If you’ve spent any time checking your email recently, you may have noticed an increase in the already annoyingly high number of emails various websites are sending you. Facebook, Twitter, that one random app you don’t use anymore that still messages you anyway — everybody’s doing it. CNN blames it on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of new laws protecting the personal data of people living in the European Union that just went into effect. And sure enough, the Internet has already turned this nuisance into a brilliant meme.
Many prominent Twitter users were quick to capitalize on the trend, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson. Considering how divisive the film was among fans and critics, just imagine how it would have been if the opening crawl had looked like this:
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) May 24, 2018
Johnson wasn’t the Internet’s only Star Wars presence to notice the meme. The popular Twitter user @DepressedDarth had some pressing news to share with his fellow imperials.
The Empire has updated our Privacy Policy
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) May 25, 2018
Then again, not all of the participants were solely focused on Star Wars. Daniel José Older, for example, turned to Mace Windu’s (Samuel L. Jackson) previous life in Pulp Fiction.
Say 'updates to our privacy policy' again pic.twitter.com/2UbSPMFefW
— Daniel José Older (@djolder) May 25, 2018
But for the most parts, folks were just trying to have as much fun as they possibly could at the GDPR’s expense.
In case you thought I was exaggerating, this was just in the last 2 hours. pic.twitter.com/Oy6tPoTnhB
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) May 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/333333333433333/status/999868293191258112
good time to text that ex who won't stop reaching out just to see how you're doing & let them know that you've updated your privacy policy
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) May 25, 2018
The last thing you see before you die is that death has updated its privacy policy.
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) May 25, 2018
DO YOU STILL WANT TO GET OUR EMAILS AFTER GDPR TAKES EFFECT? pic.twitter.com/Ca2kf4FSXA
— Cirque du SoLame (@_Katenip) May 23, 2018
Finds deserted island
a message in a bottle washes onto the beach
*opens bottle*
We’ve updated our Privacy Policy
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 24, 2018
my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like "we've updated our privacy policy. "
— Chloe Dungate (@ScarfDemon) May 24, 2018
Oh no, now I’ve got Kelis’ earworm “Milkshake” stuck in my head. This meme is the worst.
Have you seen any other fantastic versions of the meme? Let us know in the comments!
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The memes, they make us crazy.
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