on the West Coast, beloved actor Danny DeVito opened Twitter, and typed four simple words. Where does this crude, two-word salutation come from? The gutter minds of deranged liberal activists? The sewers of anonymous message boards? The talking points of the Elders of Zion? In fact, none of the above. It’s a burn with a slightly defter touch: You’re old you’re done please retreat to a life of material and financial comfort, even after you’ve stopped contributing labor of quantifiable worth to our society … bitch. More important than “bitch” is “retire.” “Retire” is a perfect insult - not as cruel as “please kill yourself” or “I hope you die,” but not so abstract as to lose all meaning.

Let’s be clear on “bitch,” an obviously harsh and gendered insult, but one that - in my reading - is deployed in the same way that Luke Ward tells Ryan Atwood, on The O.C., “ Welcome to the O.C., bitch.” Here, it’s a punctuation mark more than a gendered slur, and as someone who has scrolled through weeks of these tweets, I can confirm they’re almost always directed at men. “Retire bitch.” Short, sweet, to the point.

Phil Jackson retire bitch.- Mexican January 16, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg retire bitch- †ALEX DEGEN END OF THE WORLD† January 17, 2017 Jimmy kimmel retire bitch- mb February 27, 2017Ĭasey affleck retire bitch- jake jortles February 27, 2017 Warren beatty retire bitch- yeah na February 27, 2017 Perhaps you were watching the Oscars on Sunday night. It doesn’t only apply to politics though. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) retire bitch- salad bar ham cubes February 14, 2017 Julian assange retire bitch- ☭xtremely left ryan☭ January 18, 2017 Tom perez retire bitch- aleashuhh February 26, 2017 Steve Bannon retire bitch- Jeremy Gordon January 29, 2017 Paul Ryan Retire Bitch.- Fujoshi's Island January 28, 2017

As the saying goes, “retire bitch.”ĭonald trump retire bitch- Anthony Oliveira February 15, 2017 Their time is over - whether they’re incompetent, disgraced, or just plain over-the-hill - it’s clear that the world would be better off if they went away. You might have noticed that, with a growing frequency over the last several months, men in power are being told to pack it in.

Tell me why bitch meme