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Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractures her ribs and Twitter quickly offers to donate their bones

Ribs, organs, whatever she needs.

Heather Dockray

on November 8, 2018

$Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractures her ribs and Twitter quickly offers to donate their bones$

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For her safety and ours, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be wrapped in bubble wrap at all times.

The 85-year-old icon fell in her office on Wednesday night, fracturing three of her ribs. Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for observation on Thursday morning. The injury prevented her from attending an investiture ceremony for newly appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Twitter, meanwhile, isn't doing so well. Fans of Notorious RBG, as she is sometimes known, immediately launched into grief -- and action. Some even went so far as to offer to donate their ribs.

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RBG, wherever you go, our weird, borderline inappropriate jokes will follow.

Topics Social Media Politics Supreme Court

Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.