The Best of Twitter's 'What's Something That Feels Like X But Actually Isn't' Meme
By Petr Knava | Social Media | November 18, 2020 |
By Petr Knava | Social Media | November 18, 2020 |
For the past week or so I’ve been noticing a trend pop up throughout my Twitter feed. It’s a fun little template that usually takes the form of either ‘What’s something that FEELS like [X] but actually isn’t?’ or ‘What’s something that ISN’T [X] but feels like it IS?’. I’ve seen a hell of a lot of permutations of it, and I have no idea which one was the first one. Twitter template memes are usually pretty fun because you get to see a whole bunch of people chiming in with their varied answers to a certain question. What’s even more fun about this one is that the question itself is part of the variation. Here are some highlights of the ‘What’s something that FEELS like [X] but actually isn’t?’ that’s been taking over Twitter recently:
Paying a mortgage https://t.co/61s7xnUnV3
— Martin Prince-Parrott FRSA (@MPrinParr) November 14, 2020
Corporate BLM statements 🤭🤭🤭
— Unkha (@UnkhaB) November 14, 2020
https://t.co/lTajbiLXkG pic.twitter.com/NM9LNy9NsM
— Joanna Fuertes (@FUERTESKNIGHT) November 14, 2020
The final scene between Avon and Stringer in #TheWire
— Rachel Parris (@rachelparris) November 14, 2020
context: https://t.co/oGlBSJuWjn
— pml (@JoyDivTshirt) November 15, 2020
I once had a client look at a picture of me and my wife and say “wow, your wife is really pretty,” but in an utterly surprised fashion. https://t.co/amYCqUsElS
— TK (@TKhatesyou) November 17, 2020
"I was surprised to see how many people read that article you wrote."
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) November 16, 2020
You sound so professional on the phone (after they see I'm black in person)
— MsD🦋 (@MsDionne16) November 17, 2020
“You’d look so beautiful if only you put on a little makeup.”
— (((JustJax Wears a Mask))) (@JackieKessler) November 15, 2020
Tied with:
“You’d look so beautiful if only you lost 10 pounds.”
As a woman content creator: "Wow, you're not one of those girls that shows their boobs to get views- you're authentic!"
— Sinesta (@ohlook_Sinesta) November 16, 2020
Putting others down to lift me is not a compliment.
going to the movies alone https://t.co/40GFghNlwL
— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) November 14, 2020
poverty
— Shaun Hensley ⏳ (@ShaunHensleyCA) November 16, 2020
Virtually all forms of bigotry, which while they arise from potentially non-economic seeds, are deliberately stoked and perpetuated by the owners of capital in order to divide those who work for their money
— the sharp sword, the living flame (@eigenvectrix) November 17, 2020
A lot of psychological problems (at least to some extent), individualism, alienation, a lot inequality on many levels, a bunch of wars, the constant need to feel like you are being productive, unhealthy food intake, privatisation of basic human needs like water, etc
— Storm (@Commie_mom) November 16, 2020
Climate Change https://t.co/gjGzrF0Ybg
— Big Kings (@ItsKingsBruh) November 16, 2020
https://t.co/yc0hzGnWJR pic.twitter.com/7R4CpYQTs8
— . (@curatedbymike) November 13, 2020
Tory policies https://t.co/Y3M5epDb3E
— Aleesha Khaliq (@a_leesha1) November 17, 2020
Four Seasons Landscaping
— Enterprise Computer (@EnterpriseCPU) November 14, 2020
The Rise of Skywalker movie pic.twitter.com/YERHeg4JXf
— a Dude's Nerdery (@adudesnerdery) November 14, 2020
What's something that isn't a YouTube comment on a UK rave video, but FEELS like it is?
— UK Rave YouTube Comments (@UKRaveComments) November 15, 2020
I'll start: pic.twitter.com/OCMjxGYL1C
Thatcher, Christine Legarde, Frances Fitzgerald …. that vibe …. ‘high powered women’ implementing the most masculine policies and upholding and strengthening the most patriarchal structures of societal inequality. It annoys me. They’re not feminist icons to me.
— Alvagh Cronin (@AlvaghCronin) November 12, 2020
Having a one-dimensional "badass" lady who only exists to kick ass and isn't allowed to be nuanced or have emotions because that would make her weak. Or not letting her have a romantic partner because being in love would somehow diminish her character. 💁♀️
— 🏳️🌈 Miranda 🦋 (@An_Absent_Mind) November 13, 2020
Thinking that hiring women as oppressors makes the oppression go away. pic.twitter.com/kMhwAXeXaw
— Valerie Sonh (@ValerieSonh) November 12, 2020
Assuming that women's strength must mean women displaying conventionally masculine behaviors or roles
— (((Sarah Weissman))) (@Sarahndipity44) November 12, 2020
Acting like the fact that sexuality isn't quite as straightforward, rigid, and chromosome-based as some people think is trans people's fault for highlighting it, or that anyone attracted to trans people must actually be bisexual.
— Athywren (@Athywren) November 14, 2020
Always saying "preferred pronouns" or "identifies as" when it comes to trans people while cis peopel just "are" and have "pronouns"
— Iri (@queen_of_gore) November 14, 2020
Calling trans men “biologically female” or trans women “biologically male.”
— Theodore (@genderpunktheo) November 14, 2020
Unless you’re my doctor there’s no need to refer to my biology whatsoever and if you call me a female, I’ll hurt your feelings.
“you look so good for a trans ____”
— do literally anything 🌾 (@silverface_) November 13, 2020
that doesn’t have the effect cis people think it does
Trying to get a PS5 online pic.twitter.com/WagQwbqz91
— Stephen A. Smith Burner (@SASBurnerAcct) November 12, 2020
Getting as many bags of groceries from the car to the house at once
— Zach Wargo (@ZachWargo3) November 12, 2020
getting assignments in before 11:59
— dubs (@RaymondReen23) November 12, 2020
like, you *know* the answer is golf
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) November 13, 2020
i’ll go: muting people on twitter
— ben (@benvyle) November 11, 2020
American Gods pic.twitter.com/USzVbN6TzC
— Dumily Chambers (@Dumily_Chambers) November 13, 2020
Getting into a freshly laundered bed. There is just something about clean sheets on naked flesh. Delicious.
— Jan Dering (@AskJan) November 12, 2020
— 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐱✨🍒 THOMAS STANLEY HOLLAND ENTHUSIAST (@TomHWorld) November 12, 2020
him pic.twitter.com/qUBMq4e3MT
— idk (@yikesarthur) November 13, 2020
Nigella Lawson’s cooking programs
— Matt Evans (@mattevans75) November 11, 2020
Well formatted and formulated excel spreadsheets
— Adam 317 (@Adzkirkbride) November 11, 2020
See also: referencing software that actually works
meanwhile microsoft excel be like:
— ImmunoGoogling, Leukocyte Acolyte (@ImmunoGoogling) November 13, 2020
What's something that ISN'T a date but still FEELS like one
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