Drowned Brother Rice Joke

Text on the meme

I’m gonna have to take a few days off. My little brother drowned in his pool yesterday afternoon Did anyone try putting him in rice? Lol just kidding take as much time as you need

What it means

A text-message conversation shows someone announcing that their little brother drowned in a pool, followed by a wildly inappropriate joke about putting him in rice, a common remedy for water-damaged electronics. The punchline is the sudden shift from sympathy to dark humor, making it a reaction meme for an extremely awkward or insensitive comment. EN: A text-message conversation shows someone announcing that their little brother drowned in a pool, followed by a wildly inappropriate joke about putting him in rice, a common remedy for water-damaged electronics. The punchline is the sudden shift from sympathy to dark humor, making it a reaction meme for an extremely awkward or insensitive comment.

Objects

smartphone screen / экран смартфона iMessage conversation / переписка в iMessage text message bubbles / пузыри текстовых сообщений gray message bubble / серый пузырь сообщения blue message bubble / синий пузырь сообщения pool / бассейн drowned child / утонувший ребёнок rice / рис camera icon / значок камеры video call icon / значок видеозвонка