A few days ago, China successfully launched and landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier in a symbolic demonstration of the nation’s growing military power. Certain internet users in the country, however, had other things on their mind — namely, the unusual Top Gun-style US Navy gesture used by the landing crew to guide the jet to safety. The action pose has been emulated by many Chinese people online in a variety of situations on Sina Weibo and other social networks, and Ministry of Tofu has collated several great examples. Coming so soon after “Gangnam Style,“ it looks like East Asia is staking a solid claim to become the new capital of physical memes.
Chinese fighter jet landing sparks bizarre ‘Top Gun’ pose meme
Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.
Most Popular
Most Popular
- Anker’s new window-mounted camera monitors the outside of your home from within it
- Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: People should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’
- Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
- The touchscreen MacBook Pro is a winner
- Those Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are very fake
