About

Can't You Take Anything Seriously? or Too Serious is a redraw and exploitable meme format depicting a character who becomes a hyper-realistic drawing after another character says they can't "take anything seriously," followed by them replying "too serious." The format is based on a two-panel webcomic by X / Twitter artist @handji_kyle that was posted in late January 2025. The comic took off as a redraw format, similar to the Man I'm So Hungry meme, a few days after the original was posted, garnering viral spread mainly on X.

Origin

On January 24th, 2025, X^[1] user @handji_kyle posted a two-panel webcomic and fan art based on Korean music/video series Alien Stage posted and created by Vivinos and Qmeng. The panels show a conversation between Ivan and Till, with the character Ivan becoming hyperrealistic, similar to the How Hungry meme. The post (seen below) amassed over 942,000 views and 28,000 likes in four days.

Spread

The webcomic was reposted by X^[2] user @mafureid a few days later, on January 27th, 2025, who made a redraw of the panel featuring the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel (seen below), which amassed over 585,000 views and 47,000 likes in a day.

On January 28th, 2025, X^[3] user @fallowfrog posted a version of the webcomic featuring Dante and Virgil from the Devil May Cry game franchise. The post (seen below) received roughly 7,700 views and 752 likes in a few hours.

On January 30th, X^[4] user @MojoboJomo posted a version of the meme based on Scooby-Doo characters, garnering over 57,000 likes in a day. Several versions of the meme were uploaded to Tumblr^[5][6] that day. Later that day, X^[7] user @schumisnoopy posted a version based on Peanuts characters Snoopy and Woodstock, garnering over 23,000 likes in a day.

On January 31st, X^[8] user @FindLuigi posted a version of the meme in which Luigi from the Mario Bros. series turns into Luigi Mangione, garnering over 8,200 likes in under a day.

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