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This Is Someone Dying While Having an MRI Scan

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This Is Someone Dying While Having an MRI Scan refers to a GIF of a zombie flailing through an MRI scan which went viral on Tumblr, accompanied by text claiming it is a video of someone dying while having an MRI Scan, showing the endorphins released by the brain in death. The phrase became a copypasta, attached to other unrelated GIFs and images.

Origin

Sometime in 2011, @Opwronghole (now deactivated) posted a GIF from The Walking Dead Season 1 episode 6[2] depicting a zombie getting its brain scanned to Tumblr[1] (shown below).


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The original scene can be seen below, uploaded to YouTube in 2014 (shown below).



Sometime later, user @Chaystar reblogged the post, writing, "This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful."

Later, @livinglovelyalways commented, "THIS IS FROM THE WALKING DEAD YOU FUCKING IDIOT. DON'T YOU SEE THE AMC LOGO ON THE RIGHT. god". The original post gained over 290,000 notes, but is now lost. A screenshot of the interaction has been reposted numerous times around the web, including a post to Imgur[3] on December 18th, 2012 garnering over 11,000 views in roughly 9 years (shown below).


SAGITTAL me MAGING S04 MRI VIRTUAL CAMERA COORD K 22044, 709 2083.576 2 6802.00 471 MCJZO 22S56 NECTED 40S4SG 32:18: 10:17 AACK livinglovelyalways: chaystar: This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful. oh hey its an actual image of someone dying while having an MRI scan THIS IS FROM THE WALKING DEAD YOU F------ IDIOT. DON'T YOU SEE THE AMC LOGO ON THE RIGHT. god


Spread

As the post spread around Tumblr, @chaystar's comment became a copypasta, as users applied it to other images unrelated to dying during an MRI scan.

Some popular variations that the copypasta was added to include a screenshot of comedian Andy Samberg from the Jizz in my Pants video, a bubbling pizza, and the Tubby Custard Machine from Teletubbies (shown below).


This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions Tragically beautiful

On June 5th, 2018, cryptic-crassulaceae uploaded a version of the meme, garnering over 700 notes in 2 years (shown below). The phrase has since spread outside of Tumblr and is occasionally still attached to unrelated images and GIFs on sites like Twitter[4] and Reddit.[5] On February 29th, 2020, @skyflyinginaction posted a Pokemon version of the meme to Tumblr,[6] garnering over 47,000 notes in a year (shown below, right).


This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that emotions. Tragically beautiful. ake you feel a range of MTI WIPTLAL CAMERA fancydrak: This is a Pikachu dying while having an MRI scan. Before a Pokemon dies, its brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make it feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful.

Various Examples


pancakestein: crazyfaceproductions: pancakestein: CAN SEE EVERYTHING This is a troll dying while having a severe mental breakdown. Before he dies, his squawk-gaper releases tons and tons of loud and rather impolite obscenities that disinterest. Tragically beautiful. HODFKHSKDLGH:DSLKGH KDHKSDLH sh3rlocksnipplss golgothasghirahim penotbutter 314159265358: basstrip: thebeautifulhustle: this has a deeper meaning. the light bulb represents an idea of an individual and the mouse trap represents how quick society is to destroy that idea. shut up its a light bulb falling on a mouse trap this is someone dying while under an MRI scan This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful. 51350 1 40663 2361 O 56348 70 32860 9056 4890 98064 50923 067846 238003 34989 62389 32869 05634 56301 9568 MRI VIRTUAL CAMERA OORD 22644 709: 28883 562 602 0 9506 390056 348903 32 18 .9-11 PAYRACK 3995 RI VIRTUAL CAMERA ORD XZ2644 7028883 520200 saddestblogger This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful


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External References

[1] Tumblr – Opwronghole (Now deactivated)

[2] Wikipedia – TS-19

[3] Imgur – This is someone dying while having an MRI scan

[4] Twitter – This is footage of someone dying while having an MRI scan. Tragically beautiful.

[5] Reddit – This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful.

[6] Tumblr – This is a Pikachu dying while having an MRI scan. Before a Pokemon dies, its brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make it feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful.

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