About

Avisem X, Avise, Vadia or Diga A X (Tell X in English) refers to a series of image macro memes based on well-known tales, famous stories and Brazilian folklore characters calling out someone or something who did them wrong to let them know they are ready for revenge. Examples include an image of a sphinx cat smoking a cigar paired with the overlay text "Tell Schrödinger That I Survived," which is used to indicate's the cat's wish for revenge against the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The meme series and phrasal templates were popularized on iFunny around March 2021, spreading to Twitter a few months later.

Origin

On March 14th, 2021, iFunny^[1] user @shitb0t_2021 uploaded an image of a mafia-styled Sphynx cat smoking a cigar paired with a top and bottom caption in Portuguese that reads "Diga a Schrödinger / Que Sobrevivi," which translates to "Tell Schrödinger That I Survived." The meme reimagines the Schrodinger's Cat experiment by pretending the cat survived and is ready to take his revenge. The post (shown below) garnered over 17,300 reactions and 280 comments in two years.

Spread

The meme was popularized in July 2021 as more image macros were posted by iFunny users based on other popular tales and characters. For instance, on July 22nd, 2021, iFunny^[2] user @naruto_ uploaded an image of a muscled bear paired with the overlay text in Portuguese "Avise ao Boi de Cara Preta / Que eu não tenho medo de careta," which translates to "Tell the black-faced ox that I'm not afraid of a grimace." The post (shown below) references "Boi da Cara Preta," who is a character from a children's lullaby that comes after naughty children. The image received over 19,600 reactions and 230 comments in two years.

On April 6th, 2021, iFunny^[3] user @saco_alejado posted a version of the meme in which Isaac Newton's apple is calling the scientist out to a duel. The post (shown below, left) received over 21,400 reactions and 100 comments in two years.

Twitter ^[4]user @MemeRuimeBom posted another variant on April 11th, 2022, featuring an image of death holding a scythe paired with the overlay text in Portuguese "Avisem a Cuca / que o neném cresceu e não irá nanar" ("Let Cuca know that the baby has grown up and won't be nursed to bed"). The meme references a Brazilian folklore tale about Cuca, an ugly old woman who appears in the form of a crocodile and kidnaps disobedient children that don't want to sleep. The post (shown below, right) garnered over 7,300 likes and 910 retweets in a year.

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