The Internet Flipped Out Over BuzzFeed Exploding a Watermelon

BuzzFeed exploded a watermelon and the internet completely lost it. (It’s more interesting than it sounds.)

It’s Friday, so naturally BuzzFeed had a live video going on Facebook putting tons and tons of rubber bands around a watermelon to see how many it could withstand before exploding.

Here’s a GIF of the moment when it all went, well, kablooie:

.@BuzzFeed's live stream of a watermelon getting wrapped with rubber bands had 800K viewers pic.twitter.com/vcQkjOrAKn

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) April 8, 2016

Don’t worry, the BuzzFeed employees who exploded the melon are okay:

Me and @JamesHarness exploded a watermelon on Facebook live and then the rubber bands we used went into this ball?? pic.twitter.com/t3gyz6JX5z

— chelsea marshall (@theseamar) April 8, 2016

Really happy to be able to breathe again tbh

— chelsea marshall (@theseamar) April 8, 2016

This is what happens to your hands when you put ~690 rubber bands on a watermelon pic.twitter.com/2Zx4NugZH0

— chelsea marshall (@theseamar) April 8, 2016

We did it @theseamar #Watermelon pic.twitter.com/ad3JObRCuO

— James Harness (@JamesHarness) April 8, 2016

This was pretty much the most important news of the day. Sort of. Everyone had a field day with it:

Vox: "Explainer: A Watermelon Exploded. But It's More Complicated Than That."

Vice: "How To Edge A Watermelon"

— Jon-Michael Poff (@JMPoff) April 8, 2016

NYT: Facing Pressure and Viewers, A Watermelon Explodes

Slate: The Watermelon Didn’t Actually Explodehttps://t.co/jLgzMf4MKo

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) April 8, 2016

Breitbart: Watch Mr. Trump crush GOPe Watermelon w/ Brainwaves Alone

Salon: That Watermelon Stunt was Problematic https://t.co/aTRSRQepRn

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 8, 2016

The Rubber Bands Vs. Watermelon: American Buzzfeed Story

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 8, 2016

let’s be honest: exploding it with rubber bands is the best thing anybody has ever done with a watermelon

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) April 8, 2016

that was the best watermelon related content since that rugrats episode about the seeds

— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) April 8, 2016

Journalists everywhere erase their

"NEW YORK — Two employees of BuzzFeed were killed on Friday in a tragic watermelon accident"

lede.

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) April 8, 2016

400,000 people are watching @BuzzFeed put rubber bands on a watermelon. This probably says something important about humanity. But what?

— Aaron Sankin (@ASankin) April 8, 2016

This BuzzFeed exploding watermelon Facebook Live video is nearing 400K viewers. How many viewers does MSNBC have in a day?

— Will Federman (@wfederman) April 8, 2016

165,000 currently watching @BuzzFeed put rubber bands around a watermelon until it explodes. Network TV be like: pic.twitter.com/y7SCyLuzXY

— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 8, 2016

The #snark and #content gods thank you on this day, BuzzFeed.

Now, while you might think this was entirely pointless, hundreds of thousands of people watched the watermelon explode. Not to mention this is a good instructional video on how to defend yourself against fresh fruit.

[image via screengrab]

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