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All I Wanted Was a Pepsi

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About

"All I Wanted Was a Pepsi" is a line from thrash band Suicidal Tendencies song 'Instutionalized'. In the song's second verse, singer Mike Muir asks his mother for a Pepsi. She refuses and sends him to a mental institution. In the 2010s, Image Macros revolving around a fake campaign to "Free Mike" spread.

Origin

In 1983, Suicidal Tendencies released their self-titled album. "Institutionalized" is track 6, and a single from the record. A music video for the song, shown below, aired on MTV in 1984.[1]



Spread

The line became a classic punk lyric, often referenced in headlines[8] and in art[7] as a hip reference for people in the know. The phrase began appearing in image macros as early as 2011.[2][3] However, while the precise origin of the "Free Mike campaign" is unknown, it began to spread in the Spring of 2012. On March 18th, 2012, Tumblr user the-numbers-game[10] uploaded an image parodying popular slacktivist campaigns. The picture, which he claimed he'd seen "floating around Facebook," shows Muir with a caption claiming he was falsely institutionalized for wanting a Pepsi and asks users to share the photo in the hopes "we can free Mike." On March 19th, 2012, a Reddit user posted a thread with the image and gained 12 points.[9] On April 27th, 2012, Tumblr user deementedforever[4] reposted the image and gained 320 notes in 4 years.


This is Mike Mike was falsely institutionalized in 1983. All he wanted was a Pepsi, and his parents wouldn't give it to him, and they sent him to a mental facility. Please be one of the few to share this in hopes thal we can free Mike

The next day, Buzzfeed reposted the image in an article titled "FREE MIKE."[5] Over the next couple years, several variations on the "Free Mike/All I Wanted Was a Pepsi" images grew popular. For example, on the /r/metalmemes subreddit, an image uploaded by skramzy[6] on March 5th, 2015, gained 387 points as of September 12th, 2016 (shown below).


"Imgur":http://imgur.com/er6DBgU

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ALLI WANTED WAS A PEPSI... quickmeme.com DAMMIT ANAKIN! ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI, AND YOU WOULDN'T GIVE.ITLOME!net ALLI WANTED WASA PEPS AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVEIT TOMEPe memegeierator.net "source":http://alanhynes.com/blog/all-i-wanted-was-a-pepsi-just-one-pepsi/ GET ME A PEPS PLEASE PSl. MOM JUST GET 田 "Imgur":http://imgur.com/er6DBgU

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External References

[1] Wikipedia – Institutionalized

[2] quickmeme – Big Bird Meme

[3] quickmeme – Singing Batman

[4] Tumblr – deementedforever

[5] Buzzfeed – Free Mike

[6] /r/MetalMemes – ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI

[7] Alan Hynes – ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI

[8] DailyKOS – Palin's 'suicidal tendencies'

[9] /r/funny – This Is Mike

[10] Tumblr – the-numbers-game

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