#milkshake duck

[sicut-anima]

Gender XKCD Lady going full radfem after people started talking about anti-transmasculinity in one of her comics (her feelings were hurt :()

[maloosh-baloosh64]

The whole Roundtable Hold loves Knight Vyke, a powerful dragon cult leader who is close to becoming Elden Lord! * 5 seconds later * We regret to inform you the Knight has inherited the Frenzied Flame

[whales-are-gay]

the whole internet loves gothic paul! we love gothic paul! *15 minutes of dot and bubble later* we regret to inform you gothic paul is racist

[notaplaceofhonour]

content creators will really build a following off cute comfort content where they pet neighborhood cats and then be like “but what if I pivoted to Jew hatred instead?”

[geeko-sapiens]

two things of which I am certain:

the Minecraft movie will feature at least one MCYT YouTuber as a cameo

whoever they choose is going to milkshake duck before the movie even comes out

[aromanticduck]

To Kill a Mockingbird: Readers love Atticus Finch, the upstanding lawyer who defends a Black man from a false accusation.

Go Set a Watchman: We regret to inform you the lawyer is racist.

[scoopisboopis]

can't wait until the boop feature get's milkshake duck'd like it turns out that tumblr staff realized the boop feature gets more people to accidentally click on ads which leads to tumblr looking more marketable

[spankymerve]

I just found out that the Dress got Milkshake Ducked a year ago. 😕

[island-delver-go]

She milkshakes on my duck until I'm canceled

[small-names-big-ideas]

Milkshake Duck

the idea:

milkshake duck has become a shorthand for someone who gains prominence, usually on the internet for meme content. then after increased public visibility and scrutiny, they put their foot in their mouth and/or do something problematic, eliciting a follow-up public backlash. this is can be, but isn't necessarily, related to the gartner hype cycle and hype backlash.

[omni-rhombus]

[verysharpfish]

Incredible time to milkshake duck on this one

[helila]

lost the first beloved youtuber to the shitty pootwarts game

[salamanderinspace]

TIL that Charles Dickens tried to have his wife committed to an asylum so he could run off with a young actress.

(this is back when mental patients in asylum were mainly treated by being chained up, heavily beaten, starved, and bathed all in the same dirty tub no matter how many of them had open sores. A situation which Dickens was well-informed about.)

[xtremelyonline]

Xtremely Online Podcast Ep 2: Bean Dad

The gang defines Milkshake Duck and recounts the tale of Bean Dad.

[your-friendly-enigma]

Two Words… Milkshake Duck

Okay, so recently I heard the word milkshake duck, and I haven’t been able to get this image out of my head. After several days of work, I bring you Milkshake Duck

Okay, bye!