The arrival of these Giant Hornets have generated a buzz. But how will this affect you?
OK. The word murder is rarely a happy-go-lucky word, except in perhaps “murder mystery dinner party.” So when news broke over the weekend that “murder hornets,” have been spotted in the U. S. for the first time, it caused quite a buzz. Not a good buzz as in what comes with some wine or a new BTS song. But a “what-more-can-happen-in-2020-while-the-COVID-19-coronavirus-is-still-spreading-and-who-the-heck-keeps-buying-up-all-the-toilet-paper” buzz. Here’s just a sample of the response on Twitter:
In his tweet, actor Patton Oswalt wentfrom bad to worse. A fecal blizzard would be a (enter your favorite curse word for poop here) storm. But a Cats sequel like Cats: Endgame? That could be disastrous. As you can see, Oswalt referenced an article by Mike Baker in the May 2 edition of the New York Times, which is what generated the social media buzz this weekend and not the actual initial arrival of the hornets. This is actually slightly old news as a few of these hornets had been spotted in the northwest corner of Washington State this past fall. Perhaps the hornets could use some better public relations agents.
Having “murder” in your name certainly isn’t going to help your public face. It’s certainly worse than “nudge hornet” or the “would you like some pumpkin spice with that latte hornet.” It isn’t clear who did the negotiating for the hornets as this tweet asked:
Nevertheless, the hornets have earned their nickname.
