Funniest reaction I saw was a meme modeled after the Instagram posts of how you can help with racism, voting rights, gun violence, etc. after a tragedy.
"The Suez Canal is blocked. How can I help?"
"Boat stuck. Cant help."
After so much that makes us feel helpless in such a way that we need others to explain to us how to help, it was a relief to actually be helpless.
Once I realized that it was not just another Twitter hoax, I thought it was hilarious. The real humour was in some of the suggestions on Twitter for what to do about it. My favourite was, "Have the other boats tried honking, like really leaning on the horn?"
My roommate at one point said "You play video games in the same room I watch TV, I have now heard you tell every single person you know and as well as complete strangers about this boat"
I find the stuck boat hilarious because it is snarling global commerce like someone deciding today was the day they wanted to parallel park their mega sized pickup truck in a small car spot in the middle of downtown and blocking everything. On that day I had an extremely tight schedule.
I think the best part is the meeting that occurred before the excavator was sent out. Someone had to draw the short stick to take the machine out and EVERYONE knows who it is.
Last night as my girlfriend and I were relaxing before bed, partially watching TV but mostly scrolling on our phones, she turns to me and says, in a very concerned voice, “there might be a toilet paper and coffee shortage because of that stupid sideways boat!”
Does she understand that the boat is, in fact, stuck? Because that's the funny part to me. That the boat is stuck, and cannot be moved.
Funniest reaction I saw was a meme modeled after the Instagram posts of how you can help with racism, voting rights, gun violence, etc. after a tragedy.
"The Suez Canal is blocked. How can I help?"
"Boat stuck. Cant help."
After so much that makes us feel helpless in such a way that we need others to explain to us how to help, it was a relief to actually be helpless.
The big stuck boat is hysterical and I actually blame you writing this article for causing the big stuck boat to get unstuck.
Once I realized that it was not just another Twitter hoax, I thought it was hilarious. The real humour was in some of the suggestions on Twitter for what to do about it. My favourite was, "Have the other boats tried honking, like really leaning on the horn?"
This is the same reason why the excavator in a hole was so funny, too. It is failure to the point that it is expression of art.
In light of vaccines and the canal, it's pretty safe to say we can call 2021 The Year of Getting Stuck.
My roommate at one point said "You play video games in the same room I watch TV, I have now heard you tell every single person you know and as well as complete strangers about this boat"
I too have been sending Twitter memes all week to my wife re:the stuck boat.
Stuck boat is objectively funny
I find the stuck boat hilarious because it is snarling global commerce like someone deciding today was the day they wanted to parallel park their mega sized pickup truck in a small car spot in the middle of downtown and blocking everything. On that day I had an extremely tight schedule.
I think the best part is the meeting that occurred before the excavator was sent out. Someone had to draw the short stick to take the machine out and EVERYONE knows who it is.
It’s funny.
Last night as my girlfriend and I were relaxing before bed, partially watching TV but mostly scrolling on our phones, she turns to me and says, in a very concerned voice, “there might be a toilet paper and coffee shortage because of that stupid sideways boat!”