A joke about a footballing deer was made even better by the people who didn’t get it
When anti-gun campaigner Travis Akers reposted a video of a goal-scoring deer, it quickly went viral, racking up over 18 million views in a couple of days. Here’s why.
This is pretty fantastic.
A deer scores a soccer goal and then celebrates.pic.twitter.com/Pi3YCTZ7Vn
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) December 14, 2019
As good as that was, it got a little better, if somewhat surreal, when funny content creator, @KylePlantEmoji posted this comment:
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but this deer thinks the ball is one of its eggs, and is distraught that it hasn't hatched before winter, so it thinks it's going to die 🙁 https://t.co/tbDD65n4AT
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) December 14, 2019
Although he was clearly joking, some people failed to pick up on that, and his replies to them made the joke even better.
Don't insult me just because you don't understand biologyhttps://t.co/Gl6TXMZ5xp
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) 14 December 2019
My mentions are filled with the most scientifically illiterate peoplehttps://t.co/UCg7FVWjlz
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) 14 December 2019
*sigh* it's actually a soccer ball
You keep showing your ignorancehttps://t.co/ekuzix1yvu
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) 14 December 2019
It uses it's antlers to pierce the shell omg why are you all so madhttps://t.co/3c6kuEd8LW
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) 14 December 2019
A lot of people were half convinced, but did some research.
i spent an hour researching if deer lay eggs. it’s 2am i am an adult and apparently they do not lay eggs bc they’re fucking mammals https://t.co/UGgFFsGCCk
— alex wants harvey (@AlexandraN6134) December 15, 2019
In fact, so many did that, they affected Google’s search algorithm.
Over 4,000% increase in deer egg searches in the past 24 hours. It's like nobody even cared about deer eggs before your tweet. pic.twitter.com/jDPwAsr4Un
— Matt Gale (@MGInvestigates) 15 December 2019
Finally, Kyle shared this snapshot of a funny exchange with one commenter, and we’re baffled by the path of the argument.
Last reply to this tweet:
Notice how he never once calls me out for Egg. He just really wanted that deer to play soccer pic.twitter.com/3WELeQzMgi
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) 16 December 2019
We’d love to be a fly on his wall when the penny drops.
Source @KylePlantEmoji Image @thatgirlondeck, @KylePlantEmoji, Twitter