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Cogs Fluid

Updated May 24, 2023 at 04:40PM EDT by Zach.

Added May 24, 2023 at 01:14PM EDT by Philipp.

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About

Cogs Fluid is a fluid substance with slime-like properties created by Twitter user John Cogs, who shared footage of it in April 2020. In May 2023, the Cogs Fluid went viral on Twitter and became the subject of jokes and memes after an account shared several videos of it.

Origin

On April 26th, 2020, Twitter[1] user and self-proclaimed scientist John Cogs (@JohnCogs5) posted a video in which he pours an unknown white liquid into a cup filled with tea, with the liquid forming a slime-like substance and overflowing into the sink (shown below). In the tweet, Cogs called the liquid "cogs fluid" and expressed hope that it would change the world. Assisted by its viral spread in May 2023, the tweet accumulated over 1,400 retweets and 6,600 likes in three years.


In the following years, Cogs shared more images and videos of the substance on Twitter.[2] For example, on June 30th, 2022, Cogs shared a photograph in which he held a lump of the substance in his hand. The tweet (shown below) gained over 160 retweets and 630 likes in one year.


John Cogs @JohnCogs5 Hands on with my creation for the first time in a while... I've missed you my marvelous fluid... 11:12 AM Jun 30, 2022 :

Spread

On May 21st, 2023, Twitter[3] user @greenTetra_ quote tweeted the original video of the liquid, commenting, "a marvelous fluid…" The tweet gained 19 retweets and over 440 likes in three days (shown below, left). Later that day, Twitter[4] user @yeenbruh shared two videos and a photograph of the substance from @JohnCogs5's account (shown below, right). The post received over 900 retweets and 8,700 likes in three days.


Tetrahedron @greenTetra_ a marvelous fluid... John Cogs @JohnCogs5 Apr 26, 2020 I've been working on this for a while. I call it cogs fluid. I hope it will change the world Show this thread 2:04 AM • May 21, 2023 14.3K Views InShot ... Goobert @yeenbruh Just found a really good Twitter account John Cogs @JohnCogs5 I've been working on this for a while. I call it cogs fluid. I hope it will change the world II 0:07 M 3:53 PM · May 21, 2023 497.3K Views 0:02 W John Cogs @JohnCogs5 11/28/20 Experimenting with exposing my #CogsFluid to higher levels of heat tonight! Interesting effects have been observed.. : ...

The viral spread of the post was followed by jokes and memes based on videos and photographs of the fluid. For example, on May 21st, Twitter[5] user @OzmaRacc posted a joke that garnered over 160 retweets and 920 likes in three days (shown below, left).

On May 23rd, 2023, @yeenbruh shared[6] an exchange between @JohnCogs5 and another user who posted a photograph of a batch of cogs fluid they made. The screenshot of the exchange (shown below, right) garnered over 1,400 retweets and 12,500 likes in one day.


Trans Butch Raccoon BitchOA @OzmaRacc When you jokingly tell your werewolf boyfriend that you want werewolf cream in your coffee but didn't realize they're in heat John Cogs @JohnCogs5 Apr 26, 2020 I've been working on this for a while. I call it cogs fluid. I hope it will change the world Show this thread BRENCH 4:01 PM . May 21, 2023 23.6K Views InShot : John Cogs @JohnCogs5 May 22 Michael you blithering idiot! Not only did I tell you to NEVER synthesize Cogs Fluid without my supervision.. You also aren't meant to be sharing new pictures of it at all!!! 2 1 21 John Cogs @JohnCogs5 150 Michael Byrne @TechyByrne. May 22 Apologies, but legally I think we're sound as I never signed the NDA. I'll phone Roy tomorrow morning to get it straightened out but as I said we should be fine 27 Can't blame me for trying to synthesise it Had to impress you somehow!! 3,994 ايار 13 ↑ ₁851 ↑ Ok Michael, but you're taking the hit for this one. I can afford another bollocking from Roy.. not after last time. Don't try to impress me again though, I know perfectly well what you're capable of. 1:36 PM · May 22, 2023 710 Views ...

Following the viral spread of the original cogs fluid video, @JohnCogs5 gained over 1,000 followers on Twitter[7] as of May 22nd and over 7,500 followers as of May 24th, 2023.

Various Examples


bubs @schorchgorge "Micheal your blithering idiot! Not only did i tell you to NEVER synthesize Cogs Fluid without my supervison.. You also arent meant to be sharing new pictures of it at all!!!" ju ne @jun3buggy shinji in the hospital over asuka's comatose body: John Cogs @JohnCogs5 Jun 30, 2022 Hands on with my creation for the first time in a while... I've missed you my marvelous fluid... 4:14 AM • May 22, 2023 · 863 Views : John Cogs @JohnCogs5 May 22 At the moment I am conducting a scientific study... it seems people have begun acting very strangely now I have more followers... 5 CI 4 John Cogs @JohnCogs5 8:12 AM - May 22, 2023 41.1K Views 181 I know who was there when I had nothing... how can I forget... yet people pretend they have known me their whole life... all over some Fluid... . 16.8K ↑
der OK @bigbootyderek #Cogs Fluid John Cogs @JohnCogs5 Hands on with my creation for the first time in a while... I've missed you my marvelous fluid... 2:37 AM May 21, 2023 1,980 Views . John Cogs @JohnCogs5 May 21 I seem to of gained a lot followers last night whilst I was fast asleep! Welcome one and all to my Science Zone 27 1 2 John Cogs @JohnCogs5 108 7:33 AM • May 21, 2023 · 17.1K Views . 11.7K ... ... I see most of you are fans of my fluid.. I must admit that due to an NDA I can no longer post videos of my marvellous #CogsFluid. However, I'm not a one trick pony and have plenty more inventions in my brain
John Cogs @JohnCogs5 You all only follow me for my fluid 9:31 AM Oct 1, 2020

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – @JohnCogs5

[2] Twitter – @JohnCogs5

[3] Twitter – @greenTetra_

[4] Twitter – @yeenbruh

[5] Twitter – @OzmaRacc

[6] Twitter – @yeenbruh

[7] Twitter – @JohnCogs5

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