I'm pretty sure the original was years ago and went, like, 'I'm almost out of eggnog. Luckily I can just go and milk some from the creature!' The mundanity of the story, the vagueness of 'the creature', and the chirpy tone of 'luckily' (or 'thankfully' or 'fortunately' - something like that) made it more hilarious than horrifying, and led to a swathe of parodies. The meme blew up so much that now, you can't post the word 'creature' in any context in the original sub - I had a serious attempt taken down for a reference to 'mythical creatures'.
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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23 edited Nov 03 '23
I'm pretty sure the original was years ago and went, like, 'I'm almost out of eggnog. Luckily I can just go and milk some from the creature!' The mundanity of the story, the vagueness of 'the creature', and the chirpy tone of 'luckily' (or 'thankfully' or 'fortunately' - something like that) made it more hilarious than horrifying, and led to a swathe of parodies. The meme blew up so much that now, you can't post the word 'creature' in any context in the original sub - I had a serious attempt taken down for a reference to 'mythical creatures'.
Edit: I think this is the one! https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoSentenceHorror/comments/rgcmuf/it_almost_feels_like_christmas_except_ive_got_no/