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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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.
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.
if billions of gallons of seawater can't extinguish the blaze, what good are those hoses supposed to do?
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?
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).
I feel like spraying water when THE OCEAN IS ON FIRE might be a little pointless?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-mobils-messaging-shifted-blame-for-warming-to-consumers/
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.
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.
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.
This is literally Mexico president. And if someone complains he will tantrum and said his enemies did it.
But it’s not fine. I feel sorry for all the poor fishies that have died because of our shameful actions 😔
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.'
Humans must be a pretty shitty species of we literally set the f*****g ocean on fire.
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.
I still cannot believe people managed to put an ocean on fire. How? Why? Did I mention why?
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.'
Humans must be a pretty shitty species of we literally set the f*****g ocean on fire.
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.
I still cannot believe people managed to put an ocean on fire. How? Why? Did I mention why?