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A Latinx Making a Taco ❤️ Heartwarming refers to a viral X / Twitter post in which a user used the controversial term "latinx" to comment on a scene of the character Angelo Lopez from the animated film Turbo making a taco. Posted in November 2023, the post since inspired parodies and spawned the An X Making a Y ❤️ Heartwarming phrasal template.

Origin

On November 9th, 2023, X[1][2] user @GladFan5 posted a scene from the 2013 animated film Turbo in which character Angelo Lopez is making a taco, captioning the video, "a latinx making a taco ❤️ heartwarming" (shown below, left). The post received over 1,800 reposts and 6,500 likes prior to the account getting suspended.

The post later received a community note which claimed that the post used "a term that is offensive to Latinos" and that the video "showed a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos."

Gladiux @GladFan5 a latinx making a taco heartwarming II 0:03 Readers added context The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos.youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... You rated as helpful Edit Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 7:46 PM - Nov 9, 2023 1.3M Views 1.1K 1.8K 6.5K ☐ 917

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The post inspired viral reactions on X / Twitter. For example, on November 9th, 2024, X[3] user @PKontwt made a post that garnered over 390 reposts and 8,500 likes in four months (shown below, left). On November 11th, 2023, X[4] user @GrumpyCatterman made a comment that gained over 100 reposts and 490 likes in the same period (shown below, right).

PK @PKontwt for WHAT reason is he putting the sauce on the plate like that for 11:41 PM · Nov 9, 2023 · 213.4K Views
... Cozy Gamer Gimp @GrumpyCatterman This is why parody is dead. I thought they were making fun with "latinx". But no. Apparently they are a pronoun who hates Latino people and think bad tacos need to be gender neutral. Tacxs? x.com/Glad Fan5/statu... The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos. youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... 11 0:03 Readers added context The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos. youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... You rated as helpful Edit You rated as helpful Edit Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 7:46 PM Nov 9, 2023 1.3M Views 1.1K 1.8K 6.5K 917 Gladiux @GladFan5 Nov 10 all these silly gringx getting mad at me for using gender neutral terminology... you bigots will be BLOCKED ON SIGHT 246 127 88 899 ili 102K ☐ Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. Gladiux @GladFan5 - 23h Not trolling btw. Will block racists 10:33 AM Nov 11, 2023 · 46.7K Views .

In the following weeks, the phrase "a latinx making a taco ❤️ heartwarming" achieved spread, being used as a caption and a phrasal template. For example, on November 21st, 2023, X[5] user @ashpile985 posted a Jollyposting edit that garnered over 8,000 reposts and 49,000 likes in four months.

ashley @ashpile985 An elfx making a present Heartwarming II GIF

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Communist Party of Air Conditioner @CommunistPrtyAC a latinx making a taco heartwarming 867 RANKETACO KING 5:46 PM • Nov 12, 2023 3,218 Views
maja @merzboymoder a crackerx making coleslaw II GIF ALT heartwarming • • 3:41 PM Nov 14, 2023 218.5K Views
+Pokochoko +KNUCKLES SHOW HY @PokoChokos a ERRRUGHH making a ERRRUGHH heartwarming II GIF 12:33 PM - Nov 15, 2023 162.8K Views

1:01 PM · Mar 13, 2024 443.5K Views Humphrey @ReginaldofGoof A latinx making a comic heartwarming Stonetoss Comics @stone_toss Mar 7 STONETOSS.COM
M1das M @M1das_OW2 a m1dax making a nothing burger twitter.com/Glad Fan5/statu... heartwarming twomap @angelNichijou Nov 23, 2023 . tjis guy gets 60 billion likes for doing tje most nothing burger tweets ☑ Follow M1das @M1das OW2 twitters most hated reply guy banner by @garfbot2000 discord.gg/m1das Born February 17 1,374 Following 42.7K Followers 2:02 PM ⚫ Nov 23, 2023 · 406.7K Views

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A Latinx Making a Taco ❤️ Heartwarming refers to a viral X / Twitter post in which a user used the controversial term "latinx" to comment on a scene of the character Angelo Lopez from the animated film Turbo making a taco. Posted in November 2023, the post since inspired parodies and spawned the An X Making a Y ❤️ Heartwarming phrasal template.

Origin

On November 9th, 2023, X[1][2] user @GladFan5 posted a scene from the 2013 animated film Turbo in which character Angelo Lopez is making a taco, captioning the video, "a latinx making a taco ❤️ heartwarming" (shown below, left). The post received over 1,800 reposts and 6,500 likes prior to the account getting suspended.

The post later received a community note which claimed that the post used "a term that is offensive to Latinos" and that the video "showed a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos."


Gladiux @GladFan5 a latinx making a taco heartwarming II 0:03 Readers added context The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos.youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... You rated as helpful Edit Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 7:46 PM - Nov 9, 2023 1.3M Views 1.1K 1.8K 6.5K ☐ 917

Spread

The post inspired viral reactions on X / Twitter. For example, on November 9th, 2024, X[3] user @PKontwt made a post that garnered over 390 reposts and 8,500 likes in four months (shown below, left). On November 11th, 2023, X[4] user @GrumpyCatterman made a comment that gained over 100 reposts and 490 likes in the same period (shown below, right).


PK @PKontwt for WHAT reason is he putting the sauce on the plate like that for 11:41 PM · Nov 9, 2023 · 213.4K Views ... Cozy Gamer Gimp @GrumpyCatterman This is why parody is dead. I thought they were making fun with "latinx". But no. Apparently they are a pronoun who hates Latino people and think bad tacos need to be gender neutral. Tacxs? x.com/Glad Fan5/statu... The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos. youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... 11 0:03 Readers added context The post uses a term that is extremely offensive to Latinos. Furthermore, the video shows a completely distorted form of Mexican tacos. youtube.com/watch? v=kfGLTn... You rated as helpful Edit You rated as helpful Edit Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 7:46 PM Nov 9, 2023 1.3M Views 1.1K 1.8K 6.5K 917 Gladiux @GladFan5 Nov 10 all these silly gringx getting mad at me for using gender neutral terminology... you bigots will be BLOCKED ON SIGHT 246 127 88 899 ili 102K ☐ Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. Gladiux @GladFan5 - 23h Not trolling btw. Will block racists 10:33 AM Nov 11, 2023 · 46.7K Views .

In the following weeks, the phrase "a latinx making a taco ❤️ heartwarming" achieved spread, being used as a caption and a phrasal template. For example, on November 21st, 2023, X[5] user @ashpile985 posted a Jollyposting edit that garnered over 8,000 reposts and 49,000 likes in four months.


ashley @ashpile985 An elfx making a present Heartwarming II GIF

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Communist Party of Air Conditioner @CommunistPrtyAC a latinx making a taco heartwarming 867 RANKETACO KING 5:46 PM • Nov 12, 2023 3,218 Views maja @merzboymoder a crackerx making coleslaw II GIF ALT heartwarming • • 3:41 PM Nov 14, 2023 218.5K Views +Pokochoko +KNUCKLES SHOW HY @PokoChokos a ERRRUGHH making a ERRRUGHH heartwarming II GIF 12:33 PM - Nov 15, 2023 162.8K Views
1:01 PM · Mar 13, 2024 443.5K Views Humphrey @ReginaldofGoof A latinx making a comic heartwarming Stonetoss Comics @stone_toss Mar 7 STONETOSS.COM M1das M @M1das_OW2 a m1dax making a nothing burger twitter.com/Glad Fan5/statu... heartwarming twomap @angelNichijou Nov 23, 2023 . tjis guy gets 60 billion likes for doing tje most nothing burger tweets ☑ Follow M1das @M1das OW2 twitters most hated reply guy banner by @garfbot2000 discord.gg/m1das Born February 17 1,374 Following 42.7K Followers 2:02 PM ⚫ Nov 23, 2023 · 406.7K Views

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