Remington Fixed Blade Knife
- A fixed-blade drop-point knife – shoot, we used up most of the features in the first bullet
- Made in the USA! USA! USA! We’re number #1!
- Handle “derived” from the walnut stocks used on Remington model 700 rifles (if you want to match)
- Blade is 3.5" and total length is 8.25"
- Model: R19981 (Not to be confused with this Dubai office space listing, which definitely wasn’t made in the USA)
Memes Your Know: Cracking Open A Cold One With The Boys
This fixed-blade knife can do a lot. It can dress large game. It can hew ample hunks of salami. And, in a pinch, you could probably use it to crack open a cold one with the boys.
Meh writer @skemmehs here acting as your guide as we cut our way through the damp, miasmal undergrowth of Internet Memery. The art form has experienced some rough PR lately, but I believe it remains a fertile creative outlet for those who practice it like not-idiots. Today’s meme: “Cracking open a cold one with the boys,” as in:
Doesn’t make much sense? It’s about to make incrementally more.
The origins of this particular phrase as a meme are a bit hazy. Know Your Meme points to the creation of a Facebook page by that title in early 2016 as the genesis, but my gut tells me it was a reaction to something brewing in another and probably more sinister place such as the Chan we shall not name. Warning: Like with most meme pages, if you go rooting around in that one you’ll find some unsavory fare. Don’t leave the trail of relative safety I have forged.
The meme crept from its primordial page into the international stage with this ultra-satisfying One-Million-Times video:
From there it took off like the carbon dioxide from so many cold ones:
And has enjoyed (by meme standards) a protracted run of popularity.
And, like any meme that flies too close to the sun and gains widespread popularity, it was recently co-opted by a company even lamer than us:
Prompting this response from /r/CoaCOwtB:
Just wait til they see their precious meme exploited in the service of selling a knife.
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