Social media is the 21st century’s saving grace for three primary reasons: 1) relationships are maintained without needing to see people as communication is demoted to text; 2) You can stalk, perve and befriend hot women you would never have the chance to speak with in ‘real life’ situations; and 3) when serious s--- goes down in the world, we get a ‘pick me up’ through the flurry of, usually, politically incorrect jokes.
Case in point: Osama Bin Laden’s death. Within hours of this becoming public news there were streams of jokes drowning Twitter, Facebook and other social media.
Hilarious tweets included "Osama dead: Donald Trump demands the death certificate" which were repeatedly reposted. Sikipedia, meanwhile, was swiftly adding to "the world's best collection of sick jokes". Posts included "So, Osama Bin Laden is dead. Shall we have another bank holiday?"
Comedians were quickly stirring the Bin Laden pot with their quality gags. On Twitter, Prodnose – aka the comedian Danny Baker – posted: "Taliban say Bin Laden death a 'setback' but won't give up on dream of world domination until 'mathematically impossible'.
Dave Gorman added: "Now would be a good time to release bad news. If only everyone who had bad news to get out of the way hadn't released it on Friday."
And DanaArikane wrote: "They should have captured Bin Laden alive and made him continually go through airport security for the rest of his life."
Paul-Arthur on Quora wrote: "Bin Laden must have had his contact info in his PSN [PlayStation] account" (there were myriad variations on this theme involving iPhone apps and Facebook) and "RIP Osama bin Laden, World Hide and Go Seek Champion (2001-2011)".
And one of our favourites: "What did al-Qaida learn from Osama bin Laden's death? Location, location, location."
Alaskanyakdessert was on Youtube within an hour of the end of Obama's address saying: "At least he got to see the royal wedding before he went out." And: "This is good news for the other guys on the top 10 wanted list – finally they get to move up in the rankings."
Bin Laden’s death was kept a secret for five days; undoubtedly such epic jokes about his death will survive for much, much longer.
Over to you: share your best Bin Laden joke with us below!
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