<button>animate</button>
<div id="bubbles">
  <div class="bubble-wrap">
    <div class="bubble left">
       Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.   
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="bubble-wrap">
    <div class="bubble right">
       Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.   
    </div>
  </div>
</div> 
@import "bourbon";

/* modified from 
   https://www.ilikepixels.co.uk/drop/bubbler/ 
*/ 

a {
  color: #fff; 
}

body {
  background: #3a3a3a;
  font-family: $lucida-grande;
}

@include keyframes(scaleIn) {
  from {
    @include transform(scale(0));
  }
  to {
    @include transform(scale(1));
  }
}

.bubble-wrap.fade-in {
  @include animation(scaleIn 0.4s ease-in-out);
  @include transform-origin(0 50% 0);
}

.bubble-wrap {
  width: 300px;
  margin: 20px auto; 
}

.bubble {
  position: relative;
  padding: 20px;
  background: #FFFFFF;
  border-radius: 4px;
  border: #7F7F7F solid 1px;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1.25em;
}

.bubble.left:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 16px 16px 16px 0;
  border-color: transparent #FFFFFF;
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  left: -15px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -16px
  
}

.bubble.left:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 16px 16px 16px 0;
  border-color: transparent #7F7F7F;
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  left: -16px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -16px;
}

.bubble.right:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 16px 0 16px 16px;
  border-color: transparent #FFFFFF;
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  right: -16px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -16px;
}

.bubble.right:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 16px 0 16px 16px;
  border-color: transparent #7F7F7F;
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  right: -16px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -16px;
}
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$('button').click(function(){
    var bubbles = $('.bubble-wrap').addClass('fade-in');
});

External CSS

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External JavaScript

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