“You want to hear a Social Security joke? You probably won’t get it”
The Social Security crisis led to this “joke”:
“You want to hear a Social Security joke? You probably won’t get it.”
“Get it” refers to both the joke and the Social Security financial crisis. Similar jokes have been told about Ebola and the coronavirus.
“I have a social security joke….but you won’t get it. #haha #jokes #funny” was posted on Twitter by Dustin Powers on December 16, 2012. “I wrote a joke about Social Security but you probably won’t get it” was posted on Twitter by Nathan England on May 16, 2015. “I was going to tell you a joke about Social Security. But you probably won’t get it” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on June 25, 2018.
Wikipedia: Social Security (United States)
In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration. The original Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, and the current version of the Act, as amended, encompasses several social welfare and social insurance programs.
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In 2018, the trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund reported that the program will become financially insolvent in the year 2034 unless corrective action is enacted by Congress.
Twitter
Dustin Powers
@Dustin_Powers
I have a social security joke….but you won’t get it. #haha #jokes #funny
1:06 PM · Dec 16, 2012·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Nathan England
@NathanEngland
I wrote a joke about Social Security but you probably won’t get it.
4:40 PM · May 16, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Zac Koch
@zackoch
I hand have a joke for you about social security but you’re probably but going to get it.
8:55 AM · Jun 5, 2015·Facebook
Twitter
James Hirsen
@thejimjams
I have a joke for you about Social Security, but you’re probably not going to get it.
2:22 PM · Jun 25, 2015·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Austin Petersen
@AP4Liberty
I heard a joke about social security but… you probably won’t get it.
11:26 AM · Apr 30, 2017·TweetDeck
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Justin Regazzi
@justinregazzi
I’d make a joke about social security, but most of you won’t get it. #dadjokethursday #thesearethejokes
6:15 AM · Nov 30, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/CowboyProgrammer June 25, 2018
I was going to tell you a joke about Social Security
But you probably won’t get it.
Twitter
The Juice
@CryptOJSimpson
I was trying to come up with a joke about social security, I abandoned the idea because you probably won’t get it.
1:20 PM · Jun 26, 2018·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Migrating Engineer
@0xKruzr
I have a joke about Social Security, but you probably won’t get it.
9:06 AM · Mar 15, 2019·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Elijah Aurand
@jbegaurand
Replying to @_Kenziepuff
I have a joke about social security but you wouldn’t get it.
10:50 AM · Dec 8, 2019·Twitter for Android