One thing about rap fans: We will get these jokes off — no matter the target. Even COVID-19, the virus that has completed upended the normal workings of society for the past two years, isn’t safe. Thanks to a news outlet’s tweet of a mutant variant of the virus — a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants dubbed, naturally, “Deltacron” — folks on Twitter are comparing the image to the cover of a fan-favorite trap album.
While the computer-generated images of the COVID-19 coronavirus floating around are mostly just simulated magnifications of what the virus would look like under a powerful microscope, CTV News’ choice of color scheme and the shape of the mutant strain resemble nothing so much as the cloudy, Rorschach-like splotches on Future’s DS2 cover. So, it didn’t take long for fans to spot the resemblance and turn the new strain into the butt of plenty of jokes playing on the album’s title, themes, and lyrics.
https://t.co/AASe3nt77m pic.twitter.com/FGB9HEROiC
— Pigeons & Planes (@PigsAndPlans) January 11, 2022
First thing I thought of pic.twitter.com/4Evrkz7lZ1
— GOITO (@GOBBY799) January 11, 2022
Nigga that’s DS2 https://t.co/gKPt5DJ9uh
— Maybe: Papi Women Neglecter vol 5 (@JuicegawdinPriv) January 11, 2022
“You know we talk that sick talk, that sick talk,” joked one fan over a post that added the DS2 title card to the Deltacron image. “I just took a piss and I seen COVID coming out,” cracked another.
you know we talk that sick talk, that sick talk https://t.co/mh6F4YWHk4
— wesley (@wslymcln) January 11, 2022
I just took a piss and I seen COVID coming out https://t.co/5VIVlUCq6m
— Marxist Lynchist (@dklmarxist) January 11, 2022
All jokes aside, it looks like we can chalk the so-called Deltacron variant up to a lab error, just like another purported super strain, “Flurona.” For now, it looks like we don’t have to worry about any fusion variants, because the original recipe is still nasty enough. They say laughter is the best medicine, though, so feel free to check out some more of the fans’ jokes and give yourself your daily dose of chuckles below.
Where ya mask was at?
— Andy Larkin (@andy_larkinn) January 11, 2022
“I don’t give a f— if you need another booster”
— David P. Roberts, Your Favorite Side Character (@daveP_roberts) January 11, 2022
Where ya ass was at when we were down in isolation? https://t.co/kysYBPrjGO
— Cillian Murphy (@CillieJean) January 11, 2022
And niggas say future not the most influential rapper of this gen https://t.co/9L87HDZ311
— 𝕹𝖆𝖙𝖊. (@like_nate) January 11, 2022
this variant gone fuck up some commas frl https://t.co/aXCLXS2XgT
— tyna メ𝟶 (@tynaanyt) January 11, 2022
dirty soda spike lee white girl ice t https://t.co/qNhl9pGmwy
— rommel (@silkshirtt) January 11, 2022
this is a weird way of rolling out DS3 but i guess whatever to bring the most sales in i guess https://t.co/BWfEC7fe8L
— tippity (@NEOTIPPITY) January 11, 2022