Twitter went through all of Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief when faced with the daunting news.
Many were in denial.
The only way bacon will ever kill anyone is if a bartender ever tried to put any in my martini
— Simon Majumdar (@SimonMajumdar) October 26, 2015
WHO: “Bacon and sausage can cause cancer”
ME: “Well how bad can that really be”
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) October 26, 2015
The most elaborate one came from the North American Meat Institute, an intimidatingly-named lobbying group.
Plenty of users were angry.
Oh, bacon. How could you? I gave you so much love and time, and this is how you repay us all??
— James Moran (@jamesmoran) October 26, 2015
Some tried to bargain.
Devastating that scientists say bacon causes cancer and we face the fact that we’ll have to give up science.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) October 26, 2015
Then there was depression.
If bacon gives you cancer, that’s it. Bring on nuclear sodding apocalypse.
— Wings Over S******d (@WingsScotland) October 26, 2015
And finally acceptance.
With bacon-death imminent, there was gallows humor.
World Health Organization?
More like World HELL Organization for trying to ruin bacon, amirite?
(I am not rite, they are good at medicine)
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 26, 2015
If sausage, bacon, and ham can cause cancer, I have no idea how I’ve made it 22 years without getting cancer.
— Josh Bishop (@joshbishop92) October 26, 2015
no my bacon cigarette startup is doing just fine why do you ask
— Warren Ellis (@warrenellis) October 26, 2015
Bacon causes cancer?
Well I’m going to try to eat it all so no one else has to suffer.
Not all heroes wear capes.
— Ol’ QWERTY Bastard (@TheDiLLon1) October 26, 2015
All the cool kids standing on a corner across the street from the school, eating bacon.
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) October 26, 2015
Plenty saw a wider context.
The World Health Organization says bacon can cause cancer. How long do think it will be before Jews get accused of running it?
— Warren Holstein (@WarrenHolstein) October 26, 2015
Everyone devastated to learn that bacon causes cancer…except the Muslims, whose God helpfully gave them a heads up on this one.
— Angry Salmond (@AngrySalmond) October 26, 2015
But many were lost for words, and resorted to simply posting pictures of a treat that may well be banned from the shops at the behest of UN bureaucrats, only to be bought from underground butchers, one strip at a time.
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