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| We will rebuild: Kent earthquake shakes Twitter into sarcasm overload | We will rebuild: Kent earthquake shakes Twitter into sarcasm overload |
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| On Friday morning the world woke up to reports of an earthquake in Kent – and their Twitter feeds stuffed full of the same jokes endlessly retweeted. | On Friday morning the world woke up to reports of an earthquake in Kent – and their Twitter feeds stuffed full of the same jokes endlessly retweeted. |
| There have been no reports of injuries or structural damage, so the 4.2-magnitude quake in the garden of England is ripe for ridicule. | |
| And as with any other underwhelming natural event, everyone on Twitter is making the same joke involving garden furniture or upturned wheelie bins: | And as with any other underwhelming natural event, everyone on Twitter is making the same joke involving garden furniture or upturned wheelie bins: |
| Devastation after over night #kentearthquake . Damage estimated to be around 39p. pic.twitter.com/vH6l5eLi7v | Devastation after over night #kentearthquake . Damage estimated to be around 39p. pic.twitter.com/vH6l5eLi7v |
| Apparently Kent had an earthquake measuring 4.2 last night. The scenes posted online are devastating. #KentEarthquake pic.twitter.com/H4DjnuOSel | Apparently Kent had an earthquake measuring 4.2 last night. The scenes posted online are devastating. #KentEarthquake pic.twitter.com/H4DjnuOSel |
| No matter how much inconvenience the #KentEarthquake has caused....us kentonians will troop on x pic.twitter.com/WUfdA45C9k | No matter how much inconvenience the #KentEarthquake has caused....us kentonians will troop on x pic.twitter.com/WUfdA45C9k |
| #KentEarthquake We will rebuild❤️ pic.twitter.com/aAgULOYpoU | #KentEarthquake We will rebuild❤️ pic.twitter.com/aAgULOYpoU |
| Jerry can't defeat us and neither will an earthquake. It's time for Kent to rebuild. #kentearthquake pic.twitter.com/5f0JhYk8gd | Jerry can't defeat us and neither will an earthquake. It's time for Kent to rebuild. #kentearthquake pic.twitter.com/5f0JhYk8gd |
| Note that the above wheelie bin is actually a Cardiff council wheelie bin. Which is not in Kent, in case you didn’t know. | Note that the above wheelie bin is actually a Cardiff council wheelie bin. Which is not in Kent, in case you didn’t know. |
| First pic of #kent #earthquake damage comes in pic.twitter.com/7I7NFtk4wU | First pic of #kent #earthquake damage comes in pic.twitter.com/7I7NFtk4wU |
| Then there were the jokes about the joke. | Then there were the jokes about the joke. |
| The #KentEarthquake has left a path of overused tweets in its wake pic.twitter.com/FFfA1xGNOY | The #KentEarthquake has left a path of overused tweets in its wake pic.twitter.com/FFfA1xGNOY |
| I really hope the #KentEarthquake has not knocked over a garden chair anywhere. | I really hope the #KentEarthquake has not knocked over a garden chair anywhere. |
| It’s clearly a beloved part of British Twitter by now, given similar pictures crop up every time there is an underwhelming natural event. | It’s clearly a beloved part of British Twitter by now, given similar pictures crop up every time there is an underwhelming natural event. |
| First photos of the catastrophic storm damage in London emerging. pic.twitter.com/D8iXXf11TW | First photos of the catastrophic storm damage in London emerging. pic.twitter.com/D8iXXf11TW |
| Long to the short, Twitter is a bit like Inception right now. With less dramatic music. And more wheelie bins. | Long to the short, Twitter is a bit like Inception right now. With less dramatic music. And more wheelie bins. |
| As you were. | As you were. |