History Memes / Tumblr

* The Blog/{{Sandsverse}}. [[note]]Back in 2014, a blogger called sandsvendor100 appeared, claiming to be a tapir named Seymour who sells sand. He was later joined by similar bloggers, including [[JumpingFish fishboy100]] [[CaptainObvious (a fish)]], fruitsoftheape100 (an advice blogger claiming to be a proboscis monkey named Elmer who sells fruits), and boarofthenorth100 (a [[FullBoarAction boar]] named Horace who sells ice and protects the Sandsverse from outside threats). This sparked an influx of animal vendor blogs until a miniature universe ([[TheWikiRule complete with]] [[http://sandsverse.wikia.com/wiki/Sandsverse_Wikia its own wiki]]) took shape. Most of the other blogs didn't really live up to the surreal humor of the original blogs, and some of the original blogs took a hiatus until the craze died down a little.[[/note]]

* Not Like Other Girls WLW[[labelnote:Explanation]]An art trend where an artist takes old pictures comparing a nerdy, messy girl to a stereotypical blonde bombshell, and redrawing it with the two (or more) girls in a relationship. Compare Blog/{{Creamsicle}}.[[/labelnote]]

* The WebOriginal/{{Sandsverse}}. [[note]]Back in 2014, a blogger called sandsvendor100 appeared, claiming to be a tapir named Seymour who sells sand. He was later joined by similar bloggers, including [[JumpingFish fishboy100]] [[CaptainObvious (a fish)]], fruitsoftheape100 (an advice blogger claiming to be a proboscis monkey named Elmer who sells fruits), and boarofthenorth100 (a [[FullBoarAction boar]] named Horace who sells ice and protects the Sandsverse from outside threats). This sparked an influx of animal vendor blogs until a miniature universe ([[TheWikiRule complete with]] [[http://sandsverse.wikia.com/wiki/Sandsverse_Wikia its own wiki]]) took shape. Most of the other blogs didn't really live up to the surreal humor of the original blogs, and some of the original blogs took a hiatus until the craze died down a little.[[/note]]

* Not Like Other Girls WLW[[labelnote:Explanation]]An art trend where an artist takes old pictures comparing a nerdy, messy girl to a stereotypical blonde bombshell, and redrawing it with the two (or more) girls in a relationship. Compare WebOriginal/{{Creamsicle}}.[[/labelnote]]

* The Tumblr Code: Calling out "I like your shoelaces!" in person as a covert way of identifying fellow Tumblr users. There's a response, of course.

* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} and the LA Gangs. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A post in 2015 claimed that gangs in Los Angeles were killing indiscriminately, and warned Markiplier specifically to stay safe. In 2017, it became a meme to claim that Markiplier had been killed by the LA gangs, despite him clearly being alive, with other offshoots going in the opposite direction and depicting him as a MemeticBadass capable of fending off the LA gangs singlehandedly.[[/labelnote]]

** "[[ExactWords Then Perish]]." ''(image of Obama's eyes with red filter)''. [[note]] A joking role-play over text message using the above "Hewwo?" style, where a person finds themselves tied up in a dark chamber that is slowly filling with water. "Obama" eventually arrives, and the person begs him to save them, eventually offering to do anything "Obama" wishes in return. "Obama" responds with "Anything?" followed by a closeup of his eyes with a red filter, and the message "Then perish". It has reached high enough memetic levels that any closeup of someone's eyes with a red filter is immediately recognized.[[/note]]

** "Then Perish." ''(image of Obama's eyes with red filter)''. [[note]] A joking role-play over text message using the above "Hewwo?" style, where a person finds themselves tied up in a dark chamber that is slowly filling with water. "Obama" eventually arrives, and the person begs him to save them, eventually offering to do anything "Obama" wishes in return. "Obama" responds with "Anything?" followed by a closeup of his eyes with a red filter, and the message "Then perish". It has reached high enough memetic levels that any closeup of someone's eyes with a red filter is immediately recognized.[[/note]]

* Who invited Moon Moon?[[note]]After a user got "Moon Moon" from a "werewolf name generator", posts and comics began to circulate depicting Moon Moon the "special" wolf.[[/note]]

** News in the Destiel love confession scene format [[labelnote:Explanation]] After the events of November 5th, users began posting news using the screencaps from the infamous scene, where Cas says "I love you" and Dean's response is altered to be the most relevant news item at the moment. [[/labelnote]]
* You know what? Fuck you. *un-Xes your Y* [[labelnote:Explanation]]A common joke in fanbases is to remove certain key elements of a title of a franchise or a character, leaving just the Y remaining (for example: *un-Franchise/{{Sonic}}s your hedgehog*).[[/labelnote]]

** Reddit Refugees. [[labelnote:Explanation]] In mid-2023, Reddit users protested the new direction the site was taking, with many fleeing to Tumblr instead. These users were welcomed by Tumblr's existing userbase, in contrast to the negative response to Twitter migrants, and posts where Reddit users expressed their thoughts on Tumblr or documented their experience became popular. Tumblr users tended to comment on these by saying they enjoyed studying how Reddit users' experience [[/labelnote]]

* Werewolf boyfriend [[note]] A reblog with a gif of a pineapple being crushed is used as visual shorthand for sexual activities that the person would do with their werewolf partner. [[/note]]

* Penis Typo. [[note]]Whenever someone accidentally makes a typo that says "cock" instead of their intended word (usually cook, clock, or rock - words that are only one letter off), a reblog will have a gif of the phrase in flaming text.[[/note]]

** A related meme is for people to reply to questions about one "SNK" by answering with things about the other, [[OlderThanTheyThink far older]] [[Creator/SNKPlaymore SNK]] (born mainly out of people growing disgruntled with Titan fans who simply can't abbreviate the series to AOT.)

* Penis Typo. [[note]]Whenever someone accidentally makes a typo that says "cock" instead of their intended word (usually cook or clock), a reblog will have a gif of the phrase in flaming text.[[/note]]

*** [X] sweep. [[labelnote:Explanation]]While this meme wasn't started on Tumblr, it became very common on blorbo tournaments for people to comment this using the name of the character they wanted to win, influenced by the Cecilsweep meme. In many instances, commenters will say this even if their character is losing badly.[[/labelnote]]

** Johnathan Harker is stuck in a time loop: [[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2023 due to a large number of people tuning into both Dracula Daily (many for the second year running) and the podcast version Re Dracula people started joking that our friend Johnathan is trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop.[[/labelnote]]

** Johnathan Harker is stuck in a time loop: In 2023 due to a large number of people tuning into both Dracula Daily (many for the second year running) and the podcast version Re Dracula people started joking that our friend Johnathan is trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop.

* Posts about Mark Ronson and Music/{{Bruno Mars}}'s "Uptown Funk" and the fact that it is evidently [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the most universally loved song in existence]].

* "bad and naughty children get put in The Pear Wiggler to atone for their crimes" [[note]]Tumblr user fruitsoftheweb posted [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/ac911e0344fcb281d8234334940852fb/tumblr_nbf93qca531skn1oxo1_500.gif a GIF of a simulation from a study on the packing of fruits to reduce vibrations during transportation]], which someone responded to with the above sentence. It became memetic quickly, with a template of "bad and naughty [X] are put in [Y] to atone for their crimes".[[/note]]

** Vanilla extract. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.tumblr.com/relientk/708263093485076480/okay-lets-bake-a-cake One poll]] asked the responders to bake a cake by selecting a reasonable percentage of each ingredient, but users overwhelmingly voted for the vanilla extract. This has led to other polls including vanilla extract as an option even when it doesn't make sense, and it always receives the most votes. In a [[https://www.tumblr.com/anistarrose/708359315378077696/okay-tumblr-i-think-its-time-to-really-shake poll]] against the caterpillar (from the bug race) and Cecil, vanilla still won and when someone [[https://www.tumblr.com/neutr0ndance/708410686347345920/the-moment-of-truth made]] a cake that followed the poll's results, it was surprisingly edible.[[/labelnote]]

* I went to [X] Island and... [[labelnote:Explanation]]The population of the island serves as the punchline. [[VirginShaming Nobody on Bitches Island knows you]], or none of your friends are on Mad At You Island, or ''all'' of your friends are on Loving You Island waiting patiently for you to join them, or you went to Tautology Island and were on Tautology Island.[[/labelnote]]

* "Watch me swooce right in"[[note]]A quote from ''WebVideo/TheMisadventuresOfSkooks'' (a ''Scooby Doo'' WebAnimation/YouTubePoop). [[WidgetSeries There's not much more to it than that.]][[/note]]

* graphic design is my passion [[note]]Posting [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/82da2d865df65ef5968bcc0b0f5d9a4f/tumblr_inline_npt6s9JZnf1qb24j0_540.jpg this image]] or an edit thereof in response to bad graphic design. Usually done in response to a new graphical update that Tumblr made.[[/note]]

* Yarny [[note]]For E3, developer Martin Salih presented the announcement of VideoGame/{{Unravel}}, a platformer puzzle game. He was somewhat socially awkward, but his presentation instantly gained fans in Tumblr, especially due to the fact that (during a summer camping trip) he literally made a yarn and wire version of the main character in the game.[[/note]]

* It's gonna be May.[[note]]A meme based on a mishearing that pops up every April, most often towards the last few days; the TitleDrop in Music/NSync's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQMlWwIXg3M It's Gonna be Me]]" is misheard as a declaration of the new month.[[/note]]

-->'''Bob:''' Alice is [insert activity away from home here] so while she's gone I'm gonna cut the sleeves off of all my shirts.
-->'''Carol:''' Why?
-->'''Bob:''' She's like 85% of my impulse control.

* Art vs Artist [[note]]Recently, it has become popular for Tumblr users to post a 9x9 grid featuring some of their drawings, and a picture of themselves in the middle square.[[/note]]
* Users responding to things they view as [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel exceptionally good or pure]] with variations of "This cleared my skin, watered my crops, cured my depression," etc.
** Conversely, [[BrainBleach "My crops are dying"]]
* sorry mom, i can't go to school tomorrow, it's a national holiday [[note]]An image then reveals the "holiday" to be a significant fandom-related date - a character's birthday, the anniversary of something's release, etc.[[/note]]

* "This image has been removed for violating one or more of Tumblr's Community Guidelines."[[note]]A string of images, all of them being the image takedown notice...[[NoodleIncident with the exception of one]], leaving the reader to [[ItMakesSenseInContext try and figure out what happened based on the context]] from the single untouched image. Sometimes done in the inverse with only one image removed leaving the reader to imagine what happened in the missing image.[[/note]]

* "(CONTROVERSIAL OR RIDICULOUS IDEA); CHANGE MY MIND" [[note]][[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/344/006/0cb.jpg An image of Stephen Crowder sitting at a desk]] with a sign inviting people to argue with him about male privilege quickly gained traction on Tumblr and has spawned forth many edits. It sometimes gets edited to "You can't change my mind"[[/note]]

* The Gift of Prophecy. [[labelnote:explanation]]Tumblr users making jokes about future events that [[HilariousInHindsight end up being]] [[HarsherInHindsight completely true]] has resulted in a whole lot of jokes about how Apollo (Greek god of prophecy, [[OddJobGods among other aspects]]) has been making Tumblr users prophetic for shits and giggles[[/labelnote]]

** Apollo's Dodgeball. [[labelnote:explanation]]One of the most popular illustrations of this meme was this [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/ba10ba0c90371da3666593d13b41897a/a78ac8853d39223b-c6/s540x810/5beed900e2d3728ea44d3f40aaba10ea4f92573f.jpg image]], to the point that a image of the Apollo Belvedere holding the dodgeball, or indeed just the image of a dodgeball was enough to invoke the meme.[[/labelnote]]

* By Talos this can't be happening [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started as a response to a roleplay blog being asked about the wellbeing of their husband. The quote in question was shared with a screenshot of a corpse in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. It was eventually pointed out however that [[BeamMeUpScotty the quote was never stated in game.]][[/labelnote]]

* Banned tags[[labelnote:Explanation]]In late December 2021, Apple forced Tumblr to institute a new system of banning certain content in order for the app to still be sold on the app store. This system amounted to preventing IOS users from viewing any posts that were tagged with certain words. The list of banned words quickly became the subject of mockery, since it seemed like a pitifully futile way to prevent unwanted content (Racists generally don't tag their posts with 'racism') and included some truly baffling words to ban, such as 'Girl', 'Stim', 'Tickle' and 'Tony the Tiger'. In a rare case of Tumblr staff ''not'' being terrible at their jobs, however, this appears to be more Apple's fault than Tumblr's.[[/labelnote]]

* Pondering my orb [[labelnote:Explanation]]An image of a wizard (actually Saruman in official art for ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'') pondering an orb has garnered quite the attention on the site, subsequent edits of the image have been known to include it in other memes or replace the orb with other specical objects, such as a particularly round plushie.[[/labelnote]]

* Advice for new tumblr users [[labelnote:Explanation]] Early 2022 saw several articles discussing tumblr [[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-tumblr-became-popular-for-being-obsolete rediscovering its popularity]] in the wake of several other social media site's percieved failings, which in turn led to a number of new users registering for tumblr. However, because tumblr works much differently from other social media sites (no algorithm, chronological posts, only showing people what they want to see), many new users would mass like people's posts without reblogging them and end up with completely empty blogs - acts that would get them dismissed as bots. Therefore, many people began making posts that explained the general idea of how tumblr works these days in the hopes of encouraging better engagement. Of course, tumblr being tumblr, this soon spiralled into self-deprication (explanation posts talking about tumblr's lassez-faire attitude towards everything and a propensity towards tongue-in-cheek threats of violence) to self parody (replacing useful advice with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages long-term nuclear waste warning messages]]).[[/labelnote]]
** Making Tumblr uninhabitable again[[labelnote:Explanation]]In contrast to this, many users have responded to the idea of people migrating from other sites with abject horror, suggesting that the userbase should make Tumblr less appealing to these new people by bringing back an embarrassing previous phase (e.g. the days when everyone was fawning over the Once-ler). This and related memes became more popular following multi-billionaire Elon Musk buying Twitter, as many users have returned to Tumblr fearing changes in the platform.[[/labelnote]]

* Blorbo from my shows[[labelnote:Explanation]] Tumblr user [[https://thelustiestargonianmaid.tumblr.com/ thelustiestargonianmaid]] posted "Bitches will be like "prev tags omg" on my post and I check the prev tags and it's like "blorbo from my shows"". The phrase was quick to enter the Tumblr lexicon. [[/labelnote]]
* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} and the LA Gangs[[labelnote:Explanation]]A post in 2015 claimed that gangs in Los Angeles were killing indiscriminately, and warned Markiplier specifically to stay safe. In 2017, it became a meme to claim that Markiplier had been killed by the LA gangs, despite him clearly being alive, with other offshoots going in the opposite direction and depicting him as a MemeticBadass capable of fending off the LA gangs singlehandedly.[[/labelnote]]
* IT'S ME BOY I'M THE [=PS5=] SPEAKING TO YOU INSIDE YOUR BRAIN[[labelnote:Explanation]] An [[https://www.tiktok.com/@nickymaddalina/video/7064370794817785134?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id6965369741012682246 open verse challenge tiktok]] (where the first person sings part of a song, then the second half is just backing track for someone to respond over), starting with a girl asking her partner to choose between her or a UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. The responder in this one chose to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Comically Miss the Point]] and respond not as the boy, but the [=PS5=], using a demented, growly voice, only barely singing and certainly not in tune to the track, about how it can speak to the boy inside his brain, how they will have "cowboy times in space", and that free will is an illusion. The unhinged nature has made it a popular copypasta.[[/labelnote]]

* Tumblr Blaze [[labelnote:Explanation]] The site incorporated a paid feature for users to sponsor their posts. The hilarity of paying so that people who don't follow you see your shitposts and the fact that this has been Tumblr's most successful attempt at paid features (previous ones include paywalling posts and tipping) has been the subject of many a meme. [[/labelnote]]
** [[PlayerVsPlayer PVP]] enabled [[labelnote:Explanation]] Users sending Blazed posts in response to other promoted posts or to engage in meme wars, such as responding to a slew of posts advocating Catholicism with a posting of Luther's 95 theses. [[/labelnote]]

* Mousegirls/Mousegirl bartender[[labelnote:Explanation]]After Tumblr user anarcho-skamunist made a post about a mousegirl bartender balancing a drink on her head, saying "it's on the mouse", another user, megapope, proceeded to interpret the "-girl" part of the joke as sexualizing the character, saying "you want to fuck down on an anime girl with certain characteristics of a rodent and everyone's gotta know." Several Tumblr users made fun of the sheer ridiculousness of megapope's interpretation, especially how megapope was the one insinuating the sexual connotations, or in some cases, made their own bartender mousegirl characters. Soon after, another post, made by girlfriedchicken with a similar joke about ordering a gaming mouse and recieving a mousegirl with pizza stains on her shirt, was also misinterpreted by another poster, frutee, who assumed the joke was sexualizing women rather than a mouse pun.[[/labelnote]]

* "Sometimes i wonder what i taste like" "I can help with that" and its variations. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A two-panel comic where each person has a different idea of what "tasting" refers to (the first speaker imagines it as a kiss, while the second imagines it as biting into the first person's flesh.) Often applied to various characters within fandoms. [[https://www.deviantart.com/sansurichin/art/Minecraft-i-wonder-how-i-taste-meme-922938633 Observe]].[[/labelnote]]

* Tumblr Sexyman descendants. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Starting with [[https://sexymandescendants.tumblr.com/post/696779145228779520/descendants-but-instead-of-disney-villains-its?_branch_match_id=1100962063019916729&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAw3GSQ6AIAwAwB9RIbL5G4QmHigYW9fX45xmE9l5AUii5KS1Hip3AsbnpdQKcsZWUhMGF533Uc%2FWmPDHmgn8VSlyt%2FenwwBZqcM2SAAAAA%3D%3D a shitpost of]] an Toys/EverAfterHigh/Disney ''Film/{{Descendants}}''-style AU but with Tumblr sexymen soon became popular, with hundreds of users drawing their own descendants (most compiled in [[https://sexymandescendants.tumblr.com/?_branch_match_id=1100962063019916729&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXTyzRKynNTcop0kvOz9UvTq2ozE3MS0ktTk7NS0nMKynWNzAvL6usSrIoLErNAQDBeexMNQAAAA%3D%3D this blog]]). The "canon" lore being that all the descendants are test-tube clones due to fact that most Tumblr Sexymen aren't the kind of people you assume would have children. The most recurrent characters are Sarah Reigen, Spamton Jr, Roman (Sans), Dee Cipher, Too-lette (Onceler) and regular Nagito since he's already a high-schooler. [[/labelnote]]

*** Squimbus from my polls.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Referencing the "blorbo from my shows" meme, Squimbus refers to a obscure character someone submits to a blorbo tournament, only for the character to lose in the first round to a more popular character, despite the Squimbus often fitting the poll theme better. The Squimbus may receive the most vocal support, with many people in the commentors talking about why they should win, but they are inevitably defeated by a much more popular character.[[/labelnote]]

** Alternatively, Rule #1: Do not speak of Tumblr outside of Tumblr. [[note]]Used when Tumblr was still somewhat of a niche site in a failed attempt at isolationism[[/note]]

* "Peasants."[[note]]Fandom blog users would call non-fandom blog users "peasants." This eventually evolved into fandom blog users calling ''other fandom blog users'' "peasants" if the two users were focused on different fandoms. This then evolved ''again'' to mock the snob-like fandom blog users. Until, that is, the usage evolved into what it currently is: just a stupid joke.[[/note]]

** "Night bloggers, or [[{{Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale}} Night Vale]] bloggers?" (Due to the podcast's own surreal humor.)
* DISHONOR ON YOU! DISHONOR ON YOUR FAMILY! DISHONOR ON YOUR COW!![[note]]line lifted from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' as an exaggerated display of outrage.[[/note]]

** "[Such-and-such] is my [[Franchise/HarryPotter patronus]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]An alternative proposed when the original was suggested to be appropriative of cultures featuring spirit animals in their religion.[[/labelnote]]
** "That is not your spirit animal, that is your UsefulNotes/{{fur|ryFandom}}sona"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A substantially more sarcastic alternative suggestion, though one that people grew to use unironically as the Harry Potter fandom lost popularity and the furry fandom lost stigma.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Anime/{{Free}} SWIMMING ANIME]]. (Based off a commercial for [=KyoAni=] featuring some ''[[MrFanservice very]]'' [[MrFanservice fanservicey]] swimming {{Bishonen}}.)

* [[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 [[Creator/MishaCollins Mishapocalypse]] of April 1st, 2013.[[note]]On April 1st, fans of Superwholock began spamming images related to Misha Collins.[[/note]]
** Wait, what are you talking about? [[BlatantLies The Mishapocalypse never happened.]]

** "perf" as a shorthand for perfect

* We'll never forget you Coppy.[[note]]Coppy was a Clippy-esque copy machine icon that appeared on the side of the dashboard during April Fools 2015, who would spout rather unhelpful advice from time to time. Many tumblr users found him annoying, yet strangely endearing, and, after he "died" after April 1, [[AlasPoorScrappy they mourned his loss]].[[/note]]

* Due to the way reblogs work, with answers appearing right below the initial comment, it's become popular to respond with an image with a character and a speech bubble leading to the answer above, like a sort of visual version of "You sound exactly like [x]" and similarly used for often insulting comparisons.

* Editing John Green's posts. [[note]]Until mid-2015, it was easy to change the content of a post you're reblogging to look like someone said something they didn't. Eventually, it became popular for John Green's detractors to edit his posts to make it look like he said something raunchy or bigoted. The most famous of these was one that graphically described loving oral sex with men, which got so popular that some people started to think that Green actually wrote it, prompting him to respond clarifying that it wasn't him. While he disapproved of someone trying to use homosexuality to "shame" him, pointing out that liking oral sex with men was nothing to be ashamed of, many misinterpreted his verbose response as him taking personal offense, prompting scornful jokes about him having a fragile ego and being offended by teenagers on the internet.[[/note]]
** Jokes about how the tumblr staff is trying to protect John Green from having his posts edited by making posts uneditable and removing the comment function on posts.[[labelnote:Explanation]]These site changes coincidentally happened to drop right around when the infamous "cock monologue" was getting popular, so people liked to joke that they were implemented specifically to stop people from making fun of him. John Green himself [[https://twitter.com/johngreen/status/1589441118043009024 called back to this one]] in 2022 in response to Elon Musk's then-recent buyout of Twitter and implementation of a "verified" checkmark for anyone who subscribed to Twitter Blue.[[/labelnote]]

* Clarke the husband, Lexa the wife and Fish the dog [[note]]Tumblr user clarkegriffintexts posted a fictional convo between the fictional characters Clarke and Lexa from the TV show ''Series/{{The 100}}'', which depicted an alternate universe in which the two women were married with kids and Lexa bought a dog instead of a goldfish for their kids and named him "Fish". This quickly went viral on Facebook, with people assuming that these were real people and that Clarke was a man. This then became an inside joke in the fandom.[[/note]]
* Sofa Positions [[note]]Many derivations based on [[http://megustamemes.tumblr.com/post/137910380247 this]] post.[[/note]]

* How to draw X: Oversimplified obviously jokey instructions poking lighthearted fun at a character's design. Nearly always responded to with someone following the instructions to an absurdly literal degree, which occasionally actually looks like the character in question.

* "Touch my butt and buy me pizza" (alternately "Touch my butt and buy me tacos"). [[note]]A popular Tumblr post expressing many twenty-something women's thoughts on the ideal relationship, which ended up becoming a rather popular T-shirt StockPhrase. Implicitly, it's a reflection of changing ideas about sexuality, class-consciousness and body positivity in TheNewTens (i.e. it's okay for women to openly crave physical affection, simple pleasures are just as gratifying as expensive ones, and you should never be so weight-conscious that you're afraid to enjoy a pizza with your lover). May also reflect changing ideas about relationships - mainly that they don't have to be these complicated affairs full of arbitrary traditional rituals, and what matters is that you really love someone and that you're both comfortable enough with each other to be total dorks together.[[/note]]

* "Destroy the idea that x"; "protect and defend x at all costs"; "spread this like wildfire"; "say it louder for the people in the back" [[note]]Frequently-seen phrases in posts related to social justice and world issues that gained a notorious reputation for being clichéd, obnoxious, melodramatic, overly-inflammatory and guilt-tripping to anyone reading the post, and generally characteristic of the clickbaity, knee-jerk-anger side of internet social justice. The phrases were rapidly parodied and quickly became ironic stock phrases.[[/note]]
** "Friendly reminder that x" is an older one that was used in a variety of contexts beyond social justice before people started using it ironically.

* "John C. Miller, CEO and President of the Denny’s Corporation, is a capitalist running dog and his wealth must be seized and redistributed to the people".[[note]]Created as an experiment by user leviathan-supersystem. The official Denny's tumblr is known for engaging with memes /almost/ authentically compared to later-created corporate blogs, and this was an intentional challenge to turn overt communist language into something they could appropriate for brand advertisement.[[/note]] Pretty much died after Denny's posted a version of the meme in the vaguest possible, barely coherent terms:
-->'''tumblr:''' we are a capitalist running dog and
-->'''dennys:''' your memes must be seized and redistributed to the people? on it.
** "Denny's is racist and no amount of dank memes will change that".[[note]]The Denny's tumblr co-opted the John Miller meme, leading people to search for a meme that Denny's would be unable to recycle, ultimately resulting in this.[[/note]]
* Thrussy [[note]]A portmanteau of "throat" and "pussy", spun off from more random blogs' usage of "bussy", or "boy pussy" (take a guess as to what it refers to)[[/note]]
** Calling lozenges "thrussy lube"

* "Covfefe" [[note]]After returning from his trip abroad, then-U.S. President Donald Trump posted an odd tweet in the early hours of the morning which only said "Despite the constant negative press covfefe" with no context added. Reactions range from trying to find a secret hidden meaning to some suggesting the president was partaking in his own form of "crytyping."[[/note]]
* Tonight we dine at [X].[[note]]A post that satirized Tumblr's Wendy's fandom by making up a hypothetical scenario where two people see UsefulNotes/McDonalds make a clapback on Twitter and say "Tonight, we dine at [=McDonald's=]." Since then it's spread to show approval for pretty much anything, usually with more absurd choices like Series/DoctorWho or Samsung. On occasion, it's sometimes a throwback to Film/ThreeHundred's memetic "TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL" that was popular back in 2006.[[/note]]
* "Always remember: You/[X]! Are! Valid!"[[note]]Parodying the deluge of feelgood text posts which are meant to encourage inclusivity and boost people's self-esteem but are often seen as {{Glurge}}y and ineffectual. Often, [X] is replaced with something ridiculous like [[AcceptableTargets Minecraft YouTubers]] or an embarrassing OverlyNarrowSuperlative.[[/note]]