Cool Accomplishment, Still Gay

Alan Turing: I just cracked the enigma code, now the U-boats are no longer a threat The British government: Cool accomplishment, still gay

A man in a dark police uniform leans toward the camera in an office while the caption presents Alan Turing announcing that he cracked the Enigma code and the British government responding, “Cool accomplishment, still gay.” The joke refers to Turing’s homosexuality and the British government’s historical persecution of him despite his crucial wartime codebreaking work. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to achievements being dismissed because of prejudice. EN: A man in a dark police uniform leans toward the camera in an office while the caption presents Alan Turing announcing that he cracked the Enigma code and the British government responding, “Cool accomplishment, still gay.” The joke refers to Turing’s homosexuality and the British government’s historical persecution of him despite his crucial wartime codebreaking work. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to achievements being dismissed because of prejudice.

• @jeppa420 / 9136 2020-11-05