A new meme out of China, ‘suitcase bowling’, is taking over the internet. As I write a version of the video shortened and celebrating a bowling strike as a suitcase falls down an escalator and takes out a passenger at the bottom has been viewed over 8 million times.
Two people at the top of the escalator tried to send their bag down on its own. However it didn’t stay upright – tossing itself down and gaining momentum until a way – who sees it coming and tries to outrun it – gets knocked down.
The woman at the bottom of the escalator, taken away on a stretcher at the end of the video, reportedly received minor injurious and is expected to recover fully. This all happened in Zhejiang province, China although more specifics, including where this happened, aren’t clear.
Here’s the original video shared by Chinese state media.
Dangerous moment! A falling suitcase tackled a woman on an escalator in E China's Zhejiang. Luckily, she was slightly injured and is safe now. pic.twitter.com/x48CIA6uQJ
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) September 2, 2022
And here’s the edited viral version:
I think I've found my new hobby suitcase bowling. pic.twitter.com/P9FgqDonD0
— J (@JJumbleup) September 2, 2022
The internet definitely knows it’s wrong to mock the plight of the woman at the bottom of the escalator, but it gloriously excited about the prospect of “suitcase bowling.”
If this ever happens to you, remember: you don’t have to outrun the suitcase, you just have to outrun other passengers.
So much for China’s social credit dystopia making a “harmonious” society.
I’ve been on an airport escalator where there is something preventing passengers from walking away at the end. This causes a potential fatal stampede. The solution is to get ready to jump over to the other escalator or stairs.
Americans love talking about China as if they have any clue.
Here’s a hint. Why does 50% of America hate the other half? Because urbanites have no clue what things are like in rural towns, and vice versa. The effects of being sheltered, and living in a bubble, are pronounced. Americans also have a superiority complex and narrow mindedness.
Americans don’t know sh*t about their own people in their own country. How can they comment about another country?
The good news is, at some point, America will cease to be its own country. Xi will take over. White supremacy and American exceptionalism will be dismantled at last.
Americans can take solace in having a historically long run. 1776 to 20XX. Pax Americana, how ‘bout dah?
@Actual Statistician
Funny how Chinese trolls don’t know proper English. Or how this response is not even addressing anything that was mentioned.
Probably good though, like how scammers often have typos you can easily spot in the otherwise well done fake email.
@Actual Statistician
The HongKong protester said it best “….don’t believe China, China is Asshoe!”
In your dreams dum@$$. We may be divided politically, but if you and Xi Gin Peepee try to invade and bring communism here in the US, goodluck confiscating 400 million guns from our citizens.
Do me a favor and listen to Gadsden, might save China from going kaboom.
@Actual Statistician
You and Xi Gin Peepee should
learn from the WW2 Japanese Admiral who said “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve”
This was an accident and not Suitcase Bowling as mentioned. Yet another ignorant post from an clueless American.
Get with the times Garry. This has been on Reddit for 2 months
@Jennifer Lee
Where did you learn English? Why would you put “an” incorrectly in front of “clueless”? I cannot figure out the thought process.
Maybe cause there is none?
@Actual Statistician I’m sure Chase will outlive CCP, not mentioning CCP.
and you won’t become next Joe Chivas or Debit.
“you don’t have to outrun the suitcase, you just have to outrun other passengers.” +1 to Gary! ROFL!!