“Cone” reaches meme orbit
Little did SafeStreetRebel know that fighting multi-billion-dollar companies would turn the lowly traffic cone into an amazing meme.
Halloween
Halloween in San Francisco is a cherished tradition of exploiting the latest cultural phenomenon. For 2023 it was clearly the year of the Cone! Big, small, on top a car or not, didn’t matter. Just as long as it was orange.
Layoffs at Cruise
Getting laid off is never easy, especially after a company drives into the abyss. So you might as well have fun with it, bake a tasty cake, and acknowledge the mighty power of the Cone!
Advertising
Tough Guy
Grey’s Anatomy
The 20th-year season of Grey’s Anatomy couldn’t resist. For Episode 1 they not only included a very errant robotaxi, but they tried coning it in an attempt to get it to stop crashing into an ambulance.
Here are the clips worth watching:
Stickers
Seen about town
General Humor
Funny, or not?
In the News
The graphics folks at various news sites had their fun with cones.
Politics
Outrageous Success
Cruise gets busy, then cones get busy