Cigarette Cockroach

Cigarette Cockroach

Updated Oct 21, 2019 at 12:56PM EDT by Sophie.

Added Oct 21, 2019 at 11:48AM EDT by Sophie.

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About

Cigarette Cockroach is the nickname given to a cockroach that was recorded dragging a cigarette butt over a sewer drain in October 2019. The video quickly went viral on Twitter due to its similarity to pizza rat.

Origin

On October 18th, 2019, Twitter user @tkretchmar posted a video of a cockroach dragging a cigarette with the caption "Tired: pizza rat Wired: cigarette cockroach" (shown below). The video gained over 3.7 million views in three days and the tweet garnered over 21,100 retweets and 95,500 likes in three days.



Spread

On October 18th, 2019, Twitter users began adding their own captions to the cigarette cockroach video. The Twitter user @TheJewishDream,[1] captioned the video "Gregor Samsa is just trying to make it to the weekend" referring to Kafka's short story "Metamorphosis" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 2,000 likes and 430 retweets in three days. That same day, @marina_caitlin[2] captioned the video "takes puff of cigarette, cockroach: Pizza rat? Haven't heard that name in YEARS" which gained over 1,700 retweets and 8,600 likes in three days (shown below, center). The Twitter account for Dictionary.com[3] retweeted the video and shared the definition of drag as it relates to pulling and smoking (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 200 likes and 40 retweets in three days.


Rafi Schwartz @TheJewishDream Gregor Samsa is just trying to make it to the weekend. Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:07 3.7M views 1:16 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Marina Watts @marina_caitlin *takes puff of c--------* cockroach: Pizza rat? Haven't heard that name in YEARS Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmarOct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:08 3.7M views 2:10 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter Web App Dictionary.com @Dictionarycom Drag: To draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along Also drag: A puff or inhalation on a c--------, pipe, etc. dictionary.com/browse/drag Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 020 3.7M views 4:31 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter Web App

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ザック九十二 @itsazack Dint forget eggroll Squirrel Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:10 3.7M views 2:45 AM Oct 21, 2019 Twitter for iPhone > Q. Allan Brocka @allanbrocka NYC style roach clip. Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:17 3.7M views 1:28 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter Web App Bob Ivry @bobivry Cockroach totally rips off pizza rat's jam Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:17 3.7M views 2:28 PM Oct 18, 2019 TweetDeck thomas @thomas_adem Replying to @bobivry Thug Life thomas adem 6:56 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Andy Stidham @StidhamComedy Replying to @tkretchmar Come on now, we know who that bug really is Marlbor Marlbors Marlbors 3:49 PM Oct 18, 2019 Twitter for Android > Marlbe Beth DeWald @DeWaldBeth I really hope they asked permission before posting this video of a Parsons student. Tom Kretchmar @tkretchmar Oct 18 Tired: pizza rat Wired: c-------- cockroach 0:15 3.7M views 8:03 AM Oct 21, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] Twitter – TheJewishDream

[2] Twitter – Marina_caitlin

[3] Twitter – Dictionarycom

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