Published 17:32 IST, March 7th 2020
Stephen King leaves netizens divided with his coronavirus meme
American author Stephen King recently took to Twitter to share a meme on the potential pandemic, coronavirus, and the meme has left internet users in a dilemma.
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American author Stephen King recently took to Twitter to share a meme on the potential pandemic, coronavirus, and the meme has left internet users in a dilemma. King introduced Pennywise, an evil entity, in his 1986 novel IT and in the meme, one can see Pennywise with a caption saying, “I got hand sanitizer down here' instead of the original line 'We all float down here'. The post is in reference to the novel coronavirus outbreak which has now affected approximately 90 countries.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 6, 2020
Netizens divided
The meme shared on March 7 has taken the internet by storm. The post has already garnered nearly two lakh likes and has been re-tweeted approximately 50,000 times. While several netizens loved the author's post for his humour, some believed that it was 'too soon' to share a laugh on the deadly virus.
Are we ok with some laughs about this cuz...we’ll that’s funny 😄 pic.twitter.com/eUXYJcViUk
— Cogito ergo liberal☀️🌎🌊 (@Veritaph) March 7, 2020
I'm as addicted to hand sanitizer as I'm to your books
— brebre (@tougabauer) March 6, 2020
— benevolent bird idiot 🛡 (@birdshitposts) March 6, 2020
OMG! You are, well, ...you're the King! 🤣
— Maureen (@mmaureen7) March 6, 2020
— Becca (@Becca_L_M) March 6, 2020
You've gone to the dark side my friend.
— Moose and Squirrel (@RobCrumpton) March 6, 2020
Too soon...
— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) March 6, 2020
Ok, we’re coming down. The shelter’s all out, and when we tried to get more... 🙀. But hey, we have cute adoptable dogs and cats up here: https://t.co/BoOaqehnSk... pic.twitter.com/znxyqqB9a4
— Morris Animal Refuge 2020 (@MorrisAnimal) March 6, 2020
This is all your fault
— Nov 3rd 2020 (@larklittlefoot) March 6, 2020
Your Campian of the coronavirus!
Captain Trips! 😃😄😀😁😅
Please don’t make any references to “The Stand” or else I will be even more worried about the state of the world ! (Although it’s my favorite book) @JenniferCEstes
— Michelle Clark (@nolimitshw) March 6, 2020
17:32 IST, March 7th 2020