You are so right. Why do "they" put such pathetic garbage on here. You get my vote for President of the Internet.
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