About

"Do You Have Any Mental Illness In Your Family" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Ron Swanson on the television series Parks and Recreation. Online, a screen capture from the series of Swanson saying the line has been used to express opinions held by the meme creator about things they do not like, understand or find to be objectionable.

Origin

On April 11th, 2013, the Parks and Recreation episode "Animal Control" aired on NBC.^[1] In the episode, the character Anne helps Ron (portrayed by Rashida Jones and Nick Offerman, respectively) fill out a hospital form. When she asks "Do you have any mental illness in your family?" he responds, "I have an uncle who does yoga."

Later that year, on November 9th, YouTuber Nailed It shared a clip of the scene. The post received more than 24,000 views (shown below).

Spread

On April 14th, 2014, an anonymous 9GAG ^[2] user shared a screenshot of the scene. The post received more than 18,000 points (shown below, left).

Over the next few years, this layout inspired memes that changed what Swanson referred to as a mental illness. On July 14th, 2016, Facebook ^[3] account thecarmemes shared a variation in which Swanson is captioned "I have an uncle who likes stance." The post received more than 9,300 reactions, 1,200 shares and 725 comments (shown below, center).

On May 19th, 2019, Redditor ^[4]jcoffey38 posted a variation about the final season of Game of Thrones. The post received more than 16,000 points (96% upvoted) and 165 comments in less than one year (shown below, right).

Templates

Various Examples

Search Interest

Not Available.

External References