We need all kinds of memes to litter the internet as a way to represent our emotions, anxieties, and humor. The distance meme, which began cropping up in early October, illustrates the inevitability of our hard-wired poor decisions—and the internet’s newest take on it is so true it hurts.
The “1 alcoholic bev” meme, which takes the same simple emoji-centric format as the distance meme, shows how much alcohol can cloud our judgment. It uses two pushpin emoji separated by ruler emoji to express distance, here between thought process and self-control. After all, it often only takes one drink to change the course of the night.
What can one drink inspire you to do? Twitter was all over the answer.
men are trash
— alexa (@mariokartdwi) October 20, 2018
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📏 (1 alcoholic bev)
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📍i need a man
Booze makes us all do things we normally wouldn’t, from smoking that single flawless cigarette you can’t help but bum to dancing on bars and eating those dreaded carbs. With the meme template in tow, the jokes write themselves:
“nah I don’t want to”
(1 alcoholic bev)
“oh hell yeah I will”
https://twitter.com/TravusHertl/status/1054113966798995457
https://twitter.com/kathasty/status/1054220887770218496
https://twitter.com/JakeBeTweeting/status/1054114553632567296
https://twitter.com/thebarelythere/status/1054589976392822784
i cant afford to go to anymore concerts
— kayli IS SEEING ZAYN (@pIeasingstyIess) October 22, 2018
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📏 (1 alcoholic bev)
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📍”your order confirmation will be sent to your email”
https://twitter.com/cecilia_lopez11/status/1054163109282226176
https://twitter.com/L8NiteWithTony/status/1054097139595395073
I’m eating no carbs
— Tom (@quaker_tom) October 20, 2018
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📏 (1 alcoholic bev)
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📍Walking to the gas station for chips and ice cream
Twitter users likewise poked fun at how alcohol inspires loose texting habits. It only takes “1 alcoholic bev” to shoot off a message to that ex you swore you would block, after all.
“K”
— dani (@daniwolfeee) October 22, 2018
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📏 (1 alcoholic bev)
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📍”Soo ur just not gunna txt me back??”
I won’t slide in her DM’s 📍
— thomas (@thom_thebomb) October 22, 2018
📏 (1 alcoholic bev)
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📍imma slide in
https://twitter.com/WanderlustMayo/status/1054068905851998209
Sure we all make a mistake or two when alcohol is involved, but at least this meme lets us admit it. A little self-awareness never hurt anyone, right?
