The bullet that killed Charlie Kirk came from a casing engraved with the nonsensical-sounding phrase, “notices bulges OWO what’s this?” For certain factions of the extremely online, however, it was an inside joke.
It’s a reference to a mid-2010s meme parodying furries, the online subculture who role-play as anthropomorphic animals. Three other casings featured inscriptions that invoke a mishmash of memes and video games, spurring Utah Governor Spencer Cox to conclude that the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was radicalized by social media and the “deep dark internet.”
