MEME REFERENCE

Calling the police

Use when treating an annoying, absurd, or suspicious act as serious enough to report

What it expresses

Treating an annoying, absurd, or suspicious act as serious enough to report

Example

A housemate puts ketchup on an expensive steak, and you jokingly reach for the phone as if reporting a crime.

When not to use it

The behavior poses real immediate danger; contact actual emergency services rather than communicate through a reaction meme.

• annoying
• report
• absurd