What Is the Bee Lion Meme?
Why the Internet Is Abuzz About the Lion Bee
Twitter user JayBreezy_69 had people buzzing on the app over the weekend when he tweeted, "It's hard to believe some people because they. . . " with a photo of a lion's face photoshopped onto a bee's body. The ridiculous pun quickly began getting shared and soon opened an important debate — is it hard to believe some people because they be lyin' or because they lyin, B?
It's hard to believe some people because they pic.twitter.com/iw4J09knGM
— Breezy📍 (@JayBreezy_69) April 8, 2017
Slang and vernacular aside, most commenters were blown away by the fact that either one works as a viable option to finish the sentence — with one Twitter user even musing that "life is crazy." But we also need to talk about the logistics of this: if a lion's head is on a bee's body, it's a lion bee, right? If a lion had wings and a stinger, it would then be a bee lion. Here are the best, most mind-blown reactions to Bee Liongate.
@JayBreezy_69 This is so clearly a lion bee and not a bee lion.
— Sridhar Ramesh (@RadishHarmers) April 9, 2017
just realized you can say this either way and it works. Life's crazy!! https://t.co/yN4NftJmz8
— ty (@Tyler_Hammack) April 10, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 pic.twitter.com/U1qnsW7UW1
— BlackFreelance (@BlackFreelance1) April 9, 2017
Y'all my wife said "because they lion b!" What kind of New York & friends shit is that? 😂😂 https://t.co/GO9nXYAgLG
— Welly Wells 💧 (@TheSmallVersion) April 10, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 please make a bee lion for the door
— allen🌀 (@ussherpress) April 9, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 But can't you imagine how terrifying a lion-bee would be? Like a full sized lion with a stinger?!
— Rome C137 (@Jerry_Loft0n) April 9, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 @ElissaCatherin3 Damn that seriously took me like 3 minutes to understand
— Dad Bod (@ADiFlav) April 10, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 pic.twitter.com/FwL8LGUtfs
— youngescobar☁️ (@thebest382) April 9, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 super-dead 😂Took me a minute but I caught it
— Otto Forkbeard (@otto_forkbeard) April 10, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 I thought it was mad fly at first I'm weak
— roohafsah (@pettystani) April 9, 2017
we officially need a twitter awards ceremony where we honor tweets, such as this, the way they rightfully deserve https://t.co/KC2pPOj5R3
— VDN (VKTM) (@VickDeNiro) April 9, 2017
@theyknowlex @JayBreezy_69 @CJCoolHerc
They be(bee) lying(lion)
— A (@DatAndyGuy) April 9, 2017
@JayBreezy_69 Buzz and roar obviously
— Jen (@jentheogoreable) April 9, 2017
