The Saudi Arabian government on Tuesday announced that the kingdom would finally allow women the right to drive, granting a key wish of women's rights activists.
The decree, said to be pushed by the recently named Crown Prince Mohammed, will take effect next June rather than immediately.
King Salman decrees that a government body draw up guidelines allowing women to drive and implement the policy towards end of June.
But that didn't stop Saudi women from hopping on Twitter within minutes of the announcement to share their ~moods~.
#ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ Mood:
Mood #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ #ุงูู ูู_ููุชุตุฑ_ูููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ
MOODDDD #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุงุฉ_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ
Mood: #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ
Their excitement is easy to understand: The ability to drive your own car is a right that women in the kingdom have been fighting to gain for decades.
#ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ_ูู_ุงูุณุนูุฏูุฉ
Loujain al-Hathloul, a Saudi women's rights activist who was detained for driving in protest of the law, simply tweeted out "Praise be to Allah."
ุงูุญู ุฏููู.
And Manal al-Sharif, an activist who launched a campaign of women driving in protest, tweeted: "Saudi Arabia will never be the same again. The rain begins with a single drop."
You want a statement here is one: "Saudi Arabia will never be the same again. The rain begins with a single drop" #Women2Drive โค๏ธ
Some women, both in Saudi Arabia and overseas, began immediately daydreaming about what kind of car they'd own.
Mood #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุงู_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ
#ุงูุณู ุงุญ_ุจููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ_ูู_ุงูุณุนูุฏูุฉ My future car ๐๐
#ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ okay i need this car immediately + the people in it ๐
"On the occasion of allowing women to drive, I got this car as a gift," one woman joked.
ุจู ูุงุณุจู ููุงุฏู ุงูู ุฑุฃู ุฌุชูู ูุฏูู ุณูุงุฑู๐ค
Some women focused on the historic nature of the decision โ and what it would mean for girls growing up moving forward.
thrilled cuz ery kid that grows up here from now on will never yell "OMG ITS A LADY DRIVING" Whenever y'all go abroad #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุงู_ููุณูุงุฑู
Others were just...thrilled.
โWhatโs that? You canโt wait for me to drive you? Me neither booโ Me passing by the car every morning from now onโฆ https://t.co/DoLZdToNwn
But naturally, the feelings of celebration weren't universal.
#ูุณู ุงุญ_ููู ุฑุงู_ุจุงูููุงุฏู ุดููู ุฃูุง ุงูุจูุช ุงููุญูุฏู ุงููู ู ุง ุงูุจุณุทุช
"I think I'm the only girl who was not happy to hear this news," this user wrote.
Some would have preferred that something aside from driving had taken priority in the struggle for equal rights.
#ูุณู ุงุญ_ููู ุฑุงู_ุจุงูููุงุฏู ููุชูู ูุชุญู ู ุฌุงู ุงููุธุงุฆู ููุง ุนุฏูู ูู ุงูุธู ุฉ ุงูุฌุงู ุนุงุช ุงููู ุนู ุจุนุฏ ุจุฏู ุงูุณูุงูู ูุฐู๐
"I wish that they had provided opportunities for work or modified universities' rules rather than amending this law," one woman wrote.
And, of course, some men just had to be dicks about it, tweeting memes implying that women will be terrible drivers.
#ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ ู ุนููุด ููุช ุจูู ุณูุฏู
"Sorry, didn't see you there!" this extremely funny and not-at-all-dumb meme reads.
#ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ_ููุณูุงุฑุฉ
Compare and contrast these two tweets:
Lol those two tweets pretty much describe the reaction of men vs. women in KSA right now. ๐ #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉโฆ https://t.co/2UL6iHoF1D
"Shit," says the man. "We became old waiting for this historic moment," tweets the woman.
Some dudes know what's up tho:
Mood ๐๐๐๐๐ #ุงูู ูู_ููุชุตุฑ_ูููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ #ูู_ุชููุฏู #ููุงุฏุฉ_ุงูู ุฑุฃุฉ
In summary, it's been a long time coming and women in Saudi Arabia are ready to roll, as it were.
>>ุฏุฎูู ุทุงูุฑู ู ู ุงููุฑุญู ูุฃุฎูุฑุงู ุชุญูู ุงูุญูู ๐๐๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป ู ุจุฑูููููู ููุง ๐๐๐