Gonna Tell My Kids

Gonna Tell My Kids

Updated Nov 24, 2019 at 10:36AM EST by Matt.

Added Nov 19, 2019 at 11:57AM EST by Sophie.

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Gonna Tell My Kids or Telling My Kids is a Twitter phrasal template in which Twitter users say they will tell their kids the image they posted is of a certain celebrity. Although the image is never actually the celebrity, many of the images share some characteristics with the celebrity or historical figure mentioned. Gonna Tell My Kids tweets became popular in November 2019.

Origin

On September 19th, 2019, Twitter user @Wake_n_Bacon[1] uploaded the earliest example which read "I gonna tell my kids in 2055 that this was Justin Trudeau" showing a cartoon which refers to Trudeau's Brownface Controversy (shown below).


Lil.Brutus @Wake_n_Bacon gonna tell my kids in 2055 that this was Justin Trudeau 6:11 PM Sep 19, 2019 Twitter for Android Mr. Popo Cartoon

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On November 12th, 2019, Twitter user @_MTGBayBee[5] posted a photo of Lil Wayne with the caption "Im telling my kids this is Bill Gates" (shown below, left). The next day, Twitter user @lowendfury[2] tweeted a picture from Breaking Bad with the caption "gonna tell my kids this was obama" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 61,600 likes and 16,800 shares in six days.


x Dough @_MTGBayBee Im telling my kids this is Bill Gates REEST 4:53 PM Nov 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Lil Wayne Human benjamin @lowendfury gonna tell my kids this was obama LOS POLLOS HERMANOS OPEN 6:00 AM BREAKFAST BURRITOS o POL SERVED ALL DAY! 9:55 PM Nov 13, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Breaking Bad Gus Fring

On November 17th, Twitter user @ThyArtIsMemes[3] posted a picture of Brendon Urie with the caption "Gonna tell my kids this was Abraham Lincoln" which received over 176,100 likes and 43,000 shares in three two days (shown below, left). The next day, Twitter user @godvfwine[4] posted a picture of Kyle Bell in All That with the caption "Gonna tell my kids this is Kurt Cobain" (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated 32,200 likes and 9,100 retweets in a day. On November 19th, Cheezburger[6] published a list of the best Gonna Tell My Kids memes.


yeah i'm emo, so what? @ThyArtlsMemes Gonna tell my kids this was Abraham Lincoln 3:42 PM Nov 17, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Gentleman Costume hat

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Hooverr @Hooverr gonna tell my kid that this was bts 2:54 PM Nov 18, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Cartoon Animated cartoon Kellen @captainkalvis gonna tell my kids this is lil pump 5:26 PM Nov 18, 2019 Twitter Web App Chip Skylark Cartoon Clip art Illustration Line sierra @genzmashfan gonna tell my kids this was beto o'rourke 4:46 PM Nov 18, 2019 Twitter for iPhone John Mulaney Text Speech odd Future @itsOddFuture gonna tell my kids this was obama THE UN SIDEN 1:22 AM Nov 15, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Tyler, The Creator

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External References

[1] Twitter – Wake_n_Bacon

[2] Twitter – lowendfury

[3] Twitter – ThyArtIsMemes

[4] Twitter – godvfwine

[5] Twitter – _MTGBayBee

[6] Cheezburger – All the Best Gonna Tell My Kids Memes

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