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<p>The phrase &quot;30 to 50 feral hogs&quot; has been trending on Twitter for hours, which is basically an eternity in internet time. It&#39;s turned into a meme, and is now regrettably part of the increasingly maddening<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/tomi-lahren-responses-blaming-mass-shootings-youth-mental-health-crisis/"> online gun control discourse</a>. Here&#39;s why.</p><p>It all started with a tweet from Jason Isbell. He took issue with bad faith arguments about what constitutes an assault weapon in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you’re on here arguing the definition of “assault weapon” today you are part of the problem. You know what an assault weapon is, and you know you don’t need one.</p>&mdash; Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/1158044104225431553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>That&#39;s when another Twitter user named William McNabb sent this truly bonkers response to Isbell.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Legit question for rural Americans - How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?</p>&mdash; Willie McNabb 🐗 (@WillieMcNabb) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillieMcNabb/status/1158045307562856448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>First of all, this hypothetical question is even dumber than arguing about the technical definition of an assault weapon. And second of all &mdash; sir, WHAT?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a weirdly specific number of feral hogs in a weirdly specific time frame that seems to have been constructed out of 3-5 seconds of pure hog shit.</p>&mdash; (((Stephen Michael Tow / Zek J. Evets))) (@stowZJE) <a href="https://twitter.com/stowZJE/status/1158573194124525568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>McNabb seems to be implying that assault weapons are important to keep legal because they&#39;re the only way to wipe out an entire clan of feral hogs in several minutes.</p><p>You&#39;d better have pretty good aim if you plan to mow down these hogs while they&#39;re playing in the exact same yard as your children, but that&#39;s beside the point.</p><h2>Let&#39;s get one thing straight: feral hogs do pop up unexpectedly in rural areas at times...</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Internet: No way 30-50 hogs rolling up on someones yard ever happened...<br><br>30-50 Hogs:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/4xhcZnwXCV">pic.twitter.com/4xhcZnwXCV</a></p>&mdash; MediaBitch (@_MediaBitch) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MediaBitch/status/1158554079305580544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>But there are ways to get rid of them that don&#39;t involve an AR-15.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is incredibly weird, and unexpectedly apropos, but as a child, my cousin and I were chased up a tree and stayed there because of feral hogs on the family farm. My badass farmer grandmother found us. She had a stick. No guns. We were fine. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/e9uoqvYpPU">pic.twitter.com/e9uoqvYpPU</a></p>&mdash; Carol Freire (@EmergentlyCarol) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmergentlyCarol/status/1158514300299800576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>And because of the insanity of this guy&#39;s question, memes started sprouting up quickly.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay let’s hear them out. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/rAt36iSTlM">pic.twitter.com/rAt36iSTlM</a></p>&mdash; Logan Messer (@DrunkShuckle) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrunkShuckle/status/1158568535473266689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>One guy went the feral hog fanfic route.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/RedDave92/status/1158265550826590208</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>We saw some &quot;Real Housewives&quot; crossover.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me telling the feral<br>hogs to get out of<br>my yard. The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/9zugYZM0q2">pic.twitter.com/9zugYZM0q2</a></p>&mdash; 5&#39;10&quot; and a half (@David_TheGoof) <a href="https://twitter.com/David_TheGoof/status/1158549055041167369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>As well as &quot;The Shining.&quot;</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/shit_showtime/status/1158548949931843584</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Soon everyone on Twitter became feral hog experts.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> when they see a yard of unsupervised children <a href="https://t.co/4p39VfhgTO">pic.twitter.com/4p39VfhgTO</a></p>&mdash; Caris (@CarisShmaris) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarisShmaris/status/1158515361022656513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>This is a great point:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maslow&#39;s Law has explained America 2019 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/LEyzeOcj4T">pic.twitter.com/LEyzeOcj4T</a></p>&mdash; Dayton Ohio Pizza™ (@Mike45223) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike45223/status/1158516522517749761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Peppa Pig was invoked.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The future liberals want. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/n7ONRUNeJC">pic.twitter.com/n7ONRUNeJC</a></p>&mdash; 🎃🕸️👻 Katrina Salisboory👻🕸️🎃 (@KR_Salisbury) <a href="https://twitter.com/KR_Salisbury/status/1158613668306677760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>One person took it in a Papa Roach direction.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES<br>HERE COME THE FERAL HOGS<br>30-50. MY CHILDREN.<br>DON&#39;T HAVE A GUN<br>SO I GUESS THE HOGS EAT THEM<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a></p>&mdash; Mass for Shut-ins (Podcast) (@edburmila) <a href="https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1158600329623166976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Another went Kelis.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🎶My milkshake brings all the hogs to the yard<br>3 to 5 min. I gotta go hard<br>And their like, are those kids yours?<br>I would greet you, but their bout to charge.🐷🐖🎶<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/3kxQsK4PkK">pic.twitter.com/3kxQsK4PkK</a></p>&mdash; Sara (@Kasarak2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kasarak2/status/1158558851995619330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Crossover memes were made.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Alien I stole from Area 51 at 3am letting me know that there are 30-50 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> in the yard. <a href="https://t.co/bToUmZk2rd">pic.twitter.com/bToUmZk2rd</a></p>&mdash; sᴏʏblk (@boyblk_) <a href="https://twitter.com/boyblk_/status/1158617938901028864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I did it <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feralhogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#feralhogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/pSA7QHvTGc">pic.twitter.com/pSA7QHvTGc</a></p>&mdash; Clement “COVID19 survivor” Chow (@ClementYChow) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClementYChow/status/1158608185642516480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>In the end, everyone was just confused.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is like an SAT question for meth heads.</p>&mdash; Adam Best (@adamcbest) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamcbest/status/1158545037719953408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Man tweets about need for 'assault weapon' to deal '30 to 50 feral hogs.'

The phrase &quot;30 to 50 feral hogs&quot; has been trending on Twitter for hours, which is basically an eternity in internet time. It&#39;s turned into a meme, and is now regrettably part of the increasingly maddening online gun control discourse. Here&#39;s why.It all started with a tweet from Jason Isbell. He took issue with bad faith arguments about what constitutes an assault weapon in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.If you’re on here arguing the definition of “assault weapon” today you are part of the problem. You know what an assault weapon is, and you know you don’t need one.&mdash; Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) August 4, 2019 That&#39;s when another Twitter user named William McNabb sent this truly bonkers response to Isbell.Legit question for rural Americans - How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?&mdash; Willie McNabb 🐗 (@WillieMcNabb) August 4, 2019 First of all, this hypothetical question is even dumber than arguing about the technical definition of an assault weapon. And second of all &mdash; sir, WHAT?This is a weirdly specific number of feral hogs in a weirdly specific time frame that seems to have been constructed out of 3-5 seconds of pure hog shit.&mdash; (((Stephen Michael Tow / Zek J. Evets))) (@stowZJE) August 6, 2019 McNabb seems to be implying that assault weapons are important to keep legal because they&#39;re the only way to wipe out an entire clan of feral hogs in several minutes.You&#39;d better have pretty good aim if you plan to mow down these hogs while they&#39;re playing in the exact same yard as your children, but that&#39;s beside the point.Let&#39;s get one thing straight: feral hogs do pop up unexpectedly in rural areas at times...Internet: No way 30-50 hogs rolling up on someones yard ever happened...30-50 Hogs:#feralhogs pic.twitter.com/4xhcZnwXCV&mdash; MediaBitch (@_MediaBitch) August 6, 2019 But there are ways to get rid of them that don&#39;t involve an AR-15.This is incredibly weird, and unexpectedly apropos, but as a child, my cousin and I were chased up a tree and stayed there because of feral hogs on the family farm. My badass farmer grandmother found us. She had a stick. No guns. We were fine. #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/e9uoqvYpPU&mdash; Carol Freire (@EmergentlyCarol) August 5, 2019 And because of the insanity of this guy&#39;s question, memes started sprouting up quickly.Okay let’s hear them out. #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/rAt36iSTlM&mdash; Logan Messer (@DrunkShuckle) August 6, 2019 One guy went the feral hog fanfic route.https://twitter.com/RedDave92/status/1158265550826590208We saw some &quot;Real Housewives&quot; crossover.Me telling the feralhogs to get out ofmy yard. The #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/9zugYZM0q2&mdash; 5&#39;10&quot; and a half (@David_TheGoof) August 6, 2019 As well as &quot;The Shining.&quot;https://twitter.com/shit_showtime/status/1158548949931843584Soon everyone on Twitter became feral hog experts.#feralhogs when they see a yard of unsupervised children pic.twitter.com/4p39VfhgTO&mdash; Caris (@CarisShmaris) August 5, 2019 This is a great point:Maslow&#39;s Law has explained America 2019 #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/LEyzeOcj4T&mdash; Dayton Ohio Pizza™ (@Mike45223) August 5, 2019 Peppa Pig was invoked.The future liberals want. #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/n7ONRUNeJC&mdash; 🎃🕸️👻 Katrina Salisboory👻🕸️🎃 (@KR_Salisbury) August 6, 2019 One person took it in a Papa Roach direction.CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECESHERE COME THE FERAL HOGS30-50. MY CHILDREN.DON&#39;T HAVE A GUNSO I GUESS THE HOGS EAT THEM#feralhogs&mdash; Mass for Shut-ins (Podcast) (@edburmila) August 6, 2019 Another went Kelis.🎶My milkshake brings all the hogs to the yard3 to 5 min. I gotta go hardAnd their like, are those kids yours?I would greet you, but their bout to charge.🐷🐖🎶#feralhogs pic.twitter.com/3kxQsK4PkK&mdash; Sara (@Kasarak2) August 6, 2019 Crossover memes were made.The Alien I stole from Area 51 at 3am letting me know that there are 30-50 #feralhogs in the yard. pic.twitter.com/bToUmZk2rd&mdash; sᴏʏblk (@boyblk_) August 6, 2019 I did it #feralhogs pic.twitter.com/pSA7QHvTGc&mdash; Clement “COVID19 survivor” Chow (@ClementYChow) August 6, 2019 In the end, everyone was just confused.This is like an SAT question for meth heads.&mdash; Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 6, 2019 

The phrase &quot;30 to 50 feral hogs&quot; has been trending on Twitter for hours, which is basically an eternity in internet time. It&#39;s turned into a meme, and is now regrettably part of the increasingly maddening online gun control...