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BBCide, also known as the "BBC Suicide" Tweet From Twitter User @BrettCTheorist, refers to a July 2025 tweet shared by Twitter / X user Brett Hand (@BrettCTheorist), who claimed that his friend committed suicide "because White people are literally being ethnic cleansed," in a reply to a tweet reading, "If you’re having suicidal thoughts over BBC maybe you should consider getting real problems." @BrettCTheorist continued the reply, writing, "You sick fucking people can't comprehend that without going, 'Hahah, you're scared of porn, hahaha you're scared of BBC.'" The acronym "BBC" is slang for "big Black cock." @BrettCTheorist's tweet and its claim sparked viral reactions and posts in the following days. Some were in support, including those shared by others with the same views on race as @BrettCTheorist. Others mocked @BrettCTheorist's claim and the alleged death of his friend, using the opportunity to criticize racism and push back against White Genocide beliefs.

Origin

On July 17th, 2025, X^[1] user @tivstippi quote-tweeted a post about the Grok AI app trending on the App Store in Japan, shortly after the Ani AI Companion announcement. @tivstippi wrote, "Grok about to be replying with spade tattoos in 2 weeks," receiving over 5.7 million views and 73,000 likes in two days.

On July 18th, X^[2] user @BnwoG36292 quote-tweeted @tivstippi, writing, "Can you sick f*cking people stop trying to spread a gen*cide as far as you possibly f*cking can? 5M views in two days. You're introducing young White men to a literal gen*cide ideology that exists to demoralize us and is literally k*lling people." In a day, the post received over 1.1 million views and 290 likes (shown below).

Later that same day, X^[3] user @tivstippi reacted to @BnwoG36292's post in a quote-tweet, writing, "If you’re having suicidal thoughts over BBC maybe you should consider getting real problems." The post received over 14,000 likes in a day.

A few hours later on July 18th, 2025, X^[4] user @BrettCTheorist replied to @tivstippi, writing, "My friend fucking killed himself because White people are literally being ethnic cleansed, and you sick fucking people can't comprehend that without going, 'Hahah you're scared of porn, hahaha you're scared of BBC' / You're a sick fucking person spreading a gen*cide ideology." In a day, the reply gained over 5.1 million views and 3,800 likes (shown below).

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On July 18th, 2025, X^[5] user @Yauq17 replied to @BrettCTheorist's post, writing, "Bro no way 💀😂😂 I’m sorry but yo homie was tripping for no reason," receiving over 17,000 likes in a day (shown below).

That same day, X^[6] user @BklynClears quote-tweeted @BrettCTheorist, writing, "So he heard white [people] were being ethnically cleansed and decided to add to the numbers?" also attaching a reaction image with the catchphrase, "If you laugh you go to hell." In a day, the tweet received over 1,600 likes (shown below).

Also on July 18th, 2025, X^[7] user @ScumFuckRen tweeted, "Nigga killed himself over BBC LMAOOOO," receiving over 7.6 million views and 101,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Later that day, X^[8] user @willy_crescent quote-tweeted @ScumFuckRen's tweet, attaching a clip of streamer Low Tier God talking about the "BBC gene," gaining over 6,700 likes in a day (shown below).

every day that passes he gets more right https://t.co/x8yCJIdM0b pic.twitter.com/BbHy6jlqJf

— #ZDWASRIGHT (comms closed for a lil) (@willy_crescent) July 18, 2025

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