"Poo Fighters" Trends As Everyone Comes Up With Same "Change A Letter, Ruin A Band' Joke

There's a concept in comedy called "parallel thinking," wherein a comic will accidentally tell a similar joke to another simply because they both arrived at the joke independently without hearing the other's material. It was made infamous by Amy Schumer who was accused of stealing jokes in 2016 but was defended by other comics who said the similarities between her jokes and theirs was likely an example of "parallel thinking."

Yesterday, it seems all of Twitter experienced parallel thinking as hundreds of users all came up with the joke "Poo Fighters" at the same time.

Last night, a "Change a letter, ruin a band" game began circulating on Twitter, and while there were some quality gags like "Blob Party" and "Gorillas," by far the most common joke was "Poo Fighters."

Poo Fighters pic.twitter.com/SqGfLgrMu9

— Rachel Riley 🍊 (@RachelRileyRR) May 22, 2020

Poo Fighters pic.twitter.com/kEkYwun45J

— Brett Hudson (@Brett_Hudson) May 22, 2020

Poo Fighters pic.twitter.com/OJXEB5zcGW

— E.J. Hassenfratz (@eyedesyn) May 22, 2020

The joke was so common that "Poo Fighters" actually trended on Twitter last night, sandwiched between dire coronavirus and the potential discovery of a parallel universe.

not sure why "poo fighters" is trending at the moment 😂 pic.twitter.com/NzDS51ItHN

— 🐝 Wicker Loki (@WickerLoki) May 22, 2020

finally poo fighters is trending pic.twitter.com/E6T2lZcSrk

— calvin (@blackkoichi) May 22, 2020

Poo fighters trendingHello, I’ve been waiting here to shit, everlong

— Wanderer says stupid shit (@thewanderer2281) May 21, 2020

y'know "poo fighters" trending is making me feel like twitter has passed the point of insanity and is now an eldritch horror destroying the universe as we speak. pic.twitter.com/UeUojKzWtk

— ✧ beyond loving fenrir (@noobhoops) May 22, 2020

Thankfully, the inexplicable rise of "Poo Fighters" allowed for people to get some actually decent jokes off.

the only Poo Fighters i know is this pic.twitter.com/xf5gAeFWVI

— DRvano (@devano600) May 22, 2020

Poo Fighters is trending. At last! My bathroom decal gains the recognition it deserves pic.twitter.com/YPsY8Ftx0X

— Victoria Marshall (@vemrshll) May 22, 2020

Poo Fighters? pic.twitter.com/tSCgtkBA5c

— Vakom Sunrunner (@GamingWolfGod) May 22, 2020