{"id":"smoke-detector-beeping","name":"Smoke Detector Beeping","summary":"Smoke Detector Beeping is the joke about the low-battery chirp that smoke alarms make when their batteries die, and the stereotype about people, in its most common early-2020s form Black households, leaving it beeping for weeks. It went massively viral through @damedamian's December 2022 TikTok comparing 'white people chilling' to 'Black people chilling,' with the only difference being a single chirp in the background.","tags":["smoke detector beeping","smoke alarm chirp meme","damedamian tiktok","beeping americans","smoke detector meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-woman-testing-ceiling-smoke-detector.webp","caption":"A woman tests a ceiling smoke detector, the type of alarm at the center of the 'smoke detector beeping' meme.","width":1920,"height":1080,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-sound-of-urban-poverty-article.webp","caption":"A 2013 essay titled 'The Sound of Urban Poverty' cited as early cultural commentary on chronically chirping smoke detectors.","width":680,"height":716,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-chirp-battery-hammer-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral 2018 tweet dramatizing the frustration of trying to silence a chirping smoke detector.","width":680,"height":941,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-harleybaghdad-beeping-detector-tweet.webp","caption":"A 2023 tweet with 435K views expressing shock at how many households tolerate a chronically beeping smoke detector.","width":680,"height":405,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-4chan-beeping-americans-thread.webp","caption":"A 4chan thread quoting the @harleybaghdad tweet and continuing the discussion about ignored chirping smoke detectors.","width":680,"height":536,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-changed-battery-no-big-deal-tweet.webp","caption":"A reaction tweet mocking the mundane confidence of someone who actually replaces their chirping smoke alarm battery.","width":680,"height":648,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/smoke-detector-beeping-beep-jordan-peele-parody-poster.webp","caption":"A fan-made 'BEEP' parody of a Jordan Peele horror poster, reframing the chirping smoke detector as pure psychological terror.","width":680,"height":927,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/smoke-detector-beeping/history.md","related":["hon-hon-hon","speak-to-the-manager-haircut","canada","country-feels","crayon-eater-marines-eat-crayons","emily-blm-acab-is-typing","hipster","niggas-be-like","septum-theory","baseball-stat-nerd","saudis","white-people-dancing-lol-white-people"],"popularityRank":2241,"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."}