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Get Outlook for Android refers to a series of memes about the default signature on Microsoft's Outlook email client for the Android mobile operating system. Many of the jokes reference a specific alleged harassment incident, in which a series of threatening emails that ended with the advertisement.

Origin

On October 15th, 2018, Twitter ^[1] user @chibbbun tweeted, "620+ emails (including threats, harassment and admitting to leaking personal info) from my ex Jordy over the past two weeks. Every email he sends to me from now on will be posted here, i might post everything, but i'm not ready yet. I just don't understand why he wont stop." Additionally, the tweet featured a screen capture to the emails, many of which featuring the phrase "Get Android for Outlook." The tweet received more than 75 retweets and 385 likes in 24 hours.

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Shortly after, @chibbbun tweeted^[5] a message, allegedly, from Jordy saying, "She just made a really big mistake" (shown below). The tweet inspired some memes to take the sarcastic position that not using Outlook for Android was the "big mistake."

Following the post, people began tweeting jokes and memes referencing the inclusion of the advertisement in the emails. Twitter^[2] user @lolYisus tweeted a variation of the What If You Wanted to Go to Heaven meme that referenced the emails. They captioned the tweet, "get outlook for android." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 250 retweets and 1,600 likes (shown below, left).

Twitter user @404ahS tweeted^[6] a variation of the Why Is The FBI Here? meme to feature Jordy's message. The tweet received 80 retweets and 700 likes in 24 hours.^[6]

Twitter^[3] @Filigrie tweeted a painting of Jesus Christ with the caption "Jordy telling everyone to download outlook for android rn." The tweet received more than 50 retweets and 390 likes in 24 hours (shown below, right).

The following day, Redditor ^[4] stickfab asked about the memes in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.

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