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‘The Sexual Tension Between’ Meme Proves Just How Sexually Deprived We All Feel In 2020

Feel like pure shit, just want to feel the horny rush of an attendant tugging on my rollercoaster straps again.

by Michelle Rennex  28 August 2020
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Over the last week, everyone’s been discussing the situations that definitely showed some sexual tension.

And no, we’re not talking about the clear sexual tension between Stabler and Benson throughout the entire Law and Order: SVU series or Vanessa from Bee Movie very clearly wanting to fuck the bee.

Instead, the “sexual tension between” meme picks up on the smallest instances of pure horniness — felt between people, animals, planets and even inanimate objects — that’s not usually even there.

And, I can blame anyone. COVID-19 has made us all so deprived of any form of human touch, of course we’re all thinking about feeling sexual tension again. Honestly, after five months of lockdown and social distancing, someone could brush against my elbow and I’d probably fall in love at this point.

Anyway, as the meme started to take off, some took a more literal approach by sharing the situations where sexual tension actually was likely present. For example, seeing someone your age at the airport alone too or standing in silence next to someone looking at the same art as you in a gallery.

Hell, even the minuscule amount of tension felt between you and the cinema worker who rips your ticket up is something to reminisce on at this point.

But like with any good meme, the “sexual tension between” format quickly snowballed into more abstract concepts.

So people begun using the meme to talk about the things they want to do like burn down their neighbour’s questionable flag choices, send billionaires off to the guillotines, and leave any and all Zoom meetings.

While the meme is all fun and games, when do finally can go back to the real world, just remember that a lot of the time it isn’t sexual tension between you and someone else at all. They’re likely just doing their job or trying to exist.

Sorry, horny boys of the world. Time to understand that the waitress really just isn’t into you.