From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, in our surfing world this morning, as two Instagram meme giants square off in what may escalate into a scorched earth war of attrition. For context, Kook of the Day sprouted in the very early social media featuring funny, light-hearted images of folk wearing wetsuits backward, folk with Wavestorms riding shotgun in convertibles, folk generally kooking it. A few years later, Kook Slams appeared featuring amusing clips of folk wiping out, folk yelling at each other in the lineup, folk getting whacked on beach while taking selfies, folk generally kooking it.
Now, Kook of the Day ran into a bit of trouble, having the account disappeared by Mark Zuckerberg for a time, getting it back then having it re-disappeared. Currently, the business is being run out of the backup account, Kook of the Day OG and holding some 15,000 supporters. Kook Slams has appeared to steer clear of Zuckerberg’s jackboot and boasts a whopping 2.4 million friendlies.
The latest batch of troubles between the two arose hours ago when Kook Slams offered a t-shirt for sale reading “I paddled out at your local break and nobody knew you.” All fine and good, except Kook of the Day had released a sticker much time ago reading “I went to your local spot and no one knew you.”
Wanton plagiarism.
Taking its war to the people, Kook of the Day called Kook Slams the dreaded triple K, “kookslams kopykat kooks” and asked for folk to “support the OG.”
Kook Slams has yet to respond though is likely weighing options.
Do you have any thoughts on the matter? Worried that the internecine conflict might spread to other meme accounts?
Scary days.
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