The War On Anything Fun continues…

Memes lead to teenage obesity, lawmakers told

Fortunately, the “lawmakers” here are British/European ones, so they are already presiding over a civilization racing towards extinction.

There are people who – SURPRISE! – actually think that funny images of fat kids will lead to bad eating and exercise habits, and that this is the sort of thing that governmental power needs to be deployed in order to save society. The image below is the triggering one.

Because in Europe, memes are the problem. Because making fun of someone will make kids want to emulate that someone?

Riiiiiiight.