WWIII memes are taking over the internet following the US strike on an Iranian commander. Users explain why they're using humor to cope.
, but they beg the question of how internet users, and in particular young people, are digesting the chaotic and unstable moment we're living in, and why they're choosing to respond with humor.
Deena Allen, a 16-year-old from Michigan, said she first heard about the news from listening to her dad watching CNN in the adjacent room. —Anthony Moore Her Tweet shows a TikTok of a young boy walking on a sidewalk, smiling and mimicking gunshots, under the caption "Me walking through the battlefield after I get drafted.Allen says humor is often her first reaction to hearing bad news.
"Humor is my top tier coping mechanism," she said. "At first I was looking [on Twitter] and was thinking this is really bad, and then I was like, why am I laughing?"Allen is not the first and certainly not the last to post a lighthearted Tweet referencing a potential draft. Countless of other Tweets have gone viral that reference either getting drafted, avoiding getting drafted, or what will happen if you're drafted.
Twenty-four-year-old Arizonian resident Marshall Clark said he believes Twitter is a great way to deal with one's emotions when confronted with a serious issue.
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