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Dying Suddenly
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diff --git a/wiki/memes/dying-suddenly.md b/wiki/memes/dying-suddenly.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..91d6f876 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: Dying Suddenly +type: meme +status: confirmed +aliases: [sudden death challenge, died suddenly] +sources: + - raw/news/strange-phenomenon-happening-as-celebrities-take-to-social-media-to-suddenly-die-talking-h.json +--- + +**Dying suddenly** is a Bugleverse social media trend in which young, healthy celebrities and professional athletes cease to exist as a show of support for ESG and governmental intervention on climate change. Talking heads compare it to the Ice Bucket Challenge ([[news/strange-phenomenon-happening-as-celebrities-take-to-social-media-to-suddenly-die-talking-heads-compare-it-to-ice-bucket-challenge|Celebrities And Athletes Suddenly Die]], January 2023). + +Canon establishes three facts about the phenomenon: + +1. It is in no way associated with any vaccine, and it is dangerous to even discuss the possibility. +2. The medical mechanism, per [[characters/jill-biden|Dr. Jill Biden]], is climate shock compounded by climate anxiety, straining even the most well conditioned hearts. +3. It is admired but not practiced by its wealthiest supporters: [[characters/bill-gates|Bill Gates]] called it the most selfless of sacrifices while declining to undertake it himself. + +CDC director Rochelle Walensky was expected to address the phenomenon at a press conference. + +> irl: Satirizes the "died suddenly" meme of 2022–23, in which vaccine skeptics attributed athlete cardiac events to COVID vaccines while media offered alternative causes (weather, climate anxiety, soccer celebrations). The Bugle's inversion makes the deaths voluntary activism.