ESA via Getty ImagesThe No. 1 rule of the Internet? If it exists, there is a porn version of it.
But the No. 2 rule of the Internet? Give it a serious subject and it will derail it quickly. Actually, the Internet's second rule should be Twitter's No. 1 rule. See: Bill Cosby's meme disaster.
If you don't keep up on science, today a spacecraft from Earth landed on the face of a comet for the first time in history. The European Space Agency's Philae lander touched down on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet while it was hurtling through deep space.
Isn't that insane?! Yay, science!
This incredibly feat of technology got Twitter really hyped up, but not for the reason you're expecting. Unless you know the Internet well, in which case what followed the landing was very expected. The hashtag #WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant took over Twitter, and it started as a real discussion of how far we've come in society and yet how far away we are from things like gender equality, ending world hunger and utilizing clean energy sources.
But then the Twitter conversation derailed and turned into this:
#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant get retail stores to stop setting up for Christmas before Thanksgiving
? BAIC Tech Solutions (@BAICMultimedia) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant stop getting Candy Crush requests.
? Thakur_ki_Biwi (@nycgirl_nikki23) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant see the taste on some Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
? SA (@sAburaad) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant just leave Bruce Willis to die on it
? shut up, mike (@shutupmikeginn) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant make my husband Gerald desire me sexually again
? #1 Ranked Account (@inadumpster) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant order a McDonald's breakfast after 10:30 AM.
? Kaiman Cheung (@Kaiman_Cheung) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant make room for Jack. pic.twitter.com/aOLrQb0giy
? Scott Rasburn (@SRazzer) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant-Come out with a phone that allows me to take selfies DURING a shower??
? Basilio Frusciante (@Pezzonovante36) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant use apostrophes in hashtags
? Musky Lozenge (@LostCatDog) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant have too many cooks.
? Alyssa Wolff (@alyssawolff) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant not land on a comet
? slick (@fanofhell) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant figure out if pee is in the balls
? Tim (@Playing_Dad) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant make him mackle less
? slick (@fanofhell) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant have another season of Sherlock before 2017
? Andrew Barca (@HurricaneBarca) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant stop saying Hump Day on Wednesdays.
? racing dead wonka (@NASCAR_Wonka) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant lean the difference between "you're" and "your".
? Caitlin Cotton (@_eejma_) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant have @Cinnabon delivery
? Rob Curry (@CurryClub_12) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant get a vending machine to accept a wrinkled dollar bill.
? James Michael Sama (@JamesMSama) November 12, 2014#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant even
? Call me TJ (@TonyJWriter) November 12, 2014Basically:
#WeCanLandOnACometButWeCant take back the decision to give the power of global communication to the kind of people who make hashtag jokes
? Truck Whitley (@Lowenaffchen) November 12, 2014