It can seem callous but humor is the great American defense mechanism. There’s probably some complicated psychological explanation but a lot of people cope with stress and fear by laughing at what they’re afraid of. Clearly Ebola is on people’s minds. In the age of social media, the reaction plays out with memes and pop culture references.
When your homie start coughing and you think he got ebola pic.twitter.com/A2BUNqZTBe
— CARLOSNEXTDOOR (@DreamVillainous) October 2, 2014
when Ebola spreads to U.S and your homeboy starts coughing pic.twitter.com/aKGa6UaecK
— GOAT (@blvckpapii) October 2, 2014
as soon as i heard Ebola hit the U.S. pic.twitter.com/fSqURFPJCI
— hayden (@yruhayden) October 2, 2014
When you the only person in the culdesac without ebola pic.twitter.com/VtW5KJRoLa
— YA BOY GERALD (@AyGeraldJay) October 2, 2014
If Ebola ever hits my city pic.twitter.com/9hnc8EXwq5
— (@Dory) October 2, 2014
My new grocery store outfit #ebola pic.twitter.com/N79gg3qEeC
— Right Scoop (@trscoop) September 30, 2014
Bae: Come over Me: Sorry I have Ebola :( Bae: I'm home alone… Me: pic.twitter.com/AjMLQjxqBL
— Machiavelli (@SaltyVince) October 2, 2014
when Ebola comes to my city pic.twitter.com/mBy17muROt
— Blake Henderson (@WorkaholicBlake) October 2, 2014
Me when Ebola takes over my city pic.twitter.com/npDsS1b5DR
— OhSkee (@CartelDelAfrica) October 2, 2014
Akon crowd-surfed in a plastic bubble to protect himself from getting Ebola… pic.twitter.com/G2xpqIv1Yf
— Conor Lynn (@_ConorLynn) October 2, 2014
when there's an ebola breakout but you wanna look fresh as hell #ContagiousChic pic.twitter.com/FMVNZEmpxq
— Ebola Fashion (@EbolaFashion) October 2, 2014
me whenever Ebola comes to my city pic.twitter.com/NgSKMsS7C9
— PARKER (@ParkerKitHill) October 2, 2014
when ebola is spreading but you still gotta look fly pic.twitter.com/hS2zMtHEn9
— Ebola (@EboIaTheVirus) October 2, 2014
when your whole squad's ebola outbreak outfits are on point pic.twitter.com/vKJUcdj54C
— Ebola Fashion (@EbolaFashion) October 2, 2014
Nurse: where'd the Ebola patient go? Hospital guard: pic.twitter.com/hd1oy5MHkL
— Simba (@Maccoul_) October 2, 2014
when you the only person in the village without Ebola pic.twitter.com/SktUBmG0uP
— Simba (@Maccoul_) October 2, 2014
Editor’s note: This post was updated to include additional tweets.
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