Twitter Reacts to Picture of Sewage Bursting From EPA Water Fountain: ‘2017 In a Nutshell’

A water fountain at the EPA backed up and started spewing sewage into the hallway https://t.co/ct1LtxAO2M pic.twitter.com/WdZVVlNt5O

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 15, 2017

There’s a picture making the rounds on Twitter today that’s convincing everyone that irony is officially dead…again.

Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency apparently suffered a sewage backup which caused a disgusting black sludge to gush from a water fountain. Of course, a picture is worth 1,000 words, and plenty of people thought this was an all too perfect metaphor for what 2017 has been like.

today in extremely on-the-nose visual metaphors https://t.co/rrMxEgyOGe

— Recognize the Vox Union Now (@alex_navarro) December 15, 2017

The writing this season lacks any kind of subtlety. https://t.co/7WfqAH7jA9

— Subscribe to My Newsletter (@mattyglesias) December 15, 2017

This symbolism is too obvious. Please revise. https://t.co/Ri8wazd7EJ

— Ron Charles (@RonCharles) December 15, 2017

when mother nature is trying to tell you something https://t.co/UF9N9xXriu

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 15, 2017

sorry, send this metaphor back, it's too blunt https://t.co/wfETyqG4X4

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) December 15, 2017

That's a little on the nose, EPA water fountain https://t.co/MiUI5fsY6j

— Mark Gongloff, LLC (@markgongloff) December 15, 2017

a picture's worth a thousand…. https://t.co/kLt5ZokFn6

— David P Gelles (@gelles) December 15, 2017

Peak 2017. https://t.co/4V0x9PoyL0

— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 15, 2017

What does The Onion write about these days? https://t.co/yd0vGno1FN

— Aaron E. Carroll (@aaronecarroll) December 15, 2017

2017 in a nutshell, folks. https://t.co/dcUwX1lnGM

— Dane (@SeeDaneRun) December 15, 2017

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