WHEN YA EX DIES
Background
On July 19th, 2016, Twitter user @CoolMemesClub[2] tweeted a picture of Kermit the Frog with his mouth open, captioned "WHEN YA EX DIES." On August 1st, 2016, Twitter user @hyped_resonance[1] posted a screenshot of that tweet and challenged Twitter users to send the image to their exes and post screenshots of the results (shown above). As of August 4th, 2016, the tweet has 239 Retweets and 949 likes.
Notable Developments
August 1st: Twitter Responses
Two minutes after @hyped_resonance posted his tweet, a follower with the handle @bnjesselacey[3] tweeted her result from the challenge. The tweet, shown below, gained 144 retweets and 624 likes in three days.
@hyped_resonance received dozens of responses to the challenge, though @bnjesselacey's tweet gained the most popularity.
August 3rd: Coverage and Spread
On August 3rd, 2016, The AV Club[4] covered the challenge, calling it "maybe the nerviest Twitter challenge of 2016." Variations of the original image macro began appearing on the meme-hosting site Onsizzle.[5]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @hyped_resonance
[2] Twitter – @CoolMemesClub
[3] Twitter – @bnjesselacey
[4] The AV Club – “When ya ex dies” may be the nerviest Twitter challenge of 2016
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