Assyrian Tablets Are Twitter's New Favorite Forbidden Snack

Move over, Tide Pods! There's a new forbidden snack in town. And while they could break your teeth, these Assyrian tablets won't send you to a premature death or cause your memes to be deleted on Facebook and Instagram. The arguably banal Twitter mania started when @serbiaireland shared a photo of a bowl filled with 4-5,000 year old tablets from Assyria. The tablets (which were once contracts, receipts, and letters) were quickly recognized to bear a striking resemblance to popular cereals. So the comedians of Twitter quickly got to work doing what they do best: making the same joke in ever-so-slightly different ways.

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Anyone hungry? A bowl of 4000-5000 years old Assyrian tablets, with letters, contracts and receipts...https://t.co/INdd95hrNX pic.twitter.com/2ai5yCxUvM
— oldeuropeanculture (@serbiaireland) October 13, 2020

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They do look remarkably similar to some popular cereals.

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— Paul Graham (@paulg) October 13, 2020

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Forbidden chex mix pic.twitter.com/f6VSvYg39W
— Scruffff (@Scruffff) October 14, 2020

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Use that juice from that sarcophagus as milk to complete your breakfast of Curse-ios! https://t.co/g6LMRinXpK
— DVStill A Behemoth Main ❄️ (@A_DVS_NTT) October 13, 2020

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the 4000-500 years old Assyrian tablets with letters, contracts and receipts go in the bowl BEFORE the milk https://t.co/NEW2OFVIoz
— dongwon 오동원 (@ohhdongwon) October 13, 2020

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I bet these taste better than Triscuits https://t.co/qaChgxzI0K
— romo (@ihatethiskid) October 13, 2020

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People are also in disbelief that these tablets are RECEIPTS.

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