![Throwing Car Batteries Into the Ocean Throwing Car Batteries Into the Ocean](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/027/226/Screen_Shot_2018-09-24_at_3.41.26_PM.jpg)
Throwing Car Batteries Into the Ocean
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About
Throwing Car Batteries Into the Ocean refer to surreal shitposts about tossing one's car batteries into the ocean. After starting in a Facebook group, the memes spread to Reddit and Twitter.
Origin
On April 30th, 2018, the Facebook page "Throwing Your Old Car Batteries Into The Ocean" launched.[1] The group is dedicated to making image macros and memes in various other templates about tossing old car batteries into the sea (example shown below).
![Cover Photo](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/810/d77.jpg)
Spread
The following day, Redditor MrTheFysh posted an example of the meme to /r/gatekeeping, gaining over 320 points (shown below, left). Over the following several months, jokes about Car Batteries continued being posted by the Facebook group and on Reddit. For example, a Scroll of Truth parody posted by the Facebook page gained over 260 likes and reactions (shown below, right). The memes led to a post inquiring about the meme on /r/OutOfTheLoop.[2]
![Car Batteries Oh you love the ocean? The name five brands of car batteries you've thrown into it wiki How to Avoid Sharks](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/813/790.jpg)
![Scroll of Truth IVE FINALLY FOUND IT... AFTER 15 YEARS THE car battery, DieHard 0 NEHHH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/814/bb6.jpg)
On September 22nd, 2018, several examples of the meme were posted to Twitter by user @egg_dog (shown below, left).[3] This led to a surge in popularity for the meme, as dozens of users replied to the tweet with new edits. For example, Twitter user @PateraQuetzal posted a Talking Heads parody that gained over 100 retweets and 610 likes (shown below, right).
![egg dog bathtub pup Follow @egg_dog loving this new meme Oh you love the ocean Don't do it Mr Frodo. Autozbne will give you $10 in store credit The name five brands of car batteries you've thrown into it t belongs at LIFE CAN BE A REAL SON OF A BITC JOY IN THROWING YOUR OLD CAR BATTERIES INTO THE THATS MY FINAL THOUGHT My hands look ike this So the ocean can Jook like this How](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/816/d4a.jpg)
![Talking Heads There iSbatteriesc bottom of the ocean car](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/820/702.jpg)
Various Examples
![Flying Battery Zone FLYING BAå¹µERV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/822/c37.jpg)
![Lord of the Rings Don't do it Mr Frodo. Autozone will give you $10 in store credit It belongs at the bottom of the sea It's perfectly legal.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/824/fd8.jpg)
![Lil Xan Noah My old car batteries A beautiful blue ocean with little to no batteries in it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/825/e05.jpg)
![Noooo The ocean My old car batteries Me Auto Zone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/826/285.jpg)
![Thank u kanye It's perfectly legal It's such an adrenaline rush Donald J. Trump Thank you Kanye, very cool!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/827/1f6.jpg)
![Away With You Ä°ki How](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/413/828/f76.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Facebook – Throwing Your Old Car Batteries Into the Ocean
[2] Reddit – /r/OutOfTheLoop
Top Comments
MildKidneys
Sep 24, 2018 at 07:40PM EDT
Jokes Joestar 👌ꙮ
Sep 24, 2018 at 04:56PM EDT