Well, if you didn't think gender reveal parties were stupid, chances are you do now. In the last week, thanks to the wildfires raging on the west coast, we've learned that announcing whether your kid is a boy or a girl can cause irreparable damage and death. While we don't find the situation to be funny, we do support mocking the idiots who started the El Dorado fire with spicy memes. Here are our favorites.
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Late summer has not been kind to California. The state's devastating wildfires have set a new record this year, with 2 million acres burned. Officials are calling the damage (and threat) unprecedented. And to add insult to injury, after investigations, it's become clear that the El Dorado Fires were caused by a gender reveal party.
The El Dorado Park fires in Yucaipa, just outside Los Angeles, have forced thousands to evacuate, and over 7000 acres have been scorched. The area has been suffering from an intense heat wave, making the decision of the expectant parents to use pyrotechnics for their stunt even more perplexing. The couple, whose identities have not been released, could end up paying millions in suppression costs, and could even go to jail. We've long thought that gender reveals are cringey and narcissistic practices. But now we've got some solid proof. And Twitter (obviously) has a lot to say about the matter. And most of it? Pretty funny.
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This has been a very, very bad year for gender reveals. For those of us who think gender reveals are incredibly dumb, we're just raking in the proof. Late last year we saw a gender reveal fireworks display turn into a horrific wildfire. This year, we have gender reveal lasagna. We didn't think it was possible to make the word "lasagna" sound revolting, but Villa Italian Kitchen has managed to do that. The company announced their $140 catering package to figures in food media. They were all quick to mock the concept on Twitter. We hope for Villa's sake that there really is no bad PR. And we really hope that Waffle House doesn't decide to start making gender reveal waffles. Googlers won't know what hit them.
