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* The so-called "[[http://thefuuuucomics.tumblr.com/ memefaces]]", aka "rage comics", which spread from Reddit, about various, crudely drawn "meme" reactions to various things in life. Died out a while ago.

* some people???? [unjustifiable action]???? to cope???? [[note]]Believed to have come from certain shipping discourse, several mentally ill people have taken this defense and parodied it, often with characters that are wildly reviled for being horrible, those that have crossed the MoralEventHorizon, or with silly and bizarre things in general.[[/note]]

* 2meirl4meirl memes, often cross-pollinating with Reddit - ''extremely'' depressed/depressive and ''very'' self-deprecating, suicidal posts delivered in the nastiest {{black comedy}} way imaginable. Imagine Shinji Ikari, Eeyore, and Marvin the Paranoid Android asking for death as part of a stand-up comedy routine.

* "It was a social experiment." [[note]]Originated when Cole Sprouse wrote this in his final post before deleting his Tumblr, though it was popular on Platform/LiveJournal as a troll justification, as well. Usually used to denote - you guessed it - trolling, and also in vein of the infamous rationalization Sam Pepper made for his "butt pinching prank" video.[[/note]]

Numerous memes have spread through [[Website/{{Tumblr}} the site]], some original and others finding their way from Website/FourChan and Twitter. As most of this has been compiled relatively chronologically, compare the ones at the top with the ones towards the bottom.

* "It was a social experiment." [[note]]Originated when Cole Sprouse wrote this in his final post before deleting his Tumblr, though it was popular on Website/LiveJournal as a troll justification, as well. Usually used to denote - you guessed it - trolling, and also in vein of the infamous rationalization Sam Pepper made for his "butt pinching prank" video.[[/note]]

* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/before-you-say-i-am-stoling-this-art-let-me-explain-you-a-thing "before you say i am stoling this art let me explain you a thing..."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A caption found on a piece of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' fanart on Website/DeviantArt, people found it endearing due to the slightly-wonky grammar and started putting snowclones of it over pictures of extremely obvious thievery. Ironically, the thing the original deviant wanted to explain was that the art's previous poster was actually him on another account, so he was not, in fact, "stoling this art".[[/labelnote]]

* The Tumblr - Website/FourChan War / "Independence Day Raid" [[note]]In June 2014, a group of Tumblr users decided to [[BullyingADragon rally the crowds and confront 4chan]] for its 'problematic' behaviour on the 4th of July that year. This turned into a monumental case of DidntThinkThisThrough when on the day of the raid, the Tumblr users thought they'd shown 4chan's users they meant business and 'returned home' victorious, only for 4chan to return fire with [[AlphaStrike an attack far greater than anticipated]].[[/note]]
** The Website/FourChan[=/=]Tumblr back-and-forth raids (stretching all the way back from 2010, culminating in 2014 with the above Independence Day Raid) have spawned loads and loads of [[CrackShip fanart and fanfic of the two sites]].

* Coming from Website/{{Four Chan}}'s weird obsession with it is a somewhat ironic fanatic following for ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', usually through sexual copypasta, video edits to insert Shrek in other films, or photoshops.

* Performative disgust directed at WesternAnimation/{{Minions}} and their absurd popularity, as well as corny "minion memes" stereotypically popular with middle-aged moms on Website/{{Facebook}}.

* "If a dog wore pants would he wear them like this or like this?"[[note]]A post on Website/{{Facebook}} was posted asking which style a dog would wear pants in. After a news appearance, it has spread quickly before the end of 2015.[[/note]]

* [current meme] is just [old meme][[note]]"Me, an intellectual" is just [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joseph-ducreux-archaic-rap Joseph Ducreux]], userboxes are just Website/DeviantArt stamps, etc...[[/note]]

* 2meirl4meirl memes, often cross-pollinating with Website/{{Reddit}} - ''extremely'' depressed/depressive and ''very'' self-deprecating, suicidal posts delivered in the nastiest {{black comedy}} way imaginable. Imagine Shinji Ikari, Eeyore, and Marvin the Paranoid Android asking for death as part of a stand-up comedy routine.

* "And ''this'' is a classic gaming emotion." [[note]]During a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM speech]] on the popular TED Talks Website/YouTube channel, a woman utilizes a picture of a young man with an...interesting expression in a dark room, illuminated only by the computer screen in front of him, and cites the image as an example of "someone on the verge of what is called 'an epic win'" The image of the woman on stage with the picture on a screen behind her and the above quotes as the caption quickly became a new exploitable, with users replacing the image of something humorous or irrelevant.[[/note]]

* "God, I wish that were me"[[note]]A comment by Website/DeviantArt user bigJB21 where he writes said quote. The picture of the comment is often added whenever there's a situation the Tumblr user would want to be in, such as benchpresses by a very muscular lady or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not knowing what "I will survive" is.]] Often edited with other variations of "God, I wish..."[[/note]]

* "Mods are asleep, post X"[[note]]Typically used by "Night Tumblr" as a prompt to start putting up bizarre or disturbing memes and posts, since the "moderators" are not online to filter it (Nevermind that Tumblr doesn't have moderators that monitor individual posts) Like the "En garde fuckboy" meme above, this fell out of use when it was discovered that the phrase originated from [[Website/FourChan 4chan]] threads as a way to request pornographic media of minors.[[/note]]

Those who donate Tropebucks will receive an extra hour on the [[Website/{{Tumblr}} main page]].

Numerous memes have spread through [[Website/{{Tumblr}} the site]], some original and others finding their way from Website/FourChan and Twitter. Important to note about Tumblr and memes though -- because of the site's [[MetaGuy self-awareness]], memes become old ''quickly''.[[note]]Pepe the Frog was an exception, attaining an almost Patron Saint status, but fell out of favor after his widespread adoption by white nationalists; while he is currently making a minor comeback after several users have made admirable efforts to "reclaim" him from political extremism, he is still nowhere ''near'' the popularity he once had.[[/note]] That self-awareness has also led to memes becoming increasingly meta and surreal over time. As most of this has been compiled relatively chronologically, compare the ones at the top with the ones towards the bottom.

* April Fool's Day Boops[[labelnote:Explanation]]On April Fool's Day of 2024, Tumblr updated with a "boop-o-meter", allowing users to send a boop to other users if said user opted in, with a gif of a cat paw tapping the screen playing each time a boop was performed. This being Tumblr, the back-and-forth of boops led to users jokingly interpreting it as people straight up hitting each other like real cats, with violent gifs having cat paws added to them or a comic drawn of someone waking up on April First only to be smacked in the face on all ends by cat paws.[[/labelnote]]

* i mean they did also kill jesus. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you're coming from here but they very much did kill jesus.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[https://wingedcatgirl.tumblr.com/post/746298257392746496/counterpunches-tockthewatchdog response to]] a joke post about feminism, which gets used as a snowclone for any time an argument leaves out a significant fact (replacing "they did also kill jesus" with the significant fact being overlooked).[[/labelnote]]

** Fairy vs Walrus. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user baddywronglegs made a poll about what would be more surprising to find knocking at your door: a fairy, or a walrus. The walrus won the poll at 81%, leading to a lot of memes and posts about Tumblr users finding fairies more realistic than walruses and people defending their choices, including a popular joke that it has to be a fairy because walruses don't have hands to knock with.[[/labelnote]]

* The Fairy And The Walrus[[labelnote:Explanation]] A hypothetical question of whether it would be more shocking to open your door and find a fairy or a walrus on your doorstep [[https://www.tumblr.com/search/the%20fairy%20and%20the%20walrus?src=suggested_tag took off]], spawning fanart, explanations of the thinking behind the question, et cetera.[[/labelnote]]

* The Fairy and the Walrus [[labelnote: Explanation]] A debate of which would be more surprising to find at your doorstep: a fairy or a walrus. It spread to almost the whole site, with polls, fanart, and memes following. [[/labelnote]]

* Fairy vs Walrus.[[note]]A [[https://www.tumblr.com/baddywronglegs/742757747927433216/ive-asked-this-question-before-and-been-surprised poll]] from tumblr user baddywronglegs asked which would be more surprising to see at one's front door. The majority of voters chose the walrus and [[https://www.tumblr.com/prokopetz/743414937714655232 speculated]] the [[https://www.tumblr.com/musicalhell/743233233840439296 feasibility]] of such an animal showing up.[[/note]]

* Claims to be pro-life, dies anyway. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The death of conservative US Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia in 2016 was met with an ImageMacro jokingly contrasting his "pro-life" stance with his "decision" to die as though this were a contradiction or hypocrisy -- since the site's userbase tends to lean towards pro-choice (and/or simply dislikes politicans in general) the phrase caught on to be brought back with the death of any politician or other prominent figure who opposed abortion.[[/labelnote]]

* Waiting for Henry Kissinger's death/jokes about Henry Kissinger's immortality and war crimes.[[note]]Henry Kissinger was the poster boy for US {{realpolitik}} and enabled, expanded, or allowed genocides and dictaorship support that led to genocidal war criminals like Pol Pot and Pinochet seizing power. He's noticable for outliving a great deal of his contemporaries (notably ''both his presidents'') and never once being punished for his antics, resulting in memes about his continued existence among the left, especially the "dirtbag left". While jokes about Kissinger's death have been around before the internet, it spread to Tumblr and Twitter, and exploded when the man actually bit the dust in November 2023.[[/note]]

* [[ICannotSelfTerminate pull the trigger piglet]] [[note]]Similar to "yikes", this is a stock response to things considered cringeworthy or otherwise repugnant. Taken from [[http://i.imgur.com/Ecq5OIa.png this]] comic about ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''.[[/note]]
* [[DeadpanSnarker Smart Ass]], Badass, [[FemaleGaze Great]] [[MaleGaze Ass]] [[note]][[RuleOfThree Three different pictures]] of the same character somewhat relating to the words, taken after one poster for ''[[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Deadpool]]''.[[/note]]

* damn that’s some @sixpenceee shit[[note]]Popular horror blogger sixpenceee is well known for the creepy stories they post. This phrase is used as a reaction when something creepy happens[[/note]]

* "This dipshit definitely doesn’t have PHD’s in English. I’m a writer and just those few sentences you posted have shown you are literally incompetent and you don’t know and will never know what true literacy is because you have too much pride in yourself to admit when someone has actually put you in your place like you deserve. Go and take your “7gfs” and go f your self because those 7gfs aren’t real and any girl interested in someone like you is just as much of a piece of shit as you because they don’t have the self respect to tell this piece of shit to go f off because any man who claims to have SEVEN GIRLFRIENDS is the biggest piece of shit around because he has shown he has no respect for the female form. Now, seriously get off tumblr because all you’re doing is wasting data on the Internet thanks to you. You’re an absolute piece of shit guy and I really hope you go f yourself. Done." [[note]]Popular troll/shitpost blog [[http://thebootydiaries.tumblr.com/ thebootydiaries]] made a post about having 3 Ph.Ds and 7 girlfriends. One of the many people to take it seriously spouted off this rant, which thebootydiaries' fans pretty much instantly turned into a copypasta.[[/note]]

** Fairy vs Walrus [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user baddywronglegs made a poll about what would be more surprising to find knocking at your door: a fairy, or a walrus. The walrus won the poll at 81%, leading to a lot of memes and posts about Tumblr users finding fairies more realistic than walruses and people defending their choices, including a popular joke that it has to be a fairy because walruses don't have hands to knock with.[[/labelnote]]

* Claims to be pro-life, dies anyway [[labelnote:Explanation]]The death of conservative US Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia in 2016 was met with an ImageMacro jokingly contrasting his "pro-life" stance with his "decision" to die as though this were a contradiction or hypocrisy -- since the site's userbase tends to lean towards pro-choice (and/or simply dislikes politicans in general) the phrase caught on to be brought back with the death of any politician or other prominent figure who opposed abortion.[[/labelnote]]