USCPSC Twitter

About

USCPSC Twitter refers to the Twitter account of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The account posts surreal shitpost memes which usually contain legitimate safety advice about handling goods.

History

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission launched their Twitter account in January of 2009.^[1] The account for much of its existence has generally provided run-of-the-mill safety tips and news about product recalls. It was not until early 2017 that the company began posting surreal memes to spread safety tips. One of the earliest memes posted by the account came on February 20th, 2017, when the account wrote a safety tip on a picture of George Washington,^[2] gaining over 610 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below). Over the following two years, the account continued tweeting surreal memes paired with good safety advice.

Online Presence

The account's unique approach to spreading public safety advice caught the attention of many Twitter users and publications. Tweeting one of the account's memes, Twitter user @JordanUhl^[3] wrote, "this rules. @USCPSC is my new favorite gov arm" (USCPSC meme shown below, left). On July 24th, 2018, the AV Club^[4] wrote about the account, highlighting a meme the account made about portable generator safety (shown below, right). AV Club wrote about the account on October 1st, 2019.^[5]

Various Examples

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