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30 Of The Funniest Memes Folks Online Have Served About The Eye Of Fire Gas Leak In The Gulf Of Mexico
We're beginning to see a pattern evolving when it comes to large corporations and epic fails. First there was the Evergiven, or what the internet dubbed No Fs Ever Given, that one huge ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal some months ago, and memesters took the opportunity to poke fun at it.
Well, we have a similar situation now, except it's a bit sadder. There was a huge gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico with a subsequent fire that is an ecological catastrophe on its own, but the sight is ten times worse as it looks like a gate to hell.
Memesters have been busy with it, though, hence the pattern mentioned above. Bored Panda has collected some of the internet's finest and best memes and put them into a neat curated list.
Have a go through it below, and why not vote and comment on the submissions you enjoyed the most!
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Colin L 4 years ago
How about some folk's prediction of disaster for 2021: that Trump will somehow overturn the election and be reinstated into office (I'm looking at you My Pillow guy...).
Blake Ingram 4 years ago
Here we go with bringing Trump back into it. Can this site just give it a rest?
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
Man, I was so close! I had "The ocean will evaporate"
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
I had rivers of blood, but not oceans of fire. I need a new Bingo card.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
All right, who thought it was a good idea to 2020 II? So, let's see what's probably in store: August, radioactive tornadoes; September, The Big One; October, swarms of rabid bats; November, Klingon invasion; December, a repeat of the Corrington Event.
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BetweenTheCracks 4 years ago
Compared to the inertia inherent in "This is how we've always done it"-- never underestimate that mindset. Also, those who are profiting from how things are are heavily invested in keeping them that way.
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Scagsy 4 years ago
It's obvious. If you knew anything about firefighting you would know this. That guy is dampening the water so that it doesn't catch fire. It's not rocket science. Go watch Backdraft or something.
Craig Silberman 4 years ago
if billions of gallons of seawater can't extinguish the blaze, what good are those hoses supposed to do?
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
I don't really understand what any of them are doing. How do you put out a fire in the middle of the ocean by spraying water on the water?
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Upvote not only for the comment, but also for the impeccable grammar in which it was written, which is rare on the internet (with the exception, most of the time, of BP).
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
When I was a child, it was always confusing to me. they even have another sea under the sea, with more water underwater.
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Nyneva Kyte 4 years ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-mobils-messaging-shifted-blame-for-warming-to-consumers/
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Anyone who has any doubt about who controls this world should read Blow Out by Rachel Maddow. Eye opening about so many things.
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Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
Yes. It's not a competition. We can and should work on both of it at the same time - individual consumers and big corporations...and everything in between
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
I definitely hope that my next car will be 100% electric. And made in Detroit.
So, the Gulf of Mexico has recently undergone an ecological disaster—a massive gas leak, which subsequently led to a fire, occurred at the Pemex’s flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development just up from the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico.
The spill has since then been dubbed the Eye of Fire because of how the fire developed on the surface of the water. It took the authorities around 5 hours to extinguish the fire. Pemex noted that it will launch an investigation as to the causes of the leak and fire, and have since then shut off the valve to avoid any further problems.
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Full of Giggles 4 years ago
This is actually the first I’m hearing about the gulf fire. I had to Google it. But I do know about everything going on in Canada. All the media outlets I follow, including local stations, have kept the situation in their headlines since the heatwave began.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Heinlein predicted the late 1900s and early 2000s would be The Crazy Years. Spot on, as usual, grandmaster.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago (edited)
🇨🇦 I am horrified about Northern B.C. The fire is so huge it's making it's own weather system. It was as hot as Death Valley before the fire started! I'm beginning to think we are right at the tipping point.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago (edited)
"Half the trees" = a tiny, tiny fraction of 1%. Not even an usual season yet. (Usually 1 to 4 MILLION hectares burn. This is still in the scale of thousands.)
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
The boat, the university... This name is cursed.
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Most, at this point. Too many worship the Almighty Dollar, while failing to be intelligent enough to realize that, like other humans, they cannot breathe, eat, and drink money. And neither can their children. And grandchildren. Possibly great-grandchildren in the case of some of those fossils.
Load More Replies...This led to huge backlash as conservationists, politicians, and pretty much everyone else who cares about our planet slammed the company for its failure to ensure catastrophes such as this are avoided. And it’s not the first time this has happened with the most recent incident being an explosion that occurred on a pipeline passing through the village of Tlauhuelilpan, Hidalgo, killing at least 137 people back in 2019.
But the biggest reaction it got was from internet memesters who took the opportunity to take the now-viral Eye Of Fire video and footage and captioned it appropriately.
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Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Right now, as a human being, and seeing pictures of places in this world that have been barely touched by our hands, that are remaining beautiful i get so upset. Seeing the disasters all over the world, and what's happening to the animals, even as a person of faith I'm really beginning to think that creating us was the one actual mistake He made.
BetweenTheCracks 4 years ago
Well, it's either "set s**t on fire that shouldn't even be flammable" or "evolve into a better version of our species". Considering our history (especially the last several years), I'm not at all surprised at our "choice". Disappointed, disgusted... not surprised.
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
"Guys, where did I pute the box of rocks ? You know, like the one I used to nuke those gib lizards some time ago. Just asking. "
Catlady6000 4 years ago (edited)
"....and this is what they.... do....there is nothing they have in mind that will be impossible..." Gen. 11:6
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Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
I'm imagining a little kid saying that after peeing in a pot with a plant :D
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Kirk Mckeever 4 years ago
The last kid to be chosen for playground basketball waving his hands around--"Pick me!!"
While many of the memes were focused on the fire itself, with the most popular one referencing Godzilla, others pointed out just how hard that one boat was trying in extinguishing the fire.
Yet others pointed out the ‘we’ language used in the statement issued, how it’s us who now need to deal with it, despite it being the company at fault solely.
Regardless, these memes have been going wild with a number of news media outlets picking them up and sharing similar lists, with some gaining over 100,000 likes and views on social platforms such as Imgur and Reddit.
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
Well he’s working.. just not exactly in the right place.
Linda Harms 4 years ago
Well, seriously, what are any of them doing? Pouring water on water that's on fire?
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
That's nitrogen, not water. The poor little boat is being mocked just for doing his job well. Good job little boat!
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Vic 4 years ago
I have the same amount of commitment and same amount of effectiveness when trying to avoid cake..
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error_404_user_not_found 4 years ago
When you hand your little sibling an unplugged controller
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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
No! You'll give the Q-Nuts what they want... At least let him take them.
Marcia Cash 4 years ago
The meek shall inherit the earth. The arrogant will be raptured out. Let's hope they don't leave a burned out wasteland.
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Salma Hernández 4 years ago (edited)
This is literally Mexico president. And if someone complains he will tantrum and said his enemies did it.
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Sounds like someone we all know about. We are living in such a great era.
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
But it’s not fine. I feel sorry for all the poor fishies that have died because of our shameful actions 😔
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Cori 4 years ago
I hate that this barely phases me at this point. The ocean is on fire and my first thought is: 'yeah, that seems about right.'
Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
Humans must be a pretty shitty species of we literally set the f*****g ocean on fire.
Doubleheader 4 years ago
Who else is feeling like I can't even joke about this kind of thing anymore? Like, I get it, joking about our impending doom is a coping mechanism, but at this point it's not funny anymore. We're all freaking doomed. Maybe I lost the last little shred of hope I had, but it's depressing now. I abandoned any plans to have children because I don't want to bring them into this messed up world.
Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
I still cannot believe people managed to put an ocean on fire. How? Why? Did I mention why?
Cori 4 years ago
I hate that this barely phases me at this point. The ocean is on fire and my first thought is: 'yeah, that seems about right.'
Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
Humans must be a pretty shitty species of we literally set the f*****g ocean on fire.
Doubleheader 4 years ago
Who else is feeling like I can't even joke about this kind of thing anymore? Like, I get it, joking about our impending doom is a coping mechanism, but at this point it's not funny anymore. We're all freaking doomed. Maybe I lost the last little shred of hope I had, but it's depressing now. I abandoned any plans to have children because I don't want to bring them into this messed up world.
Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
I still cannot believe people managed to put an ocean on fire. How? Why? Did I mention why?
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