I like internet memes. One of the greatest gift of the world wide web was to make America's Funniest Videos obsolete. Making a fool of yourself and making money off it was now at the reach of everybody with an internet connection. Most memes have a mind numbing story to them, this one, who has been named meme-of-the-year in 2007 by I-don't-remember-who, so its story has been leaked quite a few times. The star of the show has been invited on national TV to account for is behavior.
That all started during John Kerry's unconvincing campaign tour of '04's election. The charismatic beast that is John was putting University of Florida in a coma with his speach when Andrew Meyer, the mandatory know-it-all politics student that has a cocaine-like addiction to conspiracy theories had his turn on the microphone. In the full video of the event you can see him ask questions about the free masons and different secret societies (that are really nothing more than a depraved frat house for graduates).
Meyer gets all fired up by the oh-so-original and groundbreaking truth he announces to the world, starts yelling to loud for Kerry to answer and security gets involved. Now, Andrew yells out to censorship in America, appeals to the power of the illuminati to recognize the truth (yeah, like millenial secret societies will listen to you) and gets handcuffed for his efforts. Andrew, like a man possessed refuses to lay down and the police present unholsters the most lethal unlethal weapon ever know to the world *tadaaa* THE TASER.
The brave, courageous and fearless amateur journalist Meyer shrivels up and yells: "DON'T TASE ME BRO!" followed by a girly "aaaaaaaargh" before being escorted out into county jail.
Why do we love it so much?: The righteous quest for the truth of Andrew Meyer is so amusing because no one but him gave a shit about what he had to say. John Kerry was a senator (or a governor, American politics confuse me), heading for a surefire defeat in presidential election and honestly, who gives a flying fuck about John Kerry being in the free masons? There are a lot of scarier people that must be members of this organization.
Meyer's intervention was a gratuitous move of self-importance, that had no interest whatsoever about the truth, the free masons, the illuminati or John Kerry. That was Andrew Meyer trying to shine(and maybe get laid) on John Kerry's expense and got tasered for his efforts. The taser use in Meyer's case was warranted and hilarious. If you're looking to get insulted by police work with the lethal non-lethal weapon, check them out tasering multiple times this Iranian student for forgetting his library card.
