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The Battle of Costco

Title (Dublin Core)

The Battle of Costco

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

HIST30060 - submitted as part of a history assignment. Again, like many other memes I encountered, this one comments on how the events of this year will be studied, but more importantly how they will be remembered (as emphasised by the almost commemorative nature of the statues). Humorously depicting parents and two children racing with an overflowing trolley full of food toward the check-outs as though it were a battle scene, this meme seeks to ridicule the absurdity of purchasing and hoarding mountains of food during the lock-down period. It suggests that violence in the isles and the toilet paper crisis that saw people literally fighting each other in order to obtain toilet paper will not be looked upon favourably by future historians or students. The way that the figures are carved in stone and the title of ‘The Battle of Costco (2020 A.D.)’ positions the audience to view the image in reference to other major historical conflicts and to find this one, humorously, falling short.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 25, 2020

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Emily Shallcross

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Meme (found on Pinterest)

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Humor
English Education--Universities
English Social Media (including Memes)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Costco
meme
toilet paper
food
hoard

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Humor

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/10/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/22/2021
03/09/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/25/2020

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This item was submitted on November 10, 2020 by Emily Shallcross using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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