Don't Make Me Tap the Sign

Don't Make Me Tap the Sign

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Don't Make Me Tap the Sign refers to a scene from a 1998 episode of The Simpsons in which a bus driver taps a sign reading "Do not talk to driver" in order to get Lisa Simpson to stop talking to him. A still image of the sign became an exploitable image labeling format online, the text being replaced to change the context. It is often used along with the phrase "don't make me tap the sign" as a caption and in image macros.

Origin

On May 10th, 1998, episode 24 of the ninth season of The Simpsons, titled "Lost Our Lisa,"[1] aired on television. At one point in the episode, Lisa boards a bus and tries to introduce herself to the driver, who is uninterested and points at a sign reading "do not talk to driver". She tries to talk again and he angrily taps the sign, discouraging her (scene shown below).



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It's unknown who originally used the image as a meme, but early examples date back to at least 2014 on Twitter (example shown below). On October 1st of the same year, FitnessMagician tweeted[2] a version of the image replacing the text with "RE-RACK YOUR WEIGHTS" with the caption "don't make me tap the sign" representing an early example of the image as an exploitable (shown below, right).


tdotwirefreak 000 @kxstill when people talk to me i'm like 'don't make me tap the sign' DO NOT TALK TO DRIVER 1:03 AM - Mar 4, 2014 · Twitter for iPhone FitnessMagician @FitnessMagician 000 Don't make me tap the sign. RE-RACK YOUR WEIGHTS

The format saw an increase in popularity near the end of 2017. On December 18th, 2017, ckholderup tweeted[3] "don't make me tap the sign" along with two images; the first is a screenshot of the bus driver from "Lost Our Lisa" with a fictional subtitle reading "Don't make me tap the sign," and the second is an image of the bus driver tapping the sign with a tweet photoshopped onto it, garnering over 23,000 likes and 8,000 retweets in 3 years (right-hand image shown below).


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On July 24th, 2018, bigbrotherbutbigger posted an image macro made up of chkholderup's screenshots combined with a new sign reading "TELLING A SUICIDAL PERSON THAT 'SUICIDE IS NEVER THE ANSWER' HAS NEVER HELPED ANYONE" to /r/MemeEconomy,[4] garnering over 190 upvotes in 2 years (shown below, left). On August 10th, AngryAlpaca posted the image macro to Imgur[5] with a new sign reading, "We do NOT attack the person, we attack their argument" garnering over 126,000 views and 3,200 upvotes in roughly 2 years (shown below, right).


DON'T MAKE ME TAR THE SIGN. TELLING A SUICIDAL PERSON THAT "SUICIDE IS NEVER THE ANSWER" HAS NEVER HELPED ANYONE. 00 DON'T MAKE ME TAR THE SIGN. We do NOT attack the person, we attack their argument.

On December 1st, 2020, GuerrillaTech posted a version of the meme to their Tumblr[6] page discouraging users from donating to The Salvation Army, garnering over 45,000 notes in 20 days (shown below, left). On December 18th, mirocaro posted a version to /r/gaming[7] calling out big game companies for not caring about their customers, garnering over 4,100 upvotes in 3 days (shown below, right).


IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, DON'T MAKE ME TAR THE SIGN. DON'T F------ DONATE ΤΟ THE SALVATION ARMY 11RISUDOO DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN. ALL BIG GAME COMPANIES ARE BAD AND EXPLOITATIVE REGARDLESS OF WHAT GAMES THEY PUT OUT. THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND AND ONLY WANT YOUR MONEY .YES INCLUDING THAT ONE

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Think you're so smart, huh, bitch?! Me @ Freddy: DOD DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN. BITCH BEAUTIFUL-INTELLIGENT-TALENTED-CREATIVE-HONEST DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN Do Not Touch -Willie DON'T MAKE ME TAR THE SIGN. Making a male villain female in the remake is not inherently feminist and sometimes goes against the point of the narrative Yang's basic income plan stacks with SSDI, OASDI, UI, Housing assistance, Disability, and Medicaid DON'T MAKE ME TAR THE SIGNS Past experiments with UBI didn't result in VAT is only regressive tax in a vacuum, the tax goes directly into your pocket and you need to spend $120,000 on luxury goods to lose money inflation or raised rent and economists don't think it would in Yang's plan either. Past experiments with UBI did not Yang's plan is opt-in, you can keep all existing social security and welfare benefits if you result in heightened in drug or alcohol use. want to. Current single-person household welfare recipients receive $300/mo and will receive $700/mo more on Past implementations of a wealth tax have consistently failed in Europe because rich people can easily avoid it; a VAT tax is inherently Yang's plan and $0/mo on every other candidate's plan unavoidable. made at newfastuff.com made at newfastuff.com DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE DUD.

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