series of pictures of people in mascot costumes asking "how tf am i an essential worker"

How TF Am I An Essential Worker

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How TF Am I An Essential Worker refers to a copypasta on Twitter in which people post pictures of people in mascot costumes with the phrase "How TF am I an essential worker?" During lockdowns related to the Coronavirus, most businesses were closed unless they were declared "essential" by the government. "Essential" businesses included such grocery stores and pharmacies. As the first instance of the copypasta used a previously-existing picture, it is unclear if any of the examples were sincere.

Origin

On April 4th, 2020, Twitter user @LilTrePod[1] posted a picture of a person in a Baskin Robbins costume captioned "How TF am I an essential worker?" The tweet gained over 58,000 retweets and 334,000 likes. However, the picture used had grown popular already[2] as part of the Let's get this bread meme.


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Spread

The tweet inspired others to post pictures of people in mascot costumes with the caption. The most popular example was posted on April 5th, 2020 by @saintashxx,[3] who gained over 59,000 retweets and 393,000 likes (shown below, left). After saintashxx's tweet, many other users posted their own variations, though none were as popular. One of the others to gain some popularity was posted by @ImAllexx,[4] whose variation gained over 90 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, right).


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Various Examples


Jonathan cooL @DaEgg123 how tf am I an essential worker McDonald's DeliciousKekletariat @DELICIOUSKEK how tf am I an essential worker? PlayStation KONAMI D PIinsuluania Sumphuny of the Dight Sergio @Ay_Yo_Sergio how tf am I an essential worker PLEASE CHECK YOUR UNIFORM HAT OR VISOR WOMEN HAIR RUNNE OR BRAIDED MEN HAIR LAR LENGTH Check Chere Inri @funeralends "how tf am i an essential worker" May 4:55 AM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App Kunwar Singh @Kunwonderful How tf am I an essential worker 2:12 AM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Trevon, I guess @altaredvision how tf am I an essential worker 1:42 AM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] Twitter – @LilTreProd

[2] Twitter – ipurrple

[3] Twitter – saintashxx

[4] Twitter – imallexx

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