Robby KSep 26, 2023
Puffer
It’s sad how Wile E. Coyote is remembered for his violence, and not for his brilliantly realistic paintings of tunnels.
Sep 26, 2023 at 12:31amWeb
Show threadPufferSep 26, 2023

Let’s see if I go “viral” with a Tweet I straight up stole from Matt Roller (@/rolldiggity) (October 15, 2011)

Still one of the funniest things I’ve ever read on Twitter.

Show threadPufferSep 26, 2023

lol it really is going beyond my mutuals. Please believe me, I’m not doing it for the clout. I was making a meta joke.

Still, I’m not going to delete or edit it. 😶

Show threadRod_RescuemanSep 26, 2023
@puffer and also for being boneless, apparently.
Show threadStuart Celarier ❌👑Sep 26, 2023
@puffer Then you may enjoy my little research project.
https://pdx.social/@VisualStuart/110741606118547873
Stuart Celarier (@[email protected])

The Internet does not disappoint. Random curiosity left me wondering about the origin of the tunnel painted on the wall gag. It was the first Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon to feature Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Fast and Furry-ous, released September 17, 1949. Now you know. Shout out to musical direction by the great Carl Stalling. Meep, meep! https://vimeo.com/560466979

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Show threadKrupoSep 26, 2023

@VisualStuart @puffer scientifically one would first say "cartoons don't have to be 100% realistic"

With that out of the way, road runner is weaving through the wall at a subatomic level, moving so fast that the electrons and protons don't even connect but rather seamlessly weave through the matter of the wall.

What we would know think of as a self-teleportation unit.

Mystery solved.

Show threadPieSep 26, 2023
@puffer I blame his publicist
Show threadNicoSep 26, 2023
@puffer With one paint brush and one can of paint
Show threadJeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺Sep 26, 2023
@puffer Or his magic holes. (literal)
Show threadBrian DearSep 26, 2023
@puffer OMG just realized this… Wile E. Coyote invented deepfakes.
Show threadBadtux the Snarky PenguinSep 26, 2023
@puffer I was always rooting for Wile E., because that road runner was just a dick.
Show threadCade the CatSep 26, 2023
@puffer I weep not for how he is remembered, for he painted only in pursuit of violence.
Show threadDgarSep 26, 2023
@puffer
Faster than Bob Ross too!
Show threadJanErikGSep 26, 2023
@puffer what about his survival skills?
Show threadDavid W. JonesSep 26, 2023
@puffer
And inspiring an endless line of bizarre (if not very successful) inventions by Acme.
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Show threadWylieCoyoteUK Sep 26, 2023
@puffer Or his determination to keep trying, no matter what.
Show threadex or current IDF unwelcomeSep 26, 2023
@puffer The Acme of his painting career
Show threadKobi LaCroixSep 26, 2023
@puffer an underrated master of trompe l’oeil
Show threadB@1tySep 26, 2023
@puffer I mean it's a valid point..
Show threadllewellySep 26, 2023

@puffer
as a child I was taught to admire his dogged determination in pursuit of seemingly impossible goals, and against seemingly endless setbacks.

...

... yeah, "seemingly", is how I was taught it. reagan was in the whitehouse, and fears of the Apocalypse lurched and lumbered about the earth.

Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeSep 26, 2023
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Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencySep 26, 2023

@puffer

Weirdly at this moment the post beneath yours on #explore uses a #wileecoyote #avatar.

That poster would be josef@Jk

Show threadAtapi.EXESep 26, 2023
@puffer done in mere seconds no less!
Show threadNikeluiSep 26, 2023
@puffer I thought for his groundbreaking experiments on gravity.
Show threadbitsavers.orgSep 26, 2023

@puffer

One of his tunnel renderings is on my profile along with "free bird seed" to attract Twitter-ers

Show threadJim ShoesSep 26, 2023

@puffer

Still baffles me to this day: If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all of that Acme stuff, then why didn't he just order dinner?

Show threadAaronOct 8, 2023
@shoozejim @puffer I once read a literary deconstruction of the entire Roadrunner/Coyote universe that happened to address this point. It was brilliantly written, and funny, I wish I could find it again.

TL;DR: Coyote is being punished in hell.
Show threadTim   Sep 26, 2023
@puffer especially with just one can of paint!
Show threadMassa 👽 HumbertoSep 27, 2023
@puffer @lochnix this made me remember that someone painted a roadrunner and a 3D tunnel in a wall in Juazeiro (Bahia/Brasil) and memes ensued.