As 'screaming' pasta meme goes viral, big brands join the trend

A new 'screaming pasta' meme trend with semi-cooked pasta has taken the internet by storm. The trend went viral after a Twitter user @bayabikomigim shared an image of single boiled pasta, looking as if the 'screaming' pasta jumped out from the cooking dish. The funny photo was then picked by users, with several creative edits. 

The Indian users tweaked further transformed it into an unusual meme with hilarious lyrics from the Bollywood songs and funny relatable one-liners. Not just that, the Indian food conglomerate Zomato jumped the wagon as it retweeted the image with text, "chai kaun kaun piyega” alongside the first image of the penne with “chai ban gayi,” alongside the photo of three penne looking like a group of friends, answering in unison. Other big brands like Zomato, EazyDiner, Unacademy and Oyo have also joined the trend. 

The Turkish user who began the trend had shared the image captioning, “This pasta has started to scream for no reason, what should I do? (sic),” giving his internet audience a fresh perspective. Soon, a Twitter user @Muttafaaa replied to the post with a hilarious meme of the same pasta emblazoned with lyrics from Bohemian Rhapsody song by popular band Queen that ed with the viewers. And soon, the meme fest was launched in full momentum as Indian users shared movie images, replacing the face of the actor with ‘screaming’ ghoulish pasta, and funny dialogues. 

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The onslaught of memes triggered laughter across Twitter as users got creative with a solitary boiled pasta and the subsequent image of three other pasta looking like scout troopers from Empire's sniper units warming up by shouting slogans ahead of a task. The trend took over the Internet as more and more users jumped onboard recreating memes by pasting screaming pasta as ‘person’ in the images. Look at some of the funny memes. 

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