Pigeon Surrounded By Guns
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About
Pigeon Surrounded By Guns is an image macro of a bird being accosted by a group of armed soldiers.
Origin
The earliest known iteration of the image was posted on the Blogspot uprootedpalestinians[8] on January 28th, 2011(shown below).
Spread
Over the next few years, the image was shared by a number of websites, including Albawaba,[1] twasul[3] and secretnews.fr.[4]
On December 21st, 2013, Pikabu[2] user Besuska posted the image with a speech bubble on the bird. The post received more than 980 points in six years (shown below, left).
On April 2nd, 2018, Redditor [5] tacopig117 posted the image on the /r/battlefield_one subreddit. Later that year, Redditor[6] kamikazes9x posted the image in the /r/NamFlashbacks subreddit, where it received more than 540 points (96% upvoted) in less than one year.
The following year, on January 18th, 2019, Redditor[7] the_jim-lord posted the image in the /r/dankmemes subreddit with the caption "syrian soldiers capture american drone." The post received more than 17,000 points (97% upvoted) and 125 comments in less than six months (shown below, center).
On April 2nd, Redditor[9] SlothySurprise posted the image in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit with the caption "When you try to sneak back into your house at 3 am and your whole family is still awake waiting for you." The post received more than 19,000 points (96% upvoted) and 875 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Albawaba – Video: Egyptians mocking the arrest of 'Microfilm Dove'
[3] Twasul – India arrests a number of 'pigeons' on charges of working for a Pakistani terrorist organization!
[4] SecretNews.fr – Israel: Palestinian pigeon-traveler sentenced to death for spying attempt
[5] Reddit – War pigeons in a nutshell
[6] Reddit – Pigeoner of war
[8] Blogspot – Palestine was NEVER a 'lost cause'
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