how to kidnap me with coffee meme drawn on blackboard

by Marisa Lynch 10 min read

About

How to Kidnap Me refers to a series of image macros in which the author makes a joke about what it would take to lure them into a trap, specifically a picture of a van or box-and-stick trap with something the meme's author likes as the bait.

Origin

On October 27th, 2012, Twitter [1] user @foxbIood posted a picture of a written dialogue between "me" and a "child predator." The conversation ends with "me" being lured by the "child predator," who promises their prey wifi in their van. They captioned the post (shown below) "How to kidnap me."

Spread

The following year, on December 15th, 2013 Twitter [2] user @bryanstars posted a picture of a van with a sign that says "Free Band Merch" on it. The post (shown below) received more than 580 retweets and 690 likes in three-and-a-half years.

Who is Steve McCann?

About the author : Steve McCann is Bellwood Prestbury’s Security Advisor and a non-executive director of Safer Edge with more than 21 years of practical security industry experience across the humanitarian and development sectors along with extensive UN and military experience.

How to be a good sex worker?

Appear drunk, or better still, be drunk. Go looking for drug dealers or sex workers late at night. Adopt a very regular and predictable routine in travel and accommodation. Stay ignorant of where the threats in your environment are, and what time of day they are most likely to be at their greatest.