I Am The Lorax I Speak For The Trees

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About

I Am The Lorax I Speak For The Trees refers to an exploitable two-panel comic in which a crudely-drawn version the Dr. Seuss character The Lorax says his catchphrase, "I am the Lorax and I speak for the trees," in the first panel, and says "The trees say shut the fuck up" in the second. What the character says in the second panel is changed in the exploitable edits.

Origin

The crudely-drawn character was first posted to Tumblr on June 24th, 2014 by Targent.^[1] It has gained over 70,000 notes over 3 years (shown below).

On October 9th, 2015, the first version of the "shut the fuck up" edit was posted on Imgur by InstntNoodle^[2] with a photoshopped Who Needs Feminism? sign that gained over 6,100 points (shown below).

because men can si R--- laying a hand on a woman se men can sti even witthout i am the lorax and i speak for the trees the trees say shut the f--- up

Spread

On October 15th, Tumblr user obamyself^[3] posted the Lorax comic by itself. On November 7th, user ey-b0ss420^[4] posted an edit where the Lorax says a variation on Smash the Like, gaining over 160,000 notes (shown below).

i am the lorax and i speak for the trees the trees say Hit dat f----- like button if u up 型塑 ǜ

In the following years, several more iterations of the template appeared on various internet sites. For example, on January 16th, 2016, Facebook page Nihilist Memes^[6] posted a version where the Lorax monologues on death. The post gained over 3,100 likes and reactions (shown below, left). On October 3rd, 2016, Facebook meme page God Save Our Gracious Meme^[5] posted a version where the Lorax asks "Are Italians White," gaining over 2,300 likes and reactions (shown below, right).

i am the lorax and i speak for the trees the trees say the deepest and most organic death is death in solitude, when even light becomes a principle of death. in such moments you will be severed from life, from love, smiles, friends and even from death and you will ask yourself if there is anything besides the nothingness of the world and your own nothingness

I am the Lorax And I speak for the trees The tree say "Are ltalians white?"

/r/dankmemes Surge

In September of 2017, a surge of edits appeared on meme-centric subreddit /r/dankmemes. On September 20th, Redditor mujheandaywalaburger^[7] posted a meta-edit where the Lorax actually gave environmental advice that gained over 2,500 points (shown below, left). Another popular post which stated "Twitter posts ain't memes" gained over 2,600 points (shown below, right).

Iam the Lorax, I speak for the trees. The trees say you better put an end to climate change or we will not be able to save you when the biosphere collapses

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. The trees say twitter posts aren't memes

Various Examples

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees The trees say 911 was an inside job. The lack of sufficient cause for the collapse has been thoroughly documented, disputed, rationalized, and obfuscated. The jet fuel would have burned off within the first ten minutes. Most of the fuel burned up in a fireball outside the building, especially in the case of the South Tower where the plane mostly missed the core columns. The fires in the buildings, beyond the first few minutes, were essentially office fires, and not very large ones at that, ignited by the jet fuel, like lighter fluid on charcoal. Jet fuel is kerosene. Temperatures from either kerosene or office fires are insufficient to melt, or even catastrophically weaken, the massive steel columns running up the core of the building. Even if the flames and air temperature were max imally hot, the large mass of steel would wick away the heat and not raise the steel temperature sufficiently. For the steel temperature to come close to the air temper- ature the fires would have to be of long duration, but these fires were very brief, on the order of an hour.

l am the Lorax And I speak for the trees The trees say CaMo Cp6nHa CnacaBa

Iam the Lorax, I speak for the trees. The trees say Homosexuality is a sin

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. ⓖ The trees say traps are gay

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. The trees say elf on the shelf is not dank

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees The trees say Please stop saying pickle rick, wubulubba dub dub, and trying to do an impersonation Of a character it's starting to get annoying

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Tumblr – Targent

^[2] Imgur – The one of the trees has spoken

^[3] Tumblr – obamyself

^[4] Tumblr – ey-b0ss420

^[5] Facebook – God Save Our Gracious Meme

^[6] Facebook – Nihilist Memes

^[7] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

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