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10 «Look How They Massacred My Boy» Memes We Love

The Godfather birthed one of the internet’s most resilient memes with the immortal line «Look how they massacred my boy». Here are some of the best.

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time. It premiered in New York City on March 15, 1972. 48 years haven’t been able to dim the relevance of this classic gangster period-drama.

At the heart of The Godfather is the Corleone crime family headed by Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone. Founder, patriarch, and the most powerful Mafia don in the country, Vito is a man of few but impactful words. He is grieved when his oldest, impulsive son, Sonny Corleone is killed in an ambush by Don Barzini’s men. Lamenting Sonny’s bullet-riddled body, Vito Corleone says the impactful words, «Look How They Massacred My Boy.» The Godfather has left a huge imprint on popular culture. The fact that these memorable words have been turned into hilarious memes shows its contemporary significance.

10 Disney/Fox Merger

In 2019, Walt Disney acquired the global entertainment company 20th Century Fox. After the landmark deal went through, Disney rebranded the 20th Century Fox TV as 20th Television. By dropping the names «Century» and «Fox,» Disney brought an end to one of the biggest names in the Television industry.

This meme indeed is a perfect fit since making changes to the dearly held Fox logo is anguishing for so many people across the world.

9 Pop-less Bubble Wrap

In 2015, the manufacturer of Bubble Wrap, Sealed Air Corporation introduced a new version of the packaging material without the signature popping sound. In all honesty, the two versions looked indistinguishable from one another, but people weren’t too pleased to hear Bubble Wrap was going pop-less. Although Sealed Air continued to face outrage even after it assured fans it would continue to make the traditional version alongside the newer version.

Also, in response, fans chose to illustrate their disappointment and grief with the «Look How They Massacred My Boy» meme.

8 Book Owners’ Sentiments

Any bibliophile, if sentimentally attached to a book, will be able to relate to this meme. Even though humorous in nature, it encapsulates the exact same feelings of a person who lent a favorite book but received it back in a torn condition.

Memes have become a way for people to cope with stress, grief, or in this case, damage caused to a loved book!

7 Stabbing Erasers

The «Look How They Massacred My Boy» meme works well for varied situations. In this respect, the entire elementary school experience! People who helplessly saw their friends poke pencils or carve things out of their erasers would be able to relate to this meme.

Though the image still from The Godfather is a tragic reminder of Sonny Corleone’s assassination at the Long Beach Causeway, it’s utterly hilarious how it also has relevance to the eraser-stabbing joke.

6 That Brutal Rejection

The internet is but a domain full of savage memes poking fun at people who have been rejected by their crushes.

The «Look How They Massacraed My Boy» meme speaks particularly to overly intellectual, albeit socially awkward boys who have a hard time asking girls out. Being shot down is hard as it is, but having a meme commemorate the whole experience is just plain brutal. For what it’s worth, rejection isn’t tied to self-worth and one’s integrity.

5 Low-Quality Memes

The thing about distorted memes is that they are barely recognizable from their former selves.

Deep-fried memes, as they are commonly known, are reposted over and over again to the point they become grainy and washed-out. When memes are continuously reposted on Instagram and/or Twitter, they keep getting compressed due to excessive amounts of distortion. The humor lies in the fact that the reposted memes are nowhere their original quality, therefore no one shouldn’t be posting them at all.

4 Joke Theft

The «Look How They Massacraed My Boy» meme holds meaning for people who have helplessly watched as their jokes were stolen and retold by those around them.

Not only is stealing jokes an unjust and despicable act but it can be quite painful to be in the same room while the joke thief is applauded. However inconsequential the theft maybe, a stolen joke is always a source of misery for the person who originally came up with it.

3 Bob The Builder’s Revamp

A cult favorite series, Bob the Builder ran between the years 1998 and 2012. It had an everlasting impact on kids who watched it in the noughties. Bob the Builder traced the story of a building contractor Bob, his colleague Wendy and his gang of anthropomorphic work vehicles such as Scoop, Muck, and Lofty.

In 2015, the revamped version of Bob the Builder made a comeback and fans weren’t too pleased with the changes in Bob’s design. In the rebooted version, Bob looked like a ghost of his former caricature. Disappointed fans find the original version irreplaceable and the modernized version unacceptable.

2 The Controversial Pineapple Pizza

What does a Sicilian say about putting pineapples on pizza? Cinema’s tragic hero, Vito Corleone calls it a massacre. For there is no better way to ruin Italy’s savory dish than to put a tropical fruit on it.

The question of whether pineapple is an appropriate pizza topping continues to polarize the world. Apart from the fact that the practice is inauthentic, any self-respecting Italian (Godfather included) wouldn’t come to terms with it. Of all the bad things that could have happened to pizza topping, pineapples are just the worst.

1 Global Warming

Global warming is one of the greatest concerns of the 21st Century. The scientific consensus points to the rising concentration of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity as the biggest cause of climate change.

Amidst growing global calls for action, and tackling climate change as a matter of global justice, Godfather’s words drive the point home. The situation is so troubling for so many that Marlon Brando’s expression of grief perfectly sums up people’s feelings on the subject through some bittersweet humor.

Текст песни Kanye West – Off the Grid (ft. Fivio Foreign, Playboi Carti)

(Kanye West, Playboi Carti)
What? Yeah
Boy (What?)

(Kanye West)
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
For when my kid’s kid kids have kids
Everything we did for the crib

(Kanye West, Playboi Carti)
Everything we did, how we live (What?)
All this smoke got a scent
All that smoke kept a scent (What?)
Everything I spoke, what I meant (Ah)
Never disguise my intent, lines outside the event
Brought my life out the trench
God, thank God, look what He did, did, did, did, did, did
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid, grid (Ayy)
What?
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid

(Playboi Carti)
I’m off the grid (Homicide, homicide, what?)
Got tats on my ribs (Ah), tattoos on my ribs (What?)
I just tatted my kid, Onyx (Slatt)
I just threw twenty, count it, we was at Onyx (Ah, what?)
I just bought me some brand new clothes, Dover Street Market (Givenchy)
Ayy, we just took the route to Charlotte (Yeah, ah, what? Yeah)
I’m in the Rolls-Royce f*ckin’ on—what you call it? (Yeah, yeah)
I light the opp blunt and let your bi— try it (Ah)
Uh, I’m off the grid and wanna die (What?)

(Kanye West)
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
Everything we did for the crib did here
Flexin’ with the business trip
Going cray, take some G6
Lit, lit, ’76
He spit this then
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid

(Fivio Foreign)
Yeah, look, when I was in jail, I was lowkey (Uh)
Shout out to supporters that wrote me
Eat food, work out and then go to sleep
You know I’m prayin’, He carryin’ both feet (Yeah)
N****s know we got God with us (God with us)
You look at me and see a God figure (Uh)
And when I start vibin’, I know that He with me
And I’ma always catch a hard shiver (Uh)
I know it’s demons in that dark liquor (Uh)
We buy a bottle and squash with ya (Uh)
Everybody turn into a harsh n***a
But my pockets bigger and my heart richer (Uh)
My mind smarter, my grind harder (Skrr)
And my car quicker (Skrrt)
I met her in church, she pray for me
She my God-sister (She my God-sister, yeah)
I’m only trustin’ the people I keep close
N****s sellin’ they soul for a repost
Remember when I was broke, wearin’ cheap coats
Now it’s diamonds and houses and C notes (Uh)
N***a, I’m feelin’ marvelous (I’m feelin’ marvelous)
Who let the monster loose? (Who let the monster loose? Huh)
They call me a product of my environment (Uh)
I tell them, «Nah, I’m what God produced» (Baow)
Defense good, and them guards can shoot (Baow)
I put ’em on you, it get hard to move
Tattoo in my face is the mark of truth
Gotta watch what you say when they market you (Huh)
I already predicted this (I already predicted this, huh)
Y’all only witnessed it (Y’all only witnessed it)
Look, got a couple old friends that I’m not really clickin’ with
I know they pray that we settle our differences
I pray that they lower all my n****s’ sentences
I got some demons I’m not even dealin’ with
They in they feelings, I’m not really feelin’ it
And I know some members that gave back they membership
N***a, you switched up, huh, like how you not feelin’ me?
Look, I act like I care, but I don’t really care
Now I live in a new buildin’ with amenities
I got a new ceilin’ with a chimney
I got a few n****s wanna finish me
I don’t get too friendly with the enemy
You gotta move different when you in the industry, woo, yeah
You gotta move different when you in the industry, huh
You gotta move different when you in the, look
God blessed me with amazing grace (Uh)
She fell in love with my day to day (Uh)
I just want my problems to fade away (Uh)
Man, I’m tired of n****s, I need Gatorade
Boy, I got on my feet and I made a name
And I made it a necklace, huh
When you from the bottom and you workin’ hard
Just to get the top, then they gotta respect it
If you got a voice, then you gotta project it
If you got a wrong, then you gotta correct it
If you got a name, then you gotta protect it
If you give me shock, then you gotta electric (Woo)
Tryna live a new life, so I got a new plan that I gotta finesse with (Look, yeah)
‘Cause they want me to lose, they ain’t part of the Woos
I been tryin’ so hard not to move reckless

(Kanye West)
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
Everything we did for the crib did here
Flexin’ with the business trip
Going cray, take some G6 (Ah)
Lit, lit, ’76
We scream this, then they’ll have to
Change his-his-history
N****s trip, trip, trip, this, this
This, this, this, this
You still on this list, list, list, list
I’m off the grid, grid, grid, grid
Off the grid, grid, grid, grid

(Kanye West)
First it go viral, then they get digital
Then they get critical, no, I’m not doin’ no interview
Mask on my face, you can’t see what I finna do
Had to move away from people that’s miserable
Don’t wanna link you, I ain’t finna sit with you
Ain’t finna talk to you, ain’t finna get with you
Don’t get me mad just ’cause I don’t wanna injure you
She put my paintings inside of her living room
Look at the problems and issues I’m livin’ through
They tryna drown me, I rise to my pinnacle
Walked through the block like the neighborhood general
Draw me the low and then that’s what I send it to
I was forgettin’ you, now I remember, now I remember
Did what I want, and I say what I want
And I thought you was with me, like how you get sensitive?
I got this God power, that’s my leverage
I got this Holy Water, that’s my beverages
I gotta help myself out of selfishness
I just bought a floor out of Selfridges
I gotta make sure they know who they messin’ with
I gotta tell ’em sorry, they too delicate
I gotta stay with God where the blessings is
I ain’t deliverin’ Heavenly messages just for the hell of it
Don’t try to test me, I keep it clean, but it can get messy
I talk to God everyday, that’s my bestie
They playin’ soccer in my backyard, I think I see Messi
And this money could never neglect me
I pray that my family they never resent me
And she fell in love with me as soon she met me
We both got it bad mama, bag is more heavy
We have to start countin’, it’s gettin’ too petty
You not a real stepper, you can’t overstep me
Just sit back and listen and watch how He bless me
He wait ’til I fall and then pull up and catch me
Your check is too small, you can’t run up and check me
Nah, nah, I get ’em fast, see
You feel a way, then go pull up and get me
Might do somethin’ wild if I feel like you press me
Nah, I get ’em fast, see
You feel a way, then go pull up and get me
Might do somethin’ wild if I feel like you press me

(Kanye West)
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
For when my kid kid kids have kids
Everything we did for the crib

(Kanye West)
Pray for what folks them did
Only thing we pray God forgive-give-give
May God forbid-bid-bid
He hit one of the kids, kids, kids
Took off His list, list, list
Look what they did, did, did
Pray for the crib, crib, crib
Some say A-a-adam could never be bla-a-ack
‘Cause a black man’ll never share his rib, rib, rib, rib, rib, rib

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