JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE / LUCAS
A Despicable Me Minion post.
Good morning from your aunt in the family group chat, at 6:12. It's a Minion holding a coffee, with "Have a blessed Tuesday!!" in glitter. It's Thursday. Nobody corrects her. Three people reply with hearts. You mention that you're having a small operation on your knee. By teatime you have nine Minions wishing you strength, one Minion in a nurse's hat and a voice note from your gran. There's a Minion on the office birthday cake. The birthday is Steve's. Steve is 54 and a structural engineer, and he blows out the candle with the dignity of a man who has given up. Your teenage son says Minions are cringe and literally for old people. He's wearing Minion pyjamas. They were a present, they fit, and he'd like everyone to stop looking. **Why it caught on:** the small yellow Minions of Illumination's Despicable Me (2010) speak cheerful gibberish and say nothing that could offend anyone, which made them the official mascots of greeting cards and family group chats in several languages.