Dont at Me or My Son Ever Again
Published Mar 18, 2016 Updated May 27, 2021, ane:51 am CDT
Parents don't e'er go memes, simply when the two mix, it'southward typically comedic gold. Like when moms began figuring out what "Netflix and Chill" actually meant—or when 2022 became the year of the Dad Joke.
Enter the latest trend: "Don't talk to me or my son always again."
First off, imagine where you lot'd hear the phrase "don't talk to me or my son ever again." Maybe the speaker'south son—let'due south call him Billy—got defenseless up with the neighborhood troublemaker and was busted smoking cigarettes in the Target parking lot or drawing penises on a classroom door. When the mischief-maker knocks on Billy'due south front door, Billy'due south mom or dad is standing there with Baton backside them: "Don't talk to me or my son ever once more."
According to Know Your Meme, the punchline was originated in a 2022 post involving the anime Cowboy Bebop. Tumblr user splendidland uploaded an image of the grapheme Spike Spiegel and a snack-size version of Spiegel with the words "don't always talk to me or my son ever again" superimposed in red font. (The grapheme doesn't take a child in the serial, just the idea is that this mini-me is the "son" in this context.)
Splendidland's post did fine on Tumblr, racking upwards around 6,300 notes. A considerable success, but not what y'all would telephone call viral.
Know Your Meme points out that the meme then laid low for a while, so made a improvement with assist from Yoshi. A Tumblr mail from konkeydongcountry in August 2022 featured two costly Yoshis, 1 larger than the other. This time the caption was "don't you Ever talk to me or my son that fashion over again"—tweaked slightly from the Cowboy Bebop post.
Shortly after, in Oct, the meme trickled over to Twitter, retaining its new Yoshi motif. Twitter user @yoshibot posted a picture of a life-size Yoshi costume and a Photoshopped version that makes it look shorter. The caption better matched the Spiegel post, only differing by two words. "don't you ever talk to me or my son once more" adds in the "you lot" but omits the "always." All three incarnation have the same basic message but are linguistically only a smidge removed from i another.
don't yous ever talk to me or my son again pic.twitter.com/a6zp2RkVvk
— yoshibot (@theyoshibot) Oct xxx, 2015
Since the Yoshi posts, a steady meme-mentum has built. Every bit of February and March 2016, the meme has exploded in popularity all over Tumblr And Twitter, even making it to the elusive meme groups of Facebook.
The phase always seems to vary—simply you get the point. The meme typically hinges on a "son" who is just a tinier copy of the parent, usually created through some sort of paradigm editing. Many people have also only turned themselves into the son. True mini-mes.
https://twitter.com/hyped_resonance/status/702732450070278144
don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/fHC18TchcV
— angel by shaggy (@peachxredbull) February nineteen, 2016
Don't talk to me or my son ever over again movie.twitter.com/VsXsoOVVO1
— stephen (@phtevenxvx) February 19, 2016
Simply, like any proficient meme that takes over our dashboards and feeds, the idea mutates. Either people interpret it in a new calorie-free or notice another way to exhibit the ethos of the meme. For example, people accept started to find miniature versions of the parent IRL instead of editing the image.
"Don't talk to me or my son ever again" moving-picture show.twitter.com/BbCn93p3vo
— Eric Hu (@_EricHu) March half-dozen, 2016
Some have besides found a way to poke a picayune fun at the subject field of the picture they're using. Example in point: identifying Justin Bieber every bit Ellen DeGeneres' son. He might non be physically smaller than the talk show host, merely it totally looks like he'southward descended from her lesbian lineage.
don't talk to me or my son always again film.twitter.com/bAjAJnc6MD
— nevona (@nevona) March 16, 2016
Some other pop play on the meme features none other than Bernie Sanders and a pint-sized supporter so dedicated that he might as well be the presidential candidate's son: Danny DeVito.
don't talk to me or my son always once more moving-picture show.twitter.com/OALhAZMIhH
— Steely Zidane (@hancxck) March 13, 2016
In that location are also riffs where the bite-sized sons and their parent are deliciously hilarious.
https://twitter.com/SleepyJirachi/status/705220900875051008
In other versions, the meme is just escalated to other levels. Similar this son of a son of a son of a son… you get it.
dont talk to me or my son or my sons son or my sons sons son or my sons sons sons son or my sons sons sons sons south pic.twitter.com/mc0vgdcZ9X
— milk respecter (@tanuqn) February 20, 2016
There'southward no way to quite predict how the meme might evolve next. What we practice know is that at that place'due south enough of overprotective "parents" out at that place on the Internet right at present, keeping their sons rubber and sound.
Photos via phtevenharrison/Twitter, SleepyJirachi/Twitter
*Starting time Published: Mar xviii, 2016, 3:04 pm CDT
Gabe Bergado
Gabe Bergado is a Daily Dot alumnus who covered chilly memes, teens, and the weirdest corners of the Internet. One fourth dimension, Ted Cruz supporters turned him into a meme—or at to the lowest degree tried to. In 2017, he started reporting for Teen Vogue's entertainment section.
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