"If guns don't kill people"

philosoraptor.jpg

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Subject

comedy

Description

The Philosoraptor is like a Bad Luck Brian in that it is one of the more historical memes, meaning that like the Bad Luck Brian meme, it has survived the grueling task of maintaining relevance in the Internet age. Philosoraptor can poke fun at social issues or even be a tad more serious. In this instance, Philosoraptor tackles gun control using a toast analogy. Memes like this can spark opinionated commentary, however that’s part of the beauty of memes. Social issues can be explored and discussed through the simple framing of images and text.

This one tries to compare people using guns to people using toasters.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Reddit

Publisher

Reddit

Date

Unknown

Language

English

Identifier

SMPM-0039-121216

Coverage

2000-2024

Social Media Post and Meme Item Type Metadata

Genre

philosoraptor

Material

digital

Circulation

Internet

Linguistic Text

IF GUNS DON't KILL
PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL
PEOPLE
DOES THAT MEAN TOASTERS
DON'T TOAST TOAST,
TOAST TOASTS TOAST?

Visual Text

Picture of a velociraptor that looks like it is thinking about something.

Dimension

60 KB

Audience

Internet

Memetic series name

Philosoraptor

Uploaded

Matthew Bruner, 12/12/16
Shaimaa Khanam, 01/10/17

Citation

Unknown, “"If guns don't kill people",” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 30, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/302.

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