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#BLMKidnapping

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#BLMKidnapping is a hashtag referring to the abduction and torture of a mentally challenged man by 4 alleged Black Lives Matters members. Chicago Police have stated they believe the attack was not politically motivated, and are not yet clear if they will investigate the attack as a hate crime[1] The four suspects in the video have since been arrested.

Background

On January 3rd, 2017 Facebook user Brittany Herring livestreamed herself and a group of 3 other individuals beating a white mentally challenged man. In the video (shown below) the attackers can be heard making racial and political remarks such as “Fuck white people,” and “Fuck Donald Trump.” The assailants can be seen both verbally and physically abusing the victim, as well as cutting his scalp forcing him to drink out of a toilet. Following the incident Chicago police found the victim distraught and traumatized from the incident and transported him to a local hospital for treatment. The following day police became aware from the video and arrested the assailants. As of January 5th, 2017 they have yet to be formally charged.



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The day following the incident users on Twitter created the hashtag #BLMKidnapping[2] believing the attackers to be members of the Black Lives Matter organization, despite there being no mention of the organization in the video.

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Bernie Sanders Brings Tweets to the Senate

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Bernie Sanders Brings Tweets to the Senate refers to a series of photoshops of an image of Bernie Sanders bringing a large, printed tweet of Donald Trump to the United States Senate while making an argument in favor of Obamacare. In the photoshops, Trump’s tweet is replaced with various tweets and humorous images.

Origin

On January 4th, 2017, Bernie Sanders spoke to the United States Senate arguing in favor of keeping Obamacare, which Republicans had been working to repeal. In his argument, he brought a printout of a tweet made by Donald Trump that reads, “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me,”[1] illustrating that on the campaign trail, Trump promised to keep benefits promised by Obamacare. The image of Bernie standing next to the tweet, shown below, inspired photoshops.



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The image first drew commentary on how people found it strange that tweets were being brought to the Senate floor. The person who brought the poster tweeted that Ted Cruz chuckled at him as he carried it to the Senate.[2] This inspired Twitter user @HapaxLegoman[4] to tweet an image of Sanders standing next to an awkward Ted Cruz tweet about his daugher’s love of butter (shown below).



As that image and several other photoshops began spreading on Twitter, Gizmodo invited its readers to create photoshops of it, asking “What Large Poster Should Bernie Have Brought to the Senate Floor?”[3] SelectAll[5] covered the spread of the jokes on January 4th, 2017, and the tweets made Twitter Moments[6] the following day.

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[1]Twitter – Trump Tweet

[2]Twitter – @MikeCasca Tweet

[3]Gizmodo – "Photoshop Contest: What Large Poster Should Bernie Have Brought to the Senate Floor? ":http://gizmodo.com/1790771959

[4]Twitter – "https://twitter.com/HapaxLegoman/status/816748294932152330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[5]SelectAll – Bernie Sanders Prints Out Enormous Trump Tweet for Senate Floor

[6]Twitter Moments – Bernie Sanders’ Tweet poster inspires some classic memes

The Young Pope

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The Young Pope is a television show directed by Paolo Sorrentino that airs on Sky Atlantic, HBO, and Canal+. It stars Jude Law and Diane Keaton and is about a fictional Pope played by Jude Law whose youth and conservative orthodoxy shakes the politics of Vatican City.

History

The Young Pope’s first season was produced between 2014 and 2016.[1] Sorrentino wrote the script with Stefano Rulli, Tony Grisoni and Umberto Contarello. The Jude Law-lead cast was announced in the summer of 2015. The series premiered on October 17th, 2016 on Sky Atlantic in Italy, has premiered in various locations in Europe since, and will premiere on January 15th, 2017 on HBO in the United States. On December 5th, 2016, HBO released the trailer for United States audiences (shown below).



Reception

The early reception to The Young Pope has been positive amongst critics. As of January 4th, 2017, it has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[2] an 8.5 on IMDb,[3] and a 9.4 rating on TV.com.[4] Italian newspaper Famiglia Cristiana[7] argued that Law’s portrayal of the Pope was too fantastical and that reaction was divided among Catholic audiences. The show has been renewed for a second season.

Online Presence

Two weeks before its American release, The Young Pope has a mild online fandom. Its Facebook page[5] has over 2,300 likes, and its subreddit[6] has 179 readers.

Weird Twitter Ironic Fandom

In the buildup to The Young Pope’s American release, Weird Twitter developed an ironic fascination with the show, making jokes about its premise.



Song Lyric Jokes

On January 4th, 2017, Polygon[8] picked up a trend on Weird Twitter which inserted The Young Pope into popular song lyrics. The following day, Twitter Moments[9] and Uproxx[10] also posted articles about the trend.



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Do You Have Any Oats, Brother?

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Do You Have Any Oats, Brother?

Origin

On December 31st, 2016, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a painting of two large pigs with the message “Brother dear, would you please pas the oats?” to the /s4s/ (shit 4chan says) board (shown below).



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On January 4th, 2017, the Difficulty II Facebook page shared a “Brother May Have Any Oats” video, which gained over 191,000 views, 3,700 reactions and 2,600 shares in less than 24 hours. The same day, YouTuber Joe Capo reuploaded the video.[1]



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When Your Song Comes On In the Car

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When Your Song Comes On In the Car refers to a series of jokes on Twitter in which the poster writes "When (X Song) comes on in the car) accompanied by an image of a person in a car playing an instrument.

Origin

The earliest known instance of this post was tweet on November 2nd, 2014 by @shawn_that_sob,[1] who tweeted an image of a driver playing violin in his car captioned, "when “still tippin” come on in the car" (shown below).

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[1]Twitter – @shawn_that_sob

SpongeBob Walk Cycle

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SpongeBob Walk Cycle is a video series of the character SpongeBob from the animates series SpongeBob SquarePants.

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On the episode “The Sponge Who Could Fly”, Patchy finds a tape that shows a long clip of SpongeBob doing walk cycles to upbeat music before abruptly showing the EBS color bars. After Patchy sees this, he proclaims that “SpongeBob betrayed us!” and throws out all his SpongeBob merchandise and runs away.



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On Sep 25, 2016 a video was uploaded called “Spongebob Squarepants Walk It Out Music Video” the video has over 12,114,212 views.



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Pink Guy

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After Pink Guy’s first appearance in the “ME SINGINGADELE” video, he became a key character in the Filthy Frank Show. Pink Guy is shown to have a speech disorder and while he often only speaks gibberish, has an astonishing skill in rapping. In his own mind though, he is speaking clearly.

Pink Guy’s abilities consist of traveling through realms in the Filthy Frank omniverse, summon Saint Nicholas, and has skill in combat. It is said Pink Guy has been around since the beginning of the omniverse, and will be here until the end.

TZ Anthem Challenge

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The TZ Anthem Challenge is a viral dance challenge that spread in the fall of 2016 in which people imitate the dance moves in a video by teen social media celebrity Zay Hilfiger called “TZ Anthem.”

Origin

Hilfiger uploaded the track “TZ Anthem,” which features his original rap over the beat of Crime Mob’s “Knuck If You Buck,” to his Soundcloud account in the summer of 2016, though the track has since been removed. On August 3rd, his dance troupe called Fresh the Clowns[1] posted a video of them doing the routine to their Instagram account (Youtube embed shown below). Their video has been viewed 224 thousand times on Instagram and over 3.2 million times on Youtube.



On August 15th, 2016, Zay Hilfiger uploaded a video of himself and @___Tikitang dancing to the song (shown below).



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Shortly after Hilfiger and FreshTheClown’s uploads, others began posting their imitation of the dance.



The dance spread out from Black Twitter when young white girls started doing it, making them a target of mockery.



The challenge was covered by New York Magazine.[2] On November 2nd, Hilfiger and Zayion Mccall released an official video for the track (shown below)



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Peppermint Patty

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oh my fucking god peppermint patty’s ass is so sweet I just want to shove my 10 inch greek dick inside it which will hurt for her but she will try to take it in deeper just to please me because she loves me

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TZ Anthem Challenge

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The TZ Anthem Challenge is a viral dance challenge that spread in the fall of 2016 in which people imitate the dance moves in a video by teen social media celebrity Zay Hilfiger called “TZ Anthem.”

Origin

Hilfiger uploaded the track “TZ Anthem,” which features his original rap over the beat of Crime Mob’s “Knuck If You Buck,” to his Soundcloud account in the summer of 2016, though the track has since been removed. On August 3rd, his dance troupe called Fresh the Clowns[1] posted a video of them doing the routine to their Instagram account (Youtube embed shown below). Their video has been viewed 224 thousand times on Instagram and over 3.2 million times on Youtube.



On August 15th, 2016, Zay Hilfiger uploaded a video of himself and @___Tikitang dancing to the song (shown below).



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Shortly after Hilfiger and FreshTheClown’s uploads, others began posting their imitation of the dance.



The dance spread out from Black Twitter when young white girls started doing it, making them a target of mockery.



The challenge was covered by New York Magazine.[2] On November 2nd, Hilfiger and Zayion Mccall released an official video for the track (shown below)



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Henlo

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Henlo refers to a series of images in which animals are looking at a computer and apparently getting cyberbullied by a person who starts their message with “henlo (animal).” The message that the animal is reading is a snowclone that changes depending on the animal, and the chats are generally written in doggo -like slang.

Origin

The original image features a lizard reading a Steam chat in a which a user named 1 rooting tooting motherfucker writes “henlo lizer. helllo you STINKYLIZARD. go eat a fly ugly” (shown below).



While the exact date of when the image was first posted online is unknown, the picture, its September 26th, 2016 Sizzle[1] post, and the comments in 1 rooting tooting motherfucker’s profile[2] indicate it was posted between September 19th and September 26th, 2016.

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In the coming month, the image spread via Instagram[3] and Facebook meme pages.[4] By late November, variations using different animals began appearing with the text on the screen tailored to that specific animal. The first known variation was posted by Facebook page Where My Shrimp[8] on October 19th, 2016, and featured a lobster.



On November 22nd, 2016, Facebook page Dinkleburg[5] posted a variation that included a dog. On December 6th, HotForKevinJames posted the image to /r/dankmemes[6] adding the caption “Just walked in on my son to see him being bullied online..” (shown below).



Following the Reddit post, several other variations appeared using different animals such as a bird and a rabbit. On January 5th, 2017, molliuniverse[7] posted a question to /r/OutoftheLoop asking about the origin of the “Henlo” meme.

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Can I Copy Your Homework?

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Can I Copy Your Homework? refers to a series of jokes made on Twitter that compares two pieces of pop culture, one of which appears to have nearly completely imitated the first. The joke references a grade school practice wherein one student asks another if they could copy their homework assignment, and the other obliges on the condition that they change a few things so that the first student’s homework isn’t technically plagiarized, resulting in two nearly identical assignments.

Origin

The earliest known tweet to employ the joke format was tweeted by @essentialpeach[1] on October 18th, 2016, when she tweeted images of several films ripping off popular animated movies by Dreamworks, Disney, and Pixar such as Up and Kung Fu Panda (shown below).



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A few versions of the joke were posted in the coming months, but did not start getting popular until December 18th, 2016, when a Harry Potter fan account, @castofhp,[2] tweeted an image of musician Ed Sheeran and “Ron Weasley” actor Rupert Grint standing next to each other looking very similar, captioned “‘can I copy your homework?’/ ‘yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn’t look obvious you copied’ / ‘ok’” (shown below). The tweet has gained nearly 24,000 retweets and 32,000 likes as of January 6th, 2017.



Following @castofhp’s post, the joke began spreading to other fandoms as people adapted it to various pop culture references, centering the joke on how the imitated piece of pop culture was always superior to the imitation. One popular joke centered around the 90s sitcom Friends was suspiciously close in plot and concept as the sitcom Living Single, which featured an all-black cast of 20-somethings.



This example drew the attention of The Daily Dot,[3] who wrote about the ensuing conversation about Living Single and Friends as well as other examples of the meme. The jokes were also compiled in a Twitter Moment[4] on January 5th, 2017.

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#NiggerNavy

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#NiggerNavy is a hashtag used to mock a typo tweeted by the @YahooFinance Twitter feed, in which they mistakenly posted the word “nigger” instead of “bigger” in early January 2017.

Origin

On January 5th, 2017, @YahooFinance posted a link to a news story with the description “Trump wants a much nigger navy: Here’s how much it’ll cost” (shown below). Approximately 45 minutes later, the tweet was deleted.



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That evening, /r/BlackPeopleTwitter[3] moderator Dawood16 stickied a screenshot of the tweet to the top of the subreddit. Shortly after, @YahooFinance[4] tweeted an apology for the spelling error (shown below).



On January 6th, BuzzFeed[1] published an article about the online reaction to the tweet titled “Black Twitter Roasted Yahoo Finance After The ‘Nigger Navy’ Typo Tweet.” Meanwhile, Redditor bagdar submitted a to /r/blackpeopletwitter, where it gained over 5,200 votes (92% upvoted) and 170 comments within 8 hours.



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Mesothelioma Ad Copypasta

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Mesothelioma Ad Copypasta refers to a transcript from an personal injury attorney’s advertisement directed toward those suffering from asbestos-related cancer, which is often used as a non-sequitur punchline in various image macros online.

Origin

On August 29th, 2008, YouTuber injurylawassociates uploaded a a commercial for the Houston, Texas attorneys Danziger & Dellano, alerting viewers that they made “be entitled to financial compensation” if they were diagnosed with mesothelioma



“If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma you may to be entitled to financial compensation. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure. Exposure to asbestos in the Navy, shipyards, mills, heating, construction or the automotive industries may put you at risk. Please don’t wait, call 1-800-99 LAWUSA today for a free legal consultation and financial information packet. Mesothelioma patients call now! 1-800-99 LAWUSA

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On May 16th, 2012, Redditor caraeeezy submitted a post asking if anyone else got the word “mesothelioma” stuck in their heads after watching attorney commercials on television to /r/DoesAnybodyElse,[7] garnering upwards of 770 votes (86% upvoted) and 100 comments prior to being archived. On November 16th, 2014, Redditor Kelvinist joked that aliens would think our “entire economy is based on car insurance and mesothelioma lawsuits” if they were intercepting our television signals on /r/showerthoughts.[8] On June 25th, 2016, Twitter user @cool_as_heck[12] tweeted a distorted stock photo of a person dialing a phone captioned with the mesothelioma copypasta (shown below).



On July 24th, the /r/mesotheliomalawyers[2] subreddit was created. On August 26th, 2016, Redditor soulnatsu submitted the commercial transcript to the /r/copypasta[1] subreddit. On October 25th, Redditor LiceCurryToss submitted an image macro of a smiling baby being held by a woman, captioned with the mesothelioma copypasta to /r/dank_meme[3] (shown below, left). On November 1st, Redditor xLeperMessiahx reposted the image macro to /r/me_irl,[6] where it received upwards of 32,800 votes (87% upvoted) and 270 comments. On November 2nd, Redditor M4_doop posted a comic in which a student is handed a note with the mesothelioma copypasta written on it to /r/me_irl[5] (shown below, right).



On November 4th, an emoji variation of the copypasta was posted on /r/emojipasta.[9] On December 29th, the original copypasta was reposted on /r/copypasta.[10] On January 4th, Tumblr user idiotdad[11] submitted a photoshopped Hollywood sign with the mesothelioma ad copypasta (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post gained more than 8,600 notes.



On January 5th, 2017, Redditor Lucretios submitted a post asking about the origin of the meme to /r/OutOfTheLoop,[4] to which Redditor POGtastic responded that mesothelioma ads were nearly “ubiquitous” on American television due the profitability of asbestos litigation. Additionally, other Redditors noted that “mesothelioma” was one of the most expensive Google adwords.

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Et Tu Brute?

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Et Tu Brute?



Et Tu Brute?

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“Et Tu Brute?” is a Latin phrase meaning “and you, Brutus?” or “you too, Brutus?”, purportedly as the last words of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Brutus at the moment of his assassination. The quotation is widely used in the English-speaking world to signify the utmost unexpected betrayal by a person, such as a friend.

Origin

On July 20th, 2013, Deviant Art user ishthuyokkay[4] posted a photograph of 2 men with the caption “Et Tu Brute” (shown below). Over the next 2 weeks, the post gathered 1,000 Favourites. According to Shakespeare`s Play “Julius Caesar” [7] , the phrase “Et Tu Brute” was created in 1599. However, there is no evidence that the real Caesar actually said these words.



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On August 7, 2013, ICanHazCheeseburger User[3] user I<3Cats posted a picture of 2 cats with a caption"Et Tu Brute?“, which gained over 8,000 votes in 3 months . (shown below).




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On August 14th, an Imgur user posted a picture of Pepe accompanied by the caption “Et Tu Pepe?” (shown below). The picture received more than 300 upvotes.





On August 24th, 2013, the Jared Thinks posted a “Et Tu Brute” video, which gained over 58,000 views in 2 months. [1]




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[1]YouTube – Et Tu Brute?

[3]Imgur – Imgur

[4]Deviantart – @markyannna

[7]ShakesSpeare – Julius Caesar

Dark Souls Cured my cancer posts

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“Stop encouraging these fucking sob story posts. With reddit being one giant circle jerk these get posted am the time and actually get upvotes. These are a meme at this point. Sorry about the depression OP but no one gives a shit and everyone will upvote these feelgood "dark souls saved my life, cured my cancer, ect. " stories."

On January 6th 2017 Reddit user desilent posted a thread on /r/darksouls3 about how the game had helped him overcome depression. Apparently irritated, user ree4tendies posted the above as a response and yet another suggested that it become a copy pasta. Multiple users copyed and pasted ree4tendies post in the same thread, combined gaining dozens of upvotes.

Seize the means of Production

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Seize the means of production


Seize the means of production

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Seize the means of production refers to a quote from W. E. B. Du Bois. from his autobiography published in 1968,[3]
“It is a historical fact that blacks were brought to this country for the profit of the ruling class which at the time were landowners. They needed someone to till the soil and grow profitable crops. Today we have shifted from an agrarian economy to a goods-production economy. But the same relationships exist between the private owner and the worker. Nothing has changed. Therefore, for working people to be free, they must seize control of the means of production.”
“All members of the working classes must seize the means of production. This, naturally, includes black people. But as I said before, to do this we must become psychologically free so that we can be fully capable of meaningful self-determination. Capitalism deprives us all of self-determination. Only in the context of socialism can man practice the self-determination necessary to provide for their freedom.”.

Origin

On August 29th, 2008, Twitter user, @Kelseyharmon uploaded a tweet of a picture of Joseph Stalin, congratulating him for seizing the means of production[4]



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On September 12th, 2008, Twitter User Gaythoven tweeted a picture of a bop it comic showing Karl Marx with a quote “Seize the means of production” ,[7] garnering upwards of 900 likes and 100 retweets. (shown below).



On September 24th, A picture of Obama next to a sign that says Seize the means of production was posted on Facebook before archived. It gained over 300 likes and 124 comments[6](shown below).





On October 4th, A picture of Che Guavera holding dual nerf pistols with a quote “Seize the means of producion” was posted on Facebook. It gained 290 likes and over 200 comments.[2] (shown below). .





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Webcam Video

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Webcam video from is a meme started by Scarce and Pyrocinical to show the dark side of YouTube with pedophiles commenting sexual stuff on YouTube videos of underage girls.

People made parody videos like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_8jkCORRLA&t=185s

Clovergender

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Clovergender is a 4chan hoax campaign based around a mock non-binary gender for adults who identify as and are attracted to children.

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On December 31st, 2016, the Clovergender Facebook[1] page was launched and the @Clovergender[6] Twitter feed was created. Over the next several days, several clovergender-themed Tumblr blogs were created, including proud2exist,[2] clovergendersafespace,[3] clovergendered[4] and clovergenderandproud.[5] On January 1st, a post titled Clovergender was submitted to the /r/drunkenpeasants[7] subreddit.

On January 4th, 2016, “Martin Shkreli”: tweeted "plrease spread clovergender awareness (shown below, left).
The same day, Twitter user Lauren Southern tweeted a screenshot of a Tumblr post about clovergender, which gathered upwards of 4,900 likes and 2,600 retweets (shown below, right).



On January 6th, Snopes published an article listing the claim that individuals were identifying as

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