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Heat Nuggets? What Is This, My Damn Microwave? is an oft-repeated catchphrase and usually ironic joke about the 2023 NBA Final between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets that makes a pun from the two teams and their names. In May 2023, the joke became so widespread online that it led to anti-meme and parody variations.

Origin

In the NBA playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals were played between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics while the Western Conference Finals were played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets. On May 16th, 2023, Twitter user @leahjcover[1] remarked they were hoping for a Heat / Nuggets final, calling it a "Microwave Dinner NBA Finals" (shown below).

Leah Cover @leahjcover I'm rooting for a Microwave Dinner NBA Finals: Heat-Nuggets #NBAPlayoffs #NBAFinals #Miami Heat #Denver Nuggets #NBA 8:51 PM . May 16, 2023 : …..

On May 22nd, 2023, as both the Heat and Nuggets seemed likely to win their respective series, Twitter user @davecantread[2] posted, "Heat nuggets NBA Finals? What is this my damn microwave!! 🤣🤣🤣," gaining over 1,300 retweets and 7,200 likes in nine days (shown below).

dave @davecantread Heat nuggets NBA Finals? What is this my damn microwave!! 7:59 PM . May 22, 2023 : ...

Spread

Over the following week in late May 2023, the "damn microwave" pun was often repeated almost verbatim on Twitter, commonly with excessive emojis suggesting the poster was making the joke ironically (example tweets shown below).

RTM Kancho @Humped MyJeweler • May 24 Heat Nuggets NBA Finals?? What is this my damn microwave!! 1 293 12 Myles. @SluttySamon. May 24 Heat Nuggets NBA Finals?? What is this my damn microwave?? 1 70 ↑ 3 27 2 11 2,293 Engels in the Outfield @nostaticatalll May 30 Nuggets vs. Heat? That's a matchup I watch in my microwave every day! 100 100 100 100 100 166 Bobby @BobbyMLRE · 21h heat nuggets??? what is this my damn microwave????? 00吃吃吃台 24 23 241 ... ↑ ...
Ajay Joseph @ajayjoseph1997.22h Heat & Nuggets It's like my microwave lol 27 El N---- Loco @ThePointer. May 29 The heat gon microwave the nuggets?? 27 cloud @pikachuwii. 22h Heat Nuggets NBA finals what is this my damn microwave 27 3 john wambsgans @wompwompjohn · May 22 heat nuggets finals? sounds like my microwave 2 2 Show this thread 22 3 F (→ ↑ ↑ : : ... : ...

The joke became so prevalent in the following days that several posters began riffing on it with more deadpan and anti-meme variations. For example, on May 30th, 2023, Twitter user @beijingdou[3] posted a variation that gained over 20 retweets and 130 likes in one day (shown below, left). On May 25th, user @brrandonlamont[4] posted a joke imagining a struggling stand-up comedian telling the joke (shown below, right).


Josh Ong @beijingdou : ... The best thing about the Heat / Nuggets finals matchup is it also sounds like a microwave setting. 10:54 AM. May 30, 2023
(mr.viral) @brrandonlamont Walks into Sold out Radio city venue* Grabs microphone right?? Heat Vs nuggets" Sweats profusely* "so uhh what's up with these nba finals am I "What is this my microwave? Last edited 4:14 PM May 25, 2023 . ""

Various Examples


angeline rodriguez @gelrdrgz HEAT NUGGETS HEAT NUGGETS HEAT NUGGETS 10:34 PM . May 29, 2023 :
hyd$n @fenum9 heat nuggets? what is this my microwave? < All 32 ▶ 0:10 young man in despall in UAIR TOONT Images Videos silhouette Pond5 Young Man in Dark Room Cover fa... News Maps 0:38 sad : ... Shoppin Storyblocks Dark Room In Despair Stock Foota... man s
dion cheavis @shesworthsaving .@NBAonTNT heat vs. nuggets finals? what is this my microwave CE SHOOTING SUSPECT CHA II GIF ALT 10:47 PM . May 29, 2023 : ...
Lil Dre @Misfxtdre___. 1h n---- said heat vs nuggets and posted nuggets in a microwave.. bro u a grown ass man stoppit 27 Ajay Joseph @ajayjoseph1997.22h Heat & Nuggets It's like my microwave lol 27 1 Pascal @kenny_laemna . May 30 Heat Nuggets? Not sure if NBA Finals or Microwave oven. 27 2 9 (→ 2 (→ vik! @vikkomode · May 29 "Heat Nuggets" NBA Finals..... what is this, my microwave? 27 ↑ ↑ ...
cloud 9 @pikachuwii. 23h Heat Nuggets NBA finals what is this my damn microwave 27 3 $ @lifeofmier • 22h N---- called the Heat vs Nuggets final a microwave 27 @mrfuckdapartyup · May 29 Jimmy better Heat up these Nuggets, microwave 27 sara @kinda_busy May 29 HEAT! NUGGETS! IN MICROWAVE!!! #NBAPlayoffs 27 El N---- Loco @ThePointer_ May 29 The heat gon microwave the nuggets?? 27 ● 2 ↑ ↑ ←] ↑ : : More : :
Biblically Accurate Jackson @mankvill. May 29 Heat Nuggets? What is this, the NBA finals or my damn microwave?! Braeden Melton @braedenmel10 - 18h If I see one more microwave/oven joke about the Heat/Nuggets matchup... 22 I @trmxisc. May 30 "heat vs nuggets, is this a microwave" 27 ivan @eyemtz · May 25 heat nuggets nba finals?? what is this my microwave 1 27 2 ↑ (→ ... ...

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[1] Twitter – leahjcover

[2] Twitter – @davecantread

[3] Twitter – beijingdou

[4] Twitter – brrandonlamont



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Heat Nuggets? What Is This, My Damn Microwave?

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About

Heat Nuggets? What Is This, My Damn Microwave? is an oft-repeated catchphrase and usually ironic joke about the 2023 NBA Final between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets that makes a pun from the two teams and their names. In May 2023, the joke became so widespread online that it led to anti-meme and parody variations.

Origin

In the NBA playoffs, the Eastern Conference Finals were played between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics while the Western Conference Finals were played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets. On May 16th, 2023, Twitter user @leahjcover[1] remarked they were hoping for a Heat / Nuggets final, calling it a "Microwave Dinner NBA Finals" (shown below).


Leah Cover @leahjcover I'm rooting for a Microwave Dinner NBA Finals: Heat-Nuggets #NBAPlayoffs #NBAFinals #Miami Heat #Denver Nuggets #NBA 8:51 PM . May 16, 2023 : …..

On May 22nd, 2023, as both the Heat and Nuggets seemed likely to win their respective series, Twitter user @davecantread[2] posted, "Heat nuggets NBA Finals? What is this my damn microwave!! 🤣🤣🤣," gaining over 1,300 retweets and 7,200 likes in nine days (shown below).


dave @davecantread Heat nuggets NBA Finals? What is this my damn microwave!! 7:59 PM . May 22, 2023 : ...

Spread

Over the following week in late May 2023, the "damn microwave" pun was often repeated almost verbatim on Twitter, commonly with excessive emojis suggesting the poster was making the joke ironically (example tweets shown below).


RTM Kancho @Humped MyJeweler • May 24 Heat Nuggets NBA Finals?? What is this my damn microwave!! 1 293 12 Myles. @SluttySamon. May 24 Heat Nuggets NBA Finals?? What is this my damn microwave?? 1 70 ↑ 3 27 2 11 2,293 Engels in the Outfield @nostaticatalll May 30 Nuggets vs. Heat? That's a matchup I watch in my microwave every day! 100 100 100 100 100 166 Bobby @BobbyMLRE · 21h heat nuggets??? what is this my damn microwave????? 00吃吃吃台 24 23 241 ... ↑ ... Ajay Joseph @ajayjoseph1997.22h Heat & Nuggets It's like my microwave lol 27 El N---- Loco @ThePointer. May 29 The heat gon microwave the nuggets?? 27 cloud @pikachuwii. 22h Heat Nuggets NBA finals what is this my damn microwave 27 3 john wambsgans @wompwompjohn · May 22 heat nuggets finals? sounds like my microwave 2 2 Show this thread 22 3 F (→ ↑ ↑ : : ... : ...

The joke became so prevalent in the following days that several posters began riffing on it with more deadpan and anti-meme variations. For example, on May 30th, 2023, Twitter user @beijingdou[3] posted a variation that gained over 20 retweets and 130 likes in one day (shown below, left). On May 25th, user @brrandonlamont[4] posted a joke imagining a struggling stand-up comedian telling the joke (shown below, right).


Josh Ong @beijingdou : ... The best thing about the Heat / Nuggets finals matchup is it also sounds like a microwave setting. 10:54 AM. May 30, 2023 (mr.viral) @brrandonlamont Walks into Sold out Radio city venue* Grabs microphone right?? Heat Vs nuggets" Sweats profusely* "so uhh what's up with these nba finals am I "What is this my microwave? Last edited 4:14 PM May 25, 2023 . ""

Various Examples


angeline rodriguez @gelrdrgz HEAT NUGGETS HEAT NUGGETS HEAT NUGGETS 10:34 PM . May 29, 2023 : hyd$n @fenum9 heat nuggets? what is this my microwave? < All 32 ▶ 0:10 young man in despall in UAIR TOONT Images Videos silhouette Pond5 Young Man in Dark Room Cover fa... News Maps 0:38 sad : ... Shoppin Storyblocks Dark Room In Despair Stock Foota... man s dion cheavis @shesworthsaving .@NBAonTNT heat vs. nuggets finals? what is this my microwave CE SHOOTING SUSPECT CHA II GIF ALT 10:47 PM . May 29, 2023 : ... Lil Dre @Misfxtdre___. 1h n---- said heat vs nuggets and posted nuggets in a microwave.. bro u a grown ass man stoppit 27 Ajay Joseph @ajayjoseph1997.22h Heat & Nuggets It's like my microwave lol 27 1 Pascal @kenny_laemna . May 30 Heat Nuggets? Not sure if NBA Finals or Microwave oven. 27 2 9 (→ 2 (→ vik! @vikkomode · May 29 "Heat Nuggets" NBA Finals..... what is this, my microwave? 27 ↑ ↑ ... cloud 9 @pikachuwii. 23h Heat Nuggets NBA finals what is this my damn microwave 27 3 $ @lifeofmier • 22h N---- called the Heat vs Nuggets final a microwave 27 @mrfuckdapartyup · May 29 Jimmy better Heat up these Nuggets, microwave 27 sara @kinda_busy May 29 HEAT! NUGGETS! IN MICROWAVE!!! #NBAPlayoffs 27 El N---- Loco @ThePointer_ May 29 The heat gon microwave the nuggets?? 27 ● 2 ↑ ↑ ←] ↑ : : More : : Biblically Accurate Jackson @mankvill. May 29 Heat Nuggets? What is this, the NBA finals or my damn microwave?! Braeden Melton @braedenmel10 - 18h If I see one more microwave/oven joke about the Heat/Nuggets matchup... 22 I @trmxisc. May 30 "heat vs nuggets, is this a microwave" 27 ivan @eyemtz · May 25 heat nuggets nba finals?? what is this my microwave 1 27 2 ↑ (→ ... ...

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External References

[1] Twitter – leahjcover

[2] Twitter – @davecantread

[3] Twitter – beijingdou

[4] Twitter – brrandonlamont

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