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The Great Mint Tea Shortage!
Suspect is reportedly calm on the outside but screaming internally.
Further investigation required. Scone integrity may also be compromised.
Thanks to Daniel Glenn Lady for your inspiration.
This meme was created using lots of imagination from multiple human donors and a little Automaton Improvisation.
Facebook, 14th May 2025.
In this sepia-toned dispatch titled “Case #14B: The Great Mint Tea Shortage”, we bear witness to a moment of sheer steampunk crisis: a gentleman, visibly shaken, stares in horror at his teacup. The reason? No mint. Just a steaming vessel of disappointment.
The elaborate piping and brass kettle in the background hint at a complex tea-brewing system — now likely compromised. A watchful raven looks on, as if aware that this minor inconvenience may spiral into full-scale emotional ruin. After all, in the steampunk world, tea is more than a beverage — it’s the engine of civilisation.
The meme plays on the genre’s love of elevating the mundane to the melodramatic. Mint tea, often associated with calm and clarity, becomes the symbol of stability here — and its absence signals that something has gone terribly wrong.
Framed as “Case #14B”, this image introduces a delightfully absurd bureaucratic system for cataloguing minor catastrophes. It suggests there’s a whole archive of ridiculous crises still to be uncovered — a format ripe for expansion.
Whether read as a commentary on overreaction, an ode to herbal blends, or simply a love letter to overcomplicated beverage preparation, this meme resonates with the tea-loving time traveller in us all.
When the signal fails, summon the feathered broadband. Reliable, reusable, and never asks for a password.
“Lost all communications? Post a raven. Sip something restorative.”
Facebook, 12th May 2025.
This meme playfully combines steampunk aesthetics with modern digital woes — specifically, losing internet or mobile signal.
In the image, a well-dressed Victorian gentleman sips tea calmly while a pigeon (styled as a stand-in for a raven) perches nearby with a scroll. In the background, a sparking, gear-filled communication contraption has clearly failed. The top text asks, “Lost all communications?”, and the bottom advises: “Post a raven. Sip something restorative.”
The joke hinges on the absurd juxtaposition of 19th-century solutions to 21st-century problems. When your high-tech device fails — a relatable modern frustration — the suggestion is to revert to a whimsical steampunk alternative: sending a message via bird (like a raven or pigeon), and calmly drinking tea.
The accompanying Facebook caption drives the humour further:
“When the signal fails, summon the feathered broadband.
Reliable, reusable, and never asks for a password.”
This line mocks our dependence on Wi-Fi and passwords, suggesting instead a feathered creature with perfect uptime and zero digital barriers. It pokes fun at both modern connectivity issues and Victorian-era eccentricity — the very essence of steampunk humour.
🚨 A Mutiny Most Fowl — Fur Flies at 10,000 Feet! 🐐🐾🐦
The cat’s in a waistcoat. The goat’s lost control. The raven’s clearly in on it.
Just another quiet moment aboard the airship. Nothing to see here.
Thank you, Kenneth Earl Fletcher, for the idea.
Facebook, 5th Augast 2025.
Entry Summary:
Submitted without context, yet somehow perfectly understandable.
This latest entry features a tabby cat in full steampunk attire (waistcoat and goggles, naturally) staging what appears to be a mid-air mutiny against an anxious goat at the helm. A raven provides enthusiastic aerial support. It’s unclear what caused the feline-led rebellion, but judging by the goat’s expression, this was not on the flight plan.
The phrase “Mutiny Most Fowl” was suggested by a regular follower who imagined the chaos of a raven and a cat teaming up to overthrow a goat pilot. Naturally, we obliged.
No actual animals were harmed. The goat probably had it coming.
The Raven-Cat Mutiny (also known informally as “A Mutiny Most Fowl”) refers to a widely circulated steampunk meme depicting a feline-led insurrection aboard a dirigible.
Accounts vary, but most versions involve a waistcoated tabby cat, a helpful raven, and a bewildered goat attempting to retain control of the airship’s helm. While traditionally viewed as a lighthearted affair, some historians have argued that the incident marks a turning point in airborne animal diplomacy.
Interpretations differ as to whether the event constitutes an actual mutiny or simply an aggressive redistribution of navigational responsibility.
The event is now commemorated annually aboard some airships with ceremonial squawking, theatrical paw-pointing, and biscuits withheld without explanation.