Dear Followers, Today I Offer You Nothing, Tomorrow Who Knows

About

Dear Followers, Today I Offer You Nothing, Tomorrow Who Knows is a series of exploitable image macro memes using a photo of someone with open palms holding the word "nothing," as if offering it to the viewer. The original meme was posted to Twitter in July 2019 and became the subject of photoshops in the following years, often using the phrasal template "Dear Followers, Today I Offer You X, Tomorrow? Y" replacing the word or item in the person's hands and changing the caption to reference it.

Origin

On July 11th, 2019, Twitter^[1] user @a16482 posted a meme showing a set of open palms, as if offering something, captioned, "Dear followers, today I offer you nothing. Tomorrow? Who knows," the word "nothing" resting in the palms, gaining six likes in three years (shown below). This is the earliest known upload of the meme, although does not appear to be the original. On December 5th, Instagram^[2] user mcyt.club posted an edit of the meme placing a Minecraft YouTuber in place of the word "nothing," gaining roughly 400 likes in three years. This is the earliest known edit of the meme.

Spread

On June 4th, 2020, Instagram^[3] user frog.fellas posted a version of the meme replacing "nothing" with an image of a frog, gaining over 6,000 likes in two years (shown below, left). On June 24th, Tumblr^[4] user supermary64 posted a version of the meme that gained over 50,000 notes in two years. On September 15th, Tumblr^[5] user bitchvirgo posted a version of the meme replacing "nothing" with "content that specifically caters to myself," gaining over 113,000 notes in two years (shown below, right). On October 28th, Instagram^[6] user happy_lesbian_gang posted a version of the meme replacing "nothing" with "lesbianism," gaining over 14,000 likes in two years.

On May 1st, 2021, Instagram^[7] user thicc.m4v posted a video version of the meme referencing cheems, gaining over 6,000 likes and 23,000 views in a year (shown below). On October 23rd, Instagram^[8] user djinn_kazama posted a version of the meme that gained over 2,000 likes in 10 months.

On May 11th, 2022, Instagram^[9] user kirbymutual posted a version of the meme placing Waddle Dee from Kirby in the hands, gaining over 7,000 likes in three months (shown below, left). On June 17th, Tumblr^[10] user juicesocks posted a version of the meme about posting no content, gaining over 43,000 notes in two months (shown below, right).

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