On Sunday, Twitter account @TheSocietyDude tweeted a simple question. “What’s the dude equivalent of being into astrology,” he asked the internet, sparking an enthusiastic response from users. The wave of sarcastic, snarky, and sometimes honest replies quickly caused the tweet to go viral and created an instant meme.
https://twitter.com/TheSocietyDude/status/1191089917989969920
The response was immediate and overwhelming. Mountains of potential answers, from “bitcoin” to “fantasy football” and “Myers Briggs,” started flooding in.
https://twitter.com/BatmasoTheHairy/status/1191132277331431424
https://twitter.com/TheRedRedMenace/status/1191133580489084929
I think this is the real answer
— Shelly (@itsshellyguys) November 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/LLW902/status/1191093595312402432
https://twitter.com/BuchbergerJm/status/1191091573863280640
Being into “logic”
— Tiny Timby (@nut_therapy) November 4, 2019
Audiophilia, in particular the kind where you buy extremely expensive cables.
— Tony Ingesson (@tonyingesson) November 4, 2019
That's so true 😂
— Emelia Fiell (@emefiell) November 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/yusufneedsarest/status/1191485219385348103
Having *an idea for a super great podcast with his bud where they just talk
— Kramer (@ThatKramerGuy) November 4, 2019
“Libertarianism” was a popular response. The idea seemed to come as a reference to a 2012 tweet. Back when Barack Obama was still in office, Twitter account @dankgdl tweeted out “libertarianism is astrology for men.”
https://twitter.com/AnarchoMichelle/status/1191340172001964032
being a libertarian
— Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) November 5, 2019
Libertarianism.
— Thomas Lecaque (@tlecaque) November 4, 2019
Libertarianism
— A Bottle of Ranch Dressing (@Ratburn_the_Red) November 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/MrJames_Casey/status/1191096145210150912
Several people responded with “economics,” another reference to an old viral tweet. The original tweet, posted by Erin Ryan just under two years ago, read “economics is astrology for dudes.”
Don't need to read any more replies this is the empirically correct one
— Jacob Weindling (@Jakeweindling) November 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/939105138043768832?lang=en
A few of the responses sparked discussion. While there are plenty of “dude” equivalents to astrology, IPAs and anime are apparently not among them. These options, as explained by several Twitter users, are more akin to “the pumpkin spice lattes of men,” and “the dude equivalent of having a personality.”
I'd say IPA's are more like the pumpkin spice lattes of men.
— Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (@CoffeelessInOtt) November 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/HazelMonforton/status/1191447728750047232
https://twitter.com/FenianSanta/status/1191114511496822784
Days into the thread, there isn’t any overwhelming consensus on the “dude” equivalent of astrology, but the discussion sure is fun to follow.
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