"My professor told me that I’m failing ethics…

A viral ethics joke (over 100,000 likes) was posted on Twitter by “hype” on August 11, 2019:

law professor: you’re currently failing your ethics class
me: *slides a $20 across the desk* how about now

The joke is funny because (1) the student is bribing an ethics professor, and (2) $20 is ridiculously low.

Twitter
hype
@TheHyyyype
law professor: you’re currently failing your ethics class
me: *slides a $20 across the desk* how about now
10:04 PM · Aug 11, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Pre | Weezy
@weezy_who
Professor: You’re currently failing your ethics class
Me: *slides a 20 across the table* How about now?
12:26 PM · Aug 13, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Packing Heat
@heat_packingDr
Ethics Professor…You’re flunking your Ethics Class
Me…Sliding a twenty under the table.
Me…”How about now.”
6:44 PM · Dec 13, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Po1sonator January 17, 2020
Professor: “You are failing your ethics class.”
Me: slides a $50 across the desk “How about now?”

Twitter
BreadMann
@Brenfasa
The Army: you’re failing your ethics class
Scylla *slides a $20 across the desk*: what about now?
#IncorrectMotherland #MotherlandFortSalem
4:03 PM · Dec 17, 2020·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/TheTaroMaster March 5, 2021
My professor told me that I’m failing my ethics class
So I slid 20 dollars across the table and said what about now…?
COMMENTS
existentialism91342
Professor, “That’s insulting. Make it at least 100.”

Twitter
JokesBot
@RedditJokesBot
My professor told me that I’m failing my ethics class So I slid 20 dollars across the table and said what about now…?
5:09 PM · Mar 5, 2021·IFTTT

Twitter
[Boxing glove]
@fadumduma
My professor told me that I’m failing my ethics class so I slid $20 across the table and said what about nowSmirking face
9:58 PM · Mar 6, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

“My professor told me that I’m failing ethics class. I slid $20 and asked, ‘What about now?’”