Irish Twitter was on fire last night.
When the people of Ireland opened their census forms last night and landed on the time capsule section, many of us were left scratching our heads.
Exactly what did we want to convey? Did we have a message for the people of 2122? A pearl of wisdom that might be cherished in the future?
Well, in true Irish fashion, many took to Twitter to share what they did with the section, and, reader, they did not disappoint.
Here are ten of our favourite tweets from Irish Twitter about the 2022 census.
1. First off, there was this tweet which captured the vibe of the nation.
This bloody time capsule thing on the Census form is like the government giving us homework on a Sunday night
— 🎈🤡 Dublin's New Night Mayor! 🔪🦀 (@Bubblenoma) April 3, 2022
2. In a similar scholastic vein, we had this tweet.
Lads, just crack on with the census and don’t be trying to copy other peoples’ – all you can do now is your best. If you’re under pressure by the time you reach the time capsule bit, stick in what you did for your summer holidays.
I’ve the candles lit.
— Tara Egan-Langley (@Tara_Blaise) April 3, 2022
3. Next, we have this stunning homage to Father Flynn.
Please don’t waste the opportunity to put something in the TIME CAPSULE section of #Census2022 …
“It’s me in the nip with a dog” pic.twitter.com/V2dMcxs8SP— Jim Sheridan (@Jim_Sheridan) April 3, 2022
4. Then there was this excellent meme reference.
just completed my time capsule on the census form pic.twitter.com/uqcXMjMsxg
— ʀoss 🇵🇸 (@rosseireann) April 3, 2022
5. This evergreen quote.
census night is the one night every five years a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girl can say anything about it
— Ieah ⎕ 🇵🇸 (@pitbullstan69) April 3, 2022
6. Another Mean Girls reference for good measure.
https://twitter.com/AChairdeGael/status/1510701855193636866
7. Then we had this golden Simpsons reference.
Seeing everyone at home fill out the time capsule part of the census and all I can think of is this pic.twitter.com/6goKrY8Ie5
— Paddy Duffy (@PaddyDuffy) April 3, 2022
8. This mam’s advice.
My mam just wrote ‘don’t trust anybody’ on the time capsule part of the census and I’d just like to know who pissed her off enough for that
— Amy (@amylwx) April 3, 2022
9. This cool kid.
100 years from now everyone will know how cool I was pic.twitter.com/KseNtoqCzh
— Patrick (@PrayForPatrick) April 3, 2022
10. And finally, a special mention for the workers who will undoubtedly have to parse through our capsules.
The Public Servant taking a quick break after hours of typing all your hilarious "time capsule" entries on the census in to the system pic.twitter.com/lrMVbrxujS
— Andy (@ImACultHero) April 4, 2022
