{"id":"american-football-joke","name":"American Football Joke","summary":"The American Football Joke, more commonly known as \"Well At Least Our Schools Are Not A Shooting Range,\" is a recurring internet retort used by British and European users to deflect American criticism of their countries. Originating from a deleted tweet in 2015, the joke gained widespread traction through TikTok skits in early 2022, where British people delivering the punchline were represented by animals and creatures with grotesque teeth. The format became so overused that it spawned its own layer of mockery, with memes making fun of how predictable the comeback had gotten.","tags":["american-football-joke","American Football Joke meme"],"howToUse":["**The setup:** List American English or cultural norms as corrections to British ones (\"It's fries, not chips,\" \"It's soccer, not football\"). The tone is smug or condescending.","**The punchline:** A British character, usually depicted with exaggerated bad teeth or as a grotesque creature, responds with \"well at least our schools are not a shooting range\" (or a variation)."],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-english-terminology.webp","caption":"Twitter post comparing US and UK English with school shooting range joke punchline","width":564,"height":555,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-winnie-pooh.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":680,"height":693,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-gaming-screenshot.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":680,"height":765,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-british-capybara.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":574,"height":570,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-uk-us-infographic.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":540,"height":549,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-frustrated-british.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":353,"height":320,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/american-football-multi-panel.webp","caption":"American Football Joke","width":595,"height":583,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/american-football-joke/history.md","related":["ad-blocker-meme","ai-slop","brain-rot-vocabulary","skibbidi-sigma","absurdist-humor","achievement-hunting","album-art-meme","ai-hype-cycle-meme","awkward-introduction"],"popularityRank":1373,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}