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His Ass Is Not X
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About
His Ass Is Not X or His Ass Is Not Reading is a catchphrase used in a series of ironic memes where a person, animal or character is shown where it looks like they might be reading or doing another action. The meme originates from a 2019 Twitter video of a man pretending to read a book on the subway, captioned, "his ass is not reading" and the caption spread as a phrasal template the following years, mostly used in image macros.
Origin
On May 4th, 2019, Twitter[1] user @babyitsmb posted a video of a man tracing his finger along a book extremely fast as if he's reading with the on-screen caption, "His ass is not reading ππ©ππππ" garnering over 20,000 likes and 6.9 million views in three years (shown below).
I know his ass isnβt reading this fast pic.twitter.com/gl2NNWL4SL
β MB (@babyitsmb) May 4, 2019
The video gained viral spread over the following months, inspiring memers to take the caption and attach it to new images and videos. On October 12th, 2020, iFunny[2] user Bobwashere8 posted an image macro of a monkey reading a book with the caption "his ass is not reading," garnering around eight smiles in two years. It was reposted to Instagram[3] page juccatonic on June 26th, 2021, garnering over 500 likes in a year. This is the earliest known meme using the caption outside of the original video.
![his monkey ass is not reading His ass is not reading LL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/483/719/b0c.jpg)
Spread
On August 13th, 2021, Instagram[4] user kazakhstan_bureau_of_laughter posted an image of a rabbit reading a book with the caption, garnering over 10 likes in a year. It was reposted by Instagram[5] page scoobydoofruitsnacks that day, garnering over 53,000 likes in the same span of time (shown below). It was also posted to /r/OkBuddyRetard[6] on the 16th, garnering over 760 upvotes in a year.
![smh my head | /r/okbuddyretard HIS ASS HIS ASS IS NOT READING !IO imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/175/087/a58.jpg)
On October 31st, Instagram[7] user frogseatingass posted a version of the meme using an image of an alligator reading, garnering over 11,400 likes in a year (shown below, left). The meme also started to expand past jokes about reading. On May 6th, 2022, Twitter[8] user @stickybm posted a version of the meme about a cat not driving, garnering over 1,000 likes in six months (shown below, right). On June 22nd, it was reposted to /r/notinteresting,[9] garnering over 8,100 upvotes in five months.
![alligator is not reading His ass is not reading](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/483/721/77e.jpg)
![This Cat Is NOT Driving This cat is NOT driving!!! cars are PARKED (not in motion) facing opposite of other cars umm u need to see the road?? His ass is NOT going anywhere! licking wheel like an idiot?? w--](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/471/114/dfe.png)
Various Examples
![his ass is not eating His ass is not eating DUB THE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/483/724/8bb.jpg)
![He representing fr | /r/okbuddyretard 2 His ass is not a crip.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/449/380/81d.jpg)
![nahhhh bruh nah fr dawg nahhh | /r/okbuddyretard his ass is not a mechanicasa](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/417/580/628.jpg)
![WHO EVEN BELIEVES THIS?!?????? | /r/okbuddyretard 110 This cat is not using the PC!!!!!!! he not even facing the screen (u need to see the screen to type: HANDS NOT ON THE KEYSCAPS wrong side of the KEYBOARD!! on my puter his ASS is not typing!!!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/392/333/1b4.jpg)
![Lil bruh is fibbin tf outta us | /r/okbuddyretard this cat aint even chillin!!!!!! V Ears Headphones his ass is NOT listening!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/448/932/e97.jpg)
![He afk rat | /r/okbuddyretard this cat is NOT gothing!!! M Headphones aren't on his head CANNOT HEROX360 auto theft grand Controller not even turned on which means he is not playing an 757 Not even old enough to play this gome, just a w HIS ASS IS NOT G@jackofreeze](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/441/172/51d.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] iFunny β Bobwashere8
[3] Instagram β juccatonic
[4] Instagram β kazakhstan_bureau_of_laughter
[5] Instagram β scoobydoofruitsnacks
[7] Instagram β frogseatingass
[9] Reddit β notinteresting
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