Cotton Candy In Water

Cotton Candy In Water

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About

Cotton Candy In Water refers to a clip from The King of Random in which channel co-host Calli dumps large amounts of cotton candy into a fish tank filled with a small amount of water and marvels at the speed at which the cotton candy dissolves. After the clip was reposted on Twitter in July of 2019, people began using it as a reaction clip describing moments in which objects disappear quickly.

Origin

The clip comes from The King of Random video "The QUICKEST Way to Get Rid of Cotton Candy," posted January 25th, 2019 (shown below).



On July 10th, the clip was isolated by Twitter user @gamaniak, gaining over 277 retweets and 800 likes (shown below).



Spread

On July 27th, Twitter user @lowkeylang reposted the video, gaining over 28,000 retweets and 86,000 likes (shown below)



As the video spread, other users began adding humorous captions to the clip describing situations where an object vanishes very quickly. For example, Twitter user @IsaacFitzgerald[1] tweeted it with the caption "What my brain does with compliments," gaining 100 retweets and 860 likes (shown below, left). User @devon_cantwell[2] tweeted "Reading 50 academic articles to write 3 sentences for your paper," gaining over 40,000 retweets and 135,000 likes (shown below, right).


Isaac Fitzgerald @IsaacFitzgerald What my brain does with compliments. O WKEV @lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:15 14.1M views DCOM 8:23 AM Jul 31, 2019 Twitter Web App Devon Cantwell @devon_cantwell Reading 50 academic articles to write 3 sentences for your paper OMKE Olowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:06 14.1M views COM 12:08 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Other users associated the clip with monetary loss. User @LivvyFanon[3] tweeted "This is what happens to your money when you don’t own property in capitalism," gaining over 2,700 retweets and 16,000 likes (shown below, left). User @jakebunger[4] tweeted "this is what happens when I make a payment on my student loans," gaining over 9,700 retweets and 50,000 likes (shown below, right). Jokes were covered by the Daily Dot.[5]


Liv @LivvyFanon This is what happens to your money when you don't own property in capitalism OWEV @lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:12 14.1M views ANDOM.COM 8:12 PM Jul 28, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Jake Bunger @jakebunger this is what happens when I make a payment on my student loans OWKEV @lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:09 14.1M views RANDOM.COM 8:47 PM Jul 28, 2019 Twitter Web App

Various Examples


Josh @Inevitables This is what happens when you put money in my bank account. OWO @lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:10 14.2M views 10:32 PM Jul 27, 2019 Twitter for iPhone ASH @AshGriffo I wish the fat in my body would dissolve like this O WI lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:07 14.2M views .COM 5:13 PM Jul 31, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Alexia Kemerling @AlexiaKemerling Tryna pay off student loans like... OMKV @lowkeylang Jul 27 This is what happens when you put cotton candy in water. Show this thread 0:09 14.2M views BANDOM.COM 4:05 PM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter for Android JARED @johnmatel my efforts & sacrifices my family water cotton candy 0:10 14.2M views From gamaniak 9:37 AM Jul 30, 2019 from Malvar, Calabarzon Twitter for iPhone Tessa @TessQC Cotton Candy: the immense amount of time, effort, and passion I put into my work Water: my paycheck gamaniak @gamaniak Jul 10 Se débarrasser rapidement de plusieurs barbes à papa en les mettant dans l'eau 0:12 14.2M viewsDOM COM 6:28 PM Jul 31, 2019 Twitter for iPhone The BakerMan! @Baker8Yaseen 1st of the month data gamaniak @gamaniak Jul 10 Se débarrasser rapidement de plusieurs barbes à papa en les mettant dans l'eau 0:11 14.2M views M COM 9:38 AM Jul 29, 2019 Twitter Web App

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter- @IsaacFitzgerald

[2] Twitter – devon_cantwell

[3] Twitter – LivvyFannon

[4] Twitter – "@JakeBunger:"https://twitter.com/jakebunger/status/1155641001756770304

[5] Daily Dot – This cotton candy dissolving in water meme might represent your life

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