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An Irishman's joke BBC breaking news ticker has become a huge meme

It sums up the horror of every news story these days.

PEOPLE ARE NOW, understandably, calling their phones “the fresh horror device” – because every time you unlock it there’s another nugget of nightmarish news awaiting you.

And the same goes for breaking news tickers these days.

So Irish Twitter user @emmetbroaders came up with a new universal breaking news banner for all 2017 occasions

emmet @emmetbroaders Twitter @emmetbroaders Twitter

*applause*

Once he tweeted it out yesterday afternoon it quickly started picking up thousands of retweets.

And other accounts took it and it went even more viral

In the process becoming a massive meme in less than 24 hours

Culminating in the image hitting the front page of Reddit overnight – with nearly 100,000 upvotes

nsfw Reddit Reddit

Speaking to DailyEdge.ie, he says that the inspiration behind it was simple:

I’d just like the news to stop

Next time you see a breaking news ticker flash up, check yourself to see what your thought process is.

“Oh f**k what now” just about sums it up.

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Mute Dick Durkin
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:10 PM

    The media is a f***ing joke right now.

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    Mute Stephen Coveney
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:20 PM

    No, media is reporting on exactly what we want to consume. Trial in Russiaa few years ago where a newspaper reported on just good news for one day. Sales=0. Also you have an idiotic way of lumping all the information provided to people into the word “media”. Takes a fool to do that

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    Mute Dick Durkin
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:24 PM

    Here snowflake, don’t be so offended now.

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    Mute Dot Com
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    Feb 1st 2017, 3:06 AM

    Tell me about.

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    Mute Richie Tyndall
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    Feb 1st 2017, 4:47 AM

    @Stephen Coveney: Wouldn’t you have to buy and read the ‘no bad news’ paper on that day to discover that there is no bad news in it? I know many people buy the same paper every day regardless of the front page.

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    Mute Brendan Hughes
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    Feb 1st 2017, 5:49 AM

    News flash for you Stephen ‘media’ is the plural of medium. Which are the many different forms of news and information take. So yes it all gets lumped under the one umbrella. Dope

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    Mute Ed Magnier
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    Feb 1st 2017, 6:45 AM

    @Dick Durkin: Ironic that those with the thinnest skin have taken to call others who engage in reason, snowflakes. Like China calling itself democratic.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Feb 1st 2017, 7:31 PM

    @Dick Durkin: Should have said fake news or UK government spin?

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    Mute Gerry Fallon
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:27 PM

    Journal.please just answer me a straight forward question ok. How can you print the Friday word so clearly in the headline and I can’t use it to get a good point across? The F word can be used in the right context.but you cancel great comments every day.its bolox really.

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    Mute Les McQueen
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:10 PM

    Those headlines can be fierce confusing at times. I thought it was something to do with an Irishman’s joke big black cock…

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    Mute dstaffx
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:07 PM

    Ah here, leav it outh

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    Mute Shane Corry
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:12 PM

    Did he actually create it or just repost it? It was on the front page of Reddit for a bit yesterday.

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    Mute emmet✨broaders
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:33 PM

    @Shane Corry: i made it and someone threw it up on reddit like

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    Mute Mercurial One
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    Feb 1st 2017, 8:37 AM

    Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

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    Mute Francid Dooley
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    Feb 1st 2017, 12:32 AM

    I don’t think the news is that bad.

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    Mute Brendan Hughes
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    Feb 1st 2017, 5:52 AM

    You have low expectations of happiness so. :)

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    Mute Awkward Seal
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    Feb 1st 2017, 1:24 PM

    We’re living in the safest time in human history… unless you’re a celebrity.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Feb 1st 2017, 7:32 PM
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    Mute Skip Goose
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    Feb 1st 2017, 3:07 AM

    Dog shit

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    Mute Steven Hillert
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    Feb 1st 2017, 5:46 AM

    Always with the negative waves Moriarty!!!!

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    Mute Brendan Rogers
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    Jan 31st 2017, 11:42 PM

    Myles is laughing aloud

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Feb 1st 2017, 7:29 PM

    Brillant…

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    Mute Rad Dawg
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    Feb 1st 2017, 10:38 AM

    “huge”

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