These Memes Sum Up How Some Pittsburghers Feel About the Bridge Collapse
We use humor to cope.
From PghBridges Instagram page.
Pittsburghers have gotten good at taking things with a side of humor.
After all, this is the city that made Christmas ornaments to commemorate that time a sinkhole swallowed a bus. (And celebrated its second birthday with an exhibit at Phipps.)
It comes as no surprise that the recent collapse of the Fern Hollow bridge in Frick Park has spawned its own collection of jokes and memes on social media. The goal isn’t to diminish the severity of the collapse or to take away from its important message about the region’s infrastructure, but to honor the absurdity of it all in a very Pittsburgh way.
posted by request of a friend in Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/bv8p9J8ENL
— Paige, from the internet (@The_Forismon) February 1, 2022
From the Regent Square Facebook Page.
From the Pittsburgh Personified Instagram page.
From Pittsburghpersonified Instagram page.
When life gets you down, have the resiliency of a port authority bus in Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/EE6Hz98bA4
— Deanna Tomaselli (@dferrari) January 28, 2022
From Penguins Jesus Twitter page.
That new #pittsburgh inspired chandelier is looking great… pic.twitter.com/hCgBZDBnLv
— Pittsburgh Symphony (@pghsymphony) February 1, 2022
From mmmmpie’s Instagram page.
