24. Guillotines are yet another 90s throwback--the 1790s, that is!
23. July 14th is Bastille Day, the day we celebrate the common people of France storming the Bastille, a fortified prison holding political prisoners, weapons, and ammunition.
happy #BastilleDay, let’s celebrate with some festive guillotines
This was considered a turning point in the revolution against the ruling class and aristocracy.
22. Wealth inequality, widespread poverty, and the ruling class nibbling on petit fours while the masses went without bread were all causes behind France's populist uprising.
press ‘g’ to guillotine
Hmmm... Wonder why guillotines are all the rage again?
21. During the French Revolution's Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794, about 17,000 people were guillotined.
I know it's wrong to make guillotine jokes, but sometimes it's just... so... hard
The victims were primarily the rich and powerful whose riches and power came at the cost of ordinary people's ability to thrive.
20. There are currently 607 American billionaires, and 2,208 worldwide.
just finished listening to the exclusive super guillotine list !!!!!!
19. For now, no billionaire is safe from the guillotine (joke).
I don't want to hear about billionaires' hobbies unless it's diving head-first into a guillotine. https://t.co/FuleTOqBto
18. Conservatives are, how you say, not big fans of guillotine jokes.
I predict the guillotines will make a big comeback. https://t.co/IWjQsNYMoz
17. And yet, they can't stop pushing for policies that make guillotines seem like the solution.
@mattyglesias I, for one, underrate their sincerity on many things, because it helps me to focus on tasks other than guillotine construction.
Conservatives: Don't tax the rich.
Leftists: OK, eat the rich.
Conservatives: No, not like that.
16. Nothing is stopping young people from scratching this populist itch.
Hey, can we cool it with all the guillotine references? This administration deserves a public execution that isn't nearly so fast and painless.
15. And not-so-young people are all-in on this summer's hottest trend.
Way past 38 and I’m building a guillotine.
14. Who can blame them?
@sam_rose_f Boy it's a real mystery why I keep seeing guillotine gifs these days.
The 400 richest Americans now hold more wealth than the bottom 150 million people, according to Forbes.
13. Remember, Flint STILL doesn't have clean water.
::sound of whetstone against guillotine blade intensifies::
12. Simply enrolling your kid in preschool is now a classist nightmare, thanks to the One Percent.
@amandamull Everyone in this story is the best argument ever made for the guillotine.
11. Every day, there are at least 2,000 migrant children locked in cages by the US Border Patrol.
this is just to say I have taken the guillotine that was in the garage and which you were probably saving for the right time Forgive me they're all so guilty so despicable so decapitatible
Whether ICE and USBP are just following orders or actually enjoy forcing children to sleep on concrete without their parents is up for debate. What isn't up for debate is how this administration's family separation policy makes people feel.
10. Almost half of all American adults can't cover a $400 emergency.
"What You Get for $5.5 Million" other than the guillotine.
9. Well-paying full-time jobs are a pipe dream for most, but the gig economy is going full-force.
@CNN Can we have a guillotine share program too?
8. With climate change threatening to drastically alter everyone's lives for the worse in 30 years and no sign that the economy will improve, how do people cope with the world we're leaving our children?
Teach them to construct guillotines https://t.co/pYjnU7cPyO
7. Influencers whine about their meager six-figure incomes.
@slangwise One (1) guillotine will slash this budget down to manageable levels pretty quickly
6. 43 million Americans owe a whopping $1.3 TRILLION dollars in student loan debt.
we - and i can't stress this word enough - need to bring back the guillotine
5. Are these jokes in bad taste?
@WVNS59News I hear his family was with him too? Sweet! That means we won't have to sharpen the blade on the guillotine quite so much!
4. Maybe, but what's worse? Jokes or people dropping dead because they can't afford what they need to stay alive?
Another Minnesotan dead because of the high cost of insulin. 💔 https://t.co/uzLDhPcgjN
3. Are these jokes dangerous?
the guillotine jokes are working
2. It depends on who you are.
@jjmacnab The guy who attacked the ICE detention centre was a 69-year-old anarchist named Will Van Spronsen. This is him.
1. Happy Bastille Day! Don't lose your head!
🇫🇷Hooray, it's almost #BastilleDay! Commemorating the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, Bastille Day is celebrated with military parades, dances & fireworks all over France. → https://t.co/ZkwZ8ScCJ8
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