Give Me Your Phone
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Give Me Your Phone refers to a series of reaction images in which various individuals request a person to give up their phone; as well as the most popular variation of the meme featuring a teenager in an orange shirt. A "Give Me Your Phone" reaction image usually indicates that the person it is directed at has made an ill-thought-out post.
Origin
The earliest and the most recognized version of "Give Me Your Phone" reaction image features a teenage boy in glasses and an orange shirt holding out his open palm towards the camera, captioned "Give Me Your Phone." While the first use of the reaction is unknown, circumstantial evidence indicates that it has been used on Twitter starting at least in December 2015.[1] The earliest version of the image currently found online was posted by Instagram user silentchris419 on December 15th, 2016 (shown below).[2]
Spread
In the following years, the image gained popularity as a reaction, primarily used on Twitter to express disappointment with the content posted by another user. In addition to the image featuring the boy the an orange shirt, multiple more similarly captioned reactions have been introduced starting in 2016, including reactions featuring Annoyed Picard and Pauly D.
Give Me Your X
In 2019, variations of the meme in which other things are requested, primarily of the original orange shirt boy image, gained spread on Instagram, iFunny, Reddit and other online platforms (examples shown below).
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External References
[1] TinEye โ Search Results
[2] Instagram โ silentchris419's Post
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