About

"Choke Me, Daddy" is an expression used to ask a male sexual partner to choke one's throat. Online, the phrase is often used in image macros featuring various characters being assaulted, making it appear as if they are enjoying the abuse as a form of sexual masochism.

Origin

On September 8th, 2014, a Keep Calm and Carry On poster was submitted to the KeepCalm-O-Matic^[5] generator with the phrase "Keep Calm and Choke Me Daddy" (shown below).

Spread

On December 25th, 2015, FunnyJunk^[1] user chokinandtokin submitted a screenshot of a mock dialogue between the Star Wars character Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper, in which the trooper asks Vader "harder daddy" while being force choked (shown below).

On May 18th, 2015, Gawker^[3] published an article titled "The White House Is Archiving Every Tweet Begging @POTUS for Sex," which highlighted a tweet sent to Barack Obama's Twitter feed saying "choke me daddy." The tweet has since been deleted. On February 2nd, 2016, Reddit Wise_Semen posted a multi-pane comic version of the mock Darth Vader dialogue, which gained over 16,600 points (79% upvoted) and 200 comments prior to being archived on /r/funny^[2] (shown below).

On February 16th, 2017, Redditor Aldonza20 submitted an image macro featuring the traditional Argentinian confectionary alfajores de maizena fed to a woman with no drink (shown below). Within two months, the post gained over 1,800 points (89% upvoted) and 160 comments on /r/argentina.^[6]

Last Week Tonight

On May 7th, 2017, John Oliver devoted a majority of his show to explaining the fight over net neutrality, as well as the plans FCC Chairman Ajit Pai had for the future of the internet. Oliver instructed his viewers to comment on the FCC’s website, saying "And do not tell me that you don't have time to do this," pointing out various absurd internet phenomenon including those who tweet "Choke me, daddy" at Pope Francis (shown below).

"And finally, I'm looking at the frankly surprising number of people who for some reason keep tweeting "Choke me, daddy" at the Pope!"

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