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The Weekly Meme Roundup: Eric Adams Cooked, Elon Gets Weird Fan Art And A 'Bridgerton' Ball Scam

The summer of our discontent turned glorious autumn by political scandal continued into this week, as New York City mayor Eric Adams joined the controversy parade by getting indicted for allegedly doing what look like comically obvious crimes.

The weekly meme roundup rounds out this week with cringe Elon Musk fan art, a new "scam" event and several new templates. Let's get into it.

Eric Adams' Indictment

Ever since Eric Adams became mayor of New York City in 2021, many New Yorkers seemed to feel it was a matter of time until their exceptionally weird mayor got in trouble for some shady business. When Adams got indicted on Wednesday evening, the general public didn't yet know the charges, but there was definitely a feeling on social media that whatever they turned out to be, Adams was probably guilty of them.

Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events @MoltisantiThots They arrested the Mayor, T. Just for doin' regular crimes. It's like nothin's sacred no more. 9:23 PM Sep 25, 2024 253.7K Views •

The charges didn't disappoint. Prosecutors have charged Adams with taking bribes from the Turkish government in exchange for promoting Turkish interests in New York City. Adams got free travel on Turkish Airlines and was able to stay in luxury hotel rooms for free. Unsealed text messages between Adams staffers and Turkish operatives imply that everyone involved knew their dealings were illegal, as they repeatedly reminded each other to delete text messages.

Adams Staffer: Airline Manager: Adams Staffer: Airline Manager: He is also asking where else they can go in Turkey Do you have a recommendation? Four Seasons It's too expensive Why does he care? He is not going to pay His name will not be on anything either Adams Staffer: Super


Adams is not exactly popular in New York City, and his indictment was a cause for celebration and memes on social media. There will likely be a lot more mirth at Adams' expense as his situation unfolds.

Examples

yc @yc Me scrolling the TL for Eric Adams news and reactions 9:18 PM Sep 25, 2024 352.5K Views ...
ус @yc *extreme robot voice* Er-Ic...NOO00000000 K Follow Welcome to Times Sq-42 St 9:35 am Now Service Changes KNIGHTS OPP POLICE DEPARTMEN NYPD TARU POLICE • 9:32 PM ⚫ Sep 25, 2024 363.4K Views or Status and 9 escalators are in service MetroCa
THEY'RE NOT AFTER ME. THEY'RE AFTER YOU. I'M JUST IN THE WAY.
"Tell Eric. I want himto know it was me."


SKS Cartoon's 'Elon Musk X-chan' Comic

Elon Musk fans have done little to help the billionaire's reputation online, and his latest fan to draw a widespread dunking party is cartoonist SKS Cartoon, who on Saturday posted a political cartoon showing Elon Musk turning "Twitter," represented as an obese woman, into "X," represented as an attractive, skinny woman. Then Elon and skinny X-chan take a look at an obese man labeled "Federal Government," implying they're ready to "fix up" the federal government like Elon "fixed" Twitter.

XOSKS CARTOON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

Many of Elon's critics would argue this comic has no basis in reality, as ever since Musk took over Twitter, the site has regularly suffered from functionality struggles and it has lost 84% of its revenue. Thus, the comic was widely mocked for being out of touch and bizarrely sexual.

Liv @Liv Agar Follow Me when my company is worth 1/10th of the price I brought it at XOSKS CARTOON 11:47 AM · Sep 22, 2024 77.4K Views


Examples

Bill Ari @ImBillRay someone I know unironically posted this ok Instagram and it may be the worst thing I've ever seen in my life (including ISIS beheading videos) XOSKS CARTOON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT • 4:10 PM Sep 22, 2024 763 Views • EFFICIENCY
Wass @Wasstheshammari Bring back the BBW Skscartoon @skscartoon · Sep 21 • One of the most anticipated plans for the 2nd Trump Admin is to create a Government Efficiency Commission headed by @elonmusk Imagine if Elon gets to do what he did to Twitter. XOSKS CARTOON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT • 9:01 AM Sep 23, 2024 531 Views EFFICIENCY
Liv @Liv_Agar The weight in this is an analogy for market value Skscartoon @skscartoon Sep 21 . One of the most anticipated plans for the 2nd Trump Admin is to create a Government Efficiency Commission headed by @elonmusk Imagine if Elon gets to do what he did to Twitter. XOSKS CARTOON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 11:43 AM Sep 22, 2024 1.4M Views EFFICIENCY
Coffee Lovers and Fans d☺ @tonyhawktruther Oh, that's... That's my art being reposted without credit. Skscartoon @skscartoon Sep 21 . One of the most anticipated plans for the 2nd Trump Admin is to create a Government Efficiency Commission headed by @elonmusk Imagine if Elon gets to do what he did to Twitter. XOSKS CARTOON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 9:10 AM Sep 22, 2024 100.1K Views

Detroit Bridgerton Ball Scam

This week, the "Days since an unlicensed event tied to a popular media property turned out to be a huge waste of money" calendar was reset to 0, as the Detroit Bridgerton Ball went viral for following in the footsteps of Glasgow Wonka by being surreally terrible.

Rachel Eaton @ Realta @rayleearts Follow Thread about the Bridgerton Ball SCAM in Detroit that I (and hundreds of others) spent $300 on 10:36 AM · Sep 24, 2024 X

What was advertised as a $300 ball inspired by Netflix's period soap opera Bridgerton turned out to be a paltry event with none of the magical dressings of the show. The "highlight" of "Detroit's Bridgerton Ball Experience" was undoubtedly an inexplicable pole dancer plying their trade through the proceedings, but there was also one lone violinist fighting to be heard over canned pop music and poor food. The pile-on came fast, as once again, social media was thrilled to see another event turn out hilariously poorly.

Examples

TS @tennisbagz Follow When one supreme fades away, another rises #Bridgertonball X
@kiimberyly Dearesr gentle readers, Enjoy my POV on unclenme bridgerton ball… YIKES #bridgertonball #unclenme #scammers #detroitbridgerton ♬ BIRDS OF A FEATHER sped up – Lilly 🎃

@thats.resa Part 1! 🚨‼️SCAM ALERT! Uncle & Me LLC & Chelsea Beard hosted a “Bridgerton Ball” lastnight in Detroit that was a complete SCAM!!! #detroitbridgertonball #chelseabeard #bridgertonballdetroit#detroitscam #uncleandme #uncleandmellc #detroitscammers #jankypromoters ♬ origineel geluid – no sound

@gourmay I went to the Bridgerton theme ball and it was a complete scam. The service we received was not what they advertised.. I demand a refund, but I know I’ll never get it. #gourmay #queentea #ladyoflaughs ♬ original sound – GourMay Brice

Hold Up!! His Writing Is This Fire???

The goofball YouTube thumbnail has rapidly become a delightful meme template over the past few years, and the latest entrant into the canon comes from YouTuber RobTV, who put on his best YouTuber face with the thumbnail caption "Hold up!! His writing is this fire???"


Now, you might be wondering whose writing RobTV is talking about in that thumbnail. What masterful work led to his exaggerated reaction? If you guessed "Piano Man" by Billy Joel, a) you're lying and b) you'd be right. The exaggerated reaction to Joel's 50-year-old classic ballad made the thumbnail perfect for memes, and social media users have been widely employing it recently.

Examples

"HOLD UP!! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE?" First Time Hearing ASSYRIAN TABLET COMPLAINING ABOUT IMPROPER COPPER TRANSACTIONS RobTV. 293K views 4 months ago • ⠀
notkaizoxd @actuallykaizo "it's finally Fall, Guys" "HOLD UP!! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE???" Fall Guys @FallGuysGame - Sep 22 it's finally Fall, Guys • 8:23 AM Sep 22, 2024 3.6M Views
ettingermentum ❤ @ettingermentum Follow “HOLD UP!! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE???" 15:46 Jeff Tiedric @itsJeffTiedi. Aug 18, 2019 Replying to @realDonaldTrump Israel is an apartheid state with a stupid racist wall, I guess that's why you and Netanyahu are such great snugglebunnies • 11:45 AM ⚫ Jun 6, 2024 728.8K Views
Stolen Dune @StolenDans "HOLD UP!! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE?? Travis Kelce @tkelce Dec 3, 2013 • The most powerful weapon on this earth is the human soul on fire! The passion of a man is the backbone to success! 8:05 PM Nov 25, 2023 · 194K Views


'Hawk Tuah Girl' Goes Viral For Her Rant

Finally, it wouldn't be a week in 2024 if there wasn't a new Hawk Tuah meme. This time, it's jokes that start with "Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant…," setting up a fake story about Haliey Welch ranting on her podcast, Talk Tuah, about a topic that she will likely never address in her life.

Patrick Blumenthal @PatrickJBlum Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant on defense policy ... "How can we deter China when ITAR still treats Japan like it's 1945? We need to sign an RDP MoU with SK, expand NTIB membership beyond the Five Eyes, and launch a quadrilateral shipbuilding initiative with Japan, SK and the Philippines." She's reportedly being considered for a senior national security role within the Harris administration. Ise Industrial Base ities Report January 2021 China's Goal: Constrain the U.S. and become the Commercial Center A Mi China PRO 14,000 Aircraft Manufactured and maintained annually ies e vendors Only 4 Active Shipyards 97% of ALL U.S. imports are delivered by foreign ships 2nd Largest Shipping Fleet in the world Constructed 1/3 of the world's vessels in 2019 Produces 96% of the world's shipping containers. Produces more tha world's ship-to-sh Owns 7 out of the ports in the world Semico Space a Unman Sensori Base 1010 Million Force 8:14 PM ⚫ Sep 20, 2024 1.5M Views 11 Welders Electricians Pipe Fitters Techs Accountants Employment The U.S. Defense Industrial Base consists of more than 100,000 companies and their subcontractors Globally the domestic and foreign s in the Defense Industrial Base could 160,000 743 Billion Market Cap for the 10 largest DoD Suppliers

The continued presence of Welch in pop culture appears to have given everyone across the political spectrum some form of brain rot, and this meme is the latest to bring Welch into the realm of surreal memes.

Examples

OUT OF CON FOOTBALL MANAGER Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1 Hawk Tuah's Hailey Welch goes viral for Football Manager rant "It's insane that it's impossible to implement a defensive tactic in Football Manager. If I'm a lower half team irl I'm obviously going to play counter attacking football against a bigger team. But if you go defensive on Football Manager you immediately concede two goals. But if you start with gegenpress and all pressing maxed to the top, irl obviously the big teams would fry your defence, but in the game it's easily the best strategy to nick a point or win. I just feel like there's a lack of nuance to tactics and it too easily becomes convenient to just plug and play the meta attacking tactic" 1070 12:10 PM - Sep 21, 2024 1.3M Views FM TM
Pequod @The_Pequod_ Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant on Blood Meridian “How can we describe the Judge as an otherworldly evil when he so clearly accentuates humanity's need for violence? He is humanity at its purest form, driven by the things we all hold within us. The Judge is all." . • 2:55 PM Sep 21, 2024 1M Views MERIDIAN The Evening Redness in the West A Novel by CORMAC
Radec @realradec JUST IN: Hawk Tuah goes viral for her Astro Bot rant ... "Astro Bot on PS5 leans too heavily on nostalgia. Though enjoyable for longtime PlayStation fans, the reliance on these callbacks eventually feels self-indulgent, diminishing the game's 3D platforming and broader appeal." . . 8:15 PM ⚫ Sep 21, 2024 235.1K Views ASTRO BQT
crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetal_moment Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant on nu metal "Ultimately a genre founded on merging styles as disparate as metal, funk, rap and industrial should be a permanent fixture in our culture and it's worth investigating why we as a society abandoned it." 7:06 PM - Sep 21, 2024 · 438K Views ...



We'll be back next Friday with another edition of our Weekly Meme Roundup series, so stay tuned!




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