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45 Of The Most Savage ‘Gender Reveal Party’ Memes After People Learned It Was The Cause Of An Apocalyptic Wildfire In California
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Laughing while crying tears of sadness seems to be the name of the game in 2020. Americans are battling the intense wildfires that are ravaging the West Coast, turning the sky red, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. Meanwhile, internet users have been mercilessly poking fun at gender reveal parties after one such event led to the outbreak of a massive fire in Southern California. The El Dorado Fire started because of a pyrotechnic device on September 5 and has since then burned over 13.5k acres of land.
Scroll down, upvote your fave memes, and let us know what you think of them and gender reveal parties in the comments. And if you’re currently somewhere on the West Coast, stay safe, dear Pandas!
Bored Panda spoke about the El Dorado fire with Joe Wadlington who is in San Francisco right now and created one of the gender reveal memes. He said that nobody should be playing around with pyrotechnic devices, explosives, or fireworks during wildfire season in California because the consequences can be massive. "Gender reveal parties are already toxic and unnecessary. Now people are starting wildfires. I'm in San Francisco right now and it's slowly raining ash outside my window." Read on for the rest of his insights. Bored Panda also reached out to 'Know Your Meme's' Senior Editor Matt Schimkowitz to hear his take on gender reveal memes. Check out what he had to say below as well.
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InstantRamenGuy 6 years ago
This is inaccurate, as America is doing literally nothing to combat covid-19, and is definitely not wearing armor.
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Steve Barnett 6 years ago
A vespiary. It's yellow, it's black, no yellow, wait...what the fudging sex is it!
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Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
Let alone feeling like it’s perfectly fine to set off those explosives in a dry wooded area during a drought.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
The BLM protesters didn't destroy properties, but looters and crooks did.
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DforDorothy 6 years ago
mmm...I'm no physicist, but a hole rather would represent a girl.../:)
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Ben RedCatCity 6 years ago
As an European, I find really singular how a lot of Americans, whatever they live, love or do feel "obligated" to make a show of it. I got the feeling that it must be hard to live in a culture where an individual is pushed to be in the constant representation of it own self. Tears of compassion.
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Torchicachu 6 years ago
i wonder how thats gonna turn out. they show up to school and was like "hey im the kid that basically killed your cousins and friends. nice to meet you!"
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Katy McMouse 6 years ago
O.k., I'm only part way through yet I've laughed so hard my head is killing me. Thank God this useless trend is finally going up in smoke.
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Sabrina Fisher 6 years ago
Maybe dye the inside of a cake instead of burning down half the state?
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
I'm sure that as the fires are raging, there are American moms planning another gender reveal party with loads of fireworks and explosions and hundreds of plastic balloons so more animals will die.
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François Carré 6 years ago
The most essential piece of the pack being the Karen haircut, obviously.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago (edited)
@Andrew: This is how you can comment/reply to a comment with many downvotes. Just don't use pejorative adjectives about the posters, please. This site, as all sites, is only as civilized as we users make it.
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Chicago Dog Lover 6 years ago
Cousin sent a photo from 20 mi away. The sky was orange and everything was covered with soot. Terrifying!
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Zenozenobee 6 years ago
My son received raspberry pink pajamas as a birth gift, he wore them, he's fine.
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Awangutann 6 years ago
bro i did not even know it says stark industries on the missile until now!!!
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François Carré 6 years ago
Wow, that one must be expensive. Ordering party material from outer space. Posh.
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Marky Mark 6 years ago
That's a rather nasty combo of sexist and racist. Unfortunate that this is still acceptable.
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Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
The people who started this fire should be made to work with firefighters and support people dealing with the fallout. They should have to rescue people and animals who are trapped, injured, and homeless. They should also be made to remove dead bodies, human and animal. Then maybe, just maybe, the full weight of the misery and destruction they caused will fall on them. I want that to happen, as an object lesson, to them and future couples considering hosting a similar event, about both thinking before doing and suffering the consequences of their actions. I don’t want them to just get a slap on the wrist and a small fine, and it all gets forgotten. TEN people have died because of their narcissism and negligence. They should be tried for ten counts of involuntary manslaughter (and have the baby in jail maybe?). I wish California would be the first state to make it a felony to use pyrotechnic devices by anyone but certified professionals who have obtained a permit for the event.
Steve Barnett 6 years ago
Totally agree with you. Because of their hubris and downright stupidity, they have caused untold damage. Countless animals have obviously die and just the overall destruction of flora in general. I despair at the intelligence of some people. But they walk amongst us. Oh, and hoping that the 'apple has fallen far from the tree' and the child grows up to be a caring and intelligent individual, imagine the guilt he/she will probably be burdened with?
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RitaGG 6 years ago
I'd hate to be that baby... growing up and finding out about this terrible tragedy.
WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Don't worry. The parents will have totally acceptable excuses for how they managed to burn down an entire forest, killing thousands of animals, destroying houses and killing people. They won't lose one second of sleep over it.
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Chris 6 years ago (edited)
Had to Google wtf a gender reveal party was... I thought it was people transitioning or something... It is not! How f*****g attention seeking do people have to be these days!
Miss Cris 6 years ago
Me, too. At first I thought it was an outcoming party, to celebrate and tell all the family that one was gay, bisexual or whatever.
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Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
The people who started this fire should be made to work with firefighters and support people dealing with the fallout. They should have to rescue people and animals who are trapped, injured, and homeless. They should also be made to remove dead bodies, human and animal. Then maybe, just maybe, the full weight of the misery and destruction they caused will fall on them. I want that to happen, as an object lesson, to them and future couples considering hosting a similar event, about both thinking before doing and suffering the consequences of their actions. I don’t want them to just get a slap on the wrist and a small fine, and it all gets forgotten. TEN people have died because of their narcissism and negligence. They should be tried for ten counts of involuntary manslaughter (and have the baby in jail maybe?). I wish California would be the first state to make it a felony to use pyrotechnic devices by anyone but certified professionals who have obtained a permit for the event.
Steve Barnett 6 years ago
Totally agree with you. Because of their hubris and downright stupidity, they have caused untold damage. Countless animals have obviously die and just the overall destruction of flora in general. I despair at the intelligence of some people. But they walk amongst us. Oh, and hoping that the 'apple has fallen far from the tree' and the child grows up to be a caring and intelligent individual, imagine the guilt he/she will probably be burdened with?
Load More Replies... RitaGG 6 years ago
I'd hate to be that baby... growing up and finding out about this terrible tragedy.
WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Don't worry. The parents will have totally acceptable excuses for how they managed to burn down an entire forest, killing thousands of animals, destroying houses and killing people. They won't lose one second of sleep over it.
Load More Replies... Chris 6 years ago (edited)
Had to Google wtf a gender reveal party was... I thought it was people transitioning or something... It is not! How f*****g attention seeking do people have to be these days!
Miss Cris 6 years ago
Me, too. At first I thought it was an outcoming party, to celebrate and tell all the family that one was gay, bisexual or whatever.
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