- Twitter users can’t stop making fun of themselves in a viral flight-attendant meme.
- The meme involves a flight attendant who needs a doctor, and a father who’s disappointed in the user’s career choice outside of medicine.
- We rounded up the funniest tweets from the viral trend.
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A viral meme is letting everyone make fun of their career choices and their families’ reactions to their livelihoods.
The premise: You’re on a flight where the flight attendant asks if anyone on board is a doctor. Your dad nudges you, pointing out that you’ve decided to, say, major in English or become a dungeon master in Dungeons & Dragons.
“Go see if unearthing homoerotic subtext that doesn’t exist helps,” the disappointed father urges.
https://twitter.com/kzabrekker/status/1199800761141608451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The dad in the meme is less than pleased that you've decided to eschew the path of becoming a physician for something that's presumably lower-paying and less prestigious.
Here are some of the best posts.
The meme picked up in the days before Thanksgiving - seemingly tapping into everyone's insecurity about going home for the holiday
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?
Dad: *nudging me* should've been you
Me: Dad...
Dad: Not asking for a dungeon master, are they?
Me: "A warm glow washes over the cabin. The Blessing of Bahamut heals everyone 8d6hp."
Flight attendant: Cancel that.
Dad: wtf
— Six Hit Points (@sixhitpoints) November 27, 2019
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard?
Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Not asking for a Product Manager to help, are they?
Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now
Dad: Go and see if “let’s have a follow-up meeting" helps
— Laura Gao ☕️ (@heylauragao) November 26, 2019
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?
Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Not asking for a cinematographer to help, are they?
Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now
Dad: Go and see if “moody lighting" helps
— Jackson Hayes (@jacksonhvisuals) November 26, 2019
Flight attendant: Is a doctor onboard?
Mum: *nudge* that should've been you
Me: Not now,Mum
Mum: Not asking for a political scientist to help,are they?
Me: Mum,there's a medical emergency happening
Mum: Go see if somebody wants to listen to an analysis of right wing rhetoric
— Natascha Strobl (@Natascha_Strobl) November 27, 2019
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard?
Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Not asking for a DJ to help, are they?
Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now
Dad: Go and see if asking them to “put your fucking hands up" helps
— joey (@djjoeysantos) November 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/sadiyaharabia/status/1199540756978946048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In a few cases, the flight attendant and the ailing patient really didn't want a doctor after all
https://twitter.com/StuFlemingNZ/status/1199444376872636417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard?
Mom: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Mom
Mom: Not asking for an artist to help, are they?
Everyone on the plane: Wait, you're an artist?
Everyone on the plane, including dying guy: Can you draw me?
— 💜 JV 💜 (commissions open!) (@javi_khoso) November 29, 2019
Some of the folks in the memes actually were doctors
https://twitter.com/AlexAndersonMD/status/1199517859208142848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And one of the most popular posts didn't even have a disappointed father at all
https://twitter.com/jeffparker/status/1199826724562726913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw