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By Talos This Can't Be Happening

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Updated Aug 30, 2021 at 02:05PM EDT by Adam.

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By Talos This Can't Be Happening is a catchphrase that became a popular way to end posts describing a minor or humorous inconvenience on Tumblr in the summer of 2021. The phrase is a Elder Scrolls reference that originated in a popular 2019 Tumblr post where a user posted the phrase and a screenshot form the game.

Origin

On March 21st, 2019, Tumblr user @hobnob-69[1] answered a question from an anonymous user asking, "How is your husband?" with "He should be fine I left him with enough food and water for a week." User the-real-santino-rice reblogged the post adding "That was two weeks ago," after which the-real-rupaul replied, "Oh god no, let me go check on him" then reblogged the post again with the phrase "By Talos this can't be happening" and a screenshot from Elder Scrolls of a man dead in jail. The entire post[2] gained over 122,000 notes (shown below).


5 hobnob-69 Anonymous asked: How is your husband? hobnob-69 answered: He should be fine I left him with enough food and water for a week the-real-santino-rice That was two weeks ago A the-real-rupaul Oh god no let me go check on him the-real-rupaul By Talos this can't be happening

Spread

The phrase saw little use on social media in the years since it was first posted. Twitter user @plounce[3] tweeted the phrase on May 14th, 2020, but only received 11 retweets. It wasn't until August 2021 that the phrase began seeing popular use in Tumblr posts, often as a way to announce that the poster had suffered a minor inconvenience. On August 22nd, user spritespi[5] posted the quote as a response to their post, "alright i cleaned my glasses surely they will remain unsmudged for at least a few minutes," gaining over 38,000 notes (shown below, left). On August 27th, user diecishet[4] used the phrase after posting "time to online shop" and "sure hope my bank account won't get charged like last time," gaining over 42,000 notes (shown below, right).


spritespi alright i cleaned my glasses surely they will remain unsmudged for at least a few minutes spritespi by talos this cant be happening diecishet time to online shop diecishet sure hope my bank account won't get charged like last time diecishet by talos this can't be happening

The phrase evidently grew popular enough on Tumblr that there was some backlash to it. This was parodied in an August 28th self-referential post by interstellarvagabond[6] that used the phrase as a reaction to someone complaining the meme was overused, gaining over 27,000 notes (shown below).


interstellarvagabond The "by Talos this can't be happening" goof is my new favorite end to posts interstellarvagabond testosteronetwink Follow "by talos this can't be happening" isn't that funny anymore yallre overusing it :/ By Talos this can't be happening

Various Examples


postmarx3d: postmarx3d: Back when I worked at walgreens I didn't know witch hazel was a real thing people would come in asking for it and l'd be like yeah it's on aisle 3 next to the wolfsbane and eye of newt you f------ idiot bastard Zoe, wolfsbane is also a thing and eye of newt is just the olde timey way of saying mustard seed. empressofevil By talos this can't be happening again romcommunist Follow me upon eating edible: this edible ain't s--- me 20 mins later: by talos this can't be happening by talos this cant be happening Today at 29 AM by talos this cant be happening by talos this can't be happening Today af 1.39 AM by talos this cant be happening by talos this cant be happening Today at 1:39 AM By talos this cant be happening by talos this cant be happening Today at 1:45 AM By talos this cant be happening 'goes on Grindr, thinking it will be better than the last million times and I won't have really old men or unwanted dickpicks sent to me' 'gets old men and unwanted dickpicks' BY TALOS THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING eli back at it again in turbo hell @toadteapot ... ah! i have just made my bed it shall remain neat and fuzz-free by talos this can't be happening the bitch king of angmar ... @MOEBIUSSTRIPP someone adding "by talos this can't be happening" on a post makes me lose my s--- every time idk what it is about that line applied to any possible situation it's just comedy gold for me. I've never even played skyrim 12:12 PM · Aug 28, 2021 · Twitter for Android

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External References

[1] Tumblr – @hobnob-69

[2] Tumblr – heartbeatemoji

[3] Twitter – @Plounce

[4] Tumblr – diecishet

[5] Tumblr – spritespi

[6] Tumblr – interstellarvagabond

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