Rick and Morty fans, as only Rick and Morty fans can, lost their collective shit at the weekend when co-creator Dan Harmon tweeted that the show hasn't been renewed.

Replying to a typically angry fan calling for him to finish writing the new season, Harmon wrote: "I hear ya, tough spot. On one hand, it can be challenging, especially with crippling lazy alcoholism, to write a show that hasn’t been ordered by a network. On the other hand, the thought that fans like you pay the price...I mean...I’m gonna grab a drink."

What many people thought he meant

'Rick and Morty's been cancelled!'

What he probably actually meant

'Why should I work my fingers to the bone on a season that hasn't even been officially commissioned yet?'

Adult Swim would, of course, be mad not to order a fourth season given Rick and Morty is their most successful show ever, it's simply a matter of patience, something that's in notoriously short supply in the fandom.