I Always Say "Morning" Instead of "Good Morning"

About

I Always Say "Morning" Instead of "Good Morning" refers to a catchphrase often used in image macros and memes in which a person explains that they only would consider their morning to be "good" if a certain criterion was met, such as if they were still lying in bed, woke up in a tropical country or were fishing. Starting in 2019, the macros became a subject of parodies.

Origin

While the exact origin of the phrase is unknown, demotivational image macros using it have been posted online at least since 2013, with the original joke being, "I always say 'morning' instead of 'good morning,' because if it were a good morning, I'd still be asleep in bed instead of talking to people." For example, on November 18th, 2013, Facebook^[1] page Girlfriends Strike Back shared an e-card that received over 94 reactions and 40 shares in eight years (shown below, left). On November 16th, 2014, the Facebook^[2] page I Just Want to Pee Alone shared a similar e-card that received over 7,500 reactions and 2,300 shares in seven years (shown below, right).

Spread

Between 2015 and 2019, multiple versions of macros were shared online. For example, on July 18th, 2015, Facebook^[3] page 105 The River shared a cat version of the macro that gained over 4,500 reactions and 9,500 shares in seven years (shown below, left). Prior to July 24th, 2015, Instagram^[4] page @TheMrsQueenBee posted the first derivative joke that received viral spread^[5][6] in the following months (shown below, center). On January 29th, 2016, Facebook^[7] page Tyla shared a macro further building on @TheMrsQueenBee's version, with the post gaining over 80,000 reactions and 37,000 shares in six years (shown below, right).

On February 18th, 2019, Instagram^[8] page @FinTherapy shared a fishing version of the macro, which would later be widely circulated as a part of the 2019 Ironic Fishing Memes trend (shown below).

Prior to June 7th, 2019, an unknown user shared a Ketamine Addiction version of the meme, which is the earliest known ironic use of the catchphrase (shown below, left). On June 7th, 2019, iFunny user YungJuulPod_2018 reposted the meme to iFunny.^[9]

Starting in early 2020, more viral jokes based on the catchphrase were shared online. For example, on February 8th, 2020, Twitter^[10] user @goodbeanalt shared a joke about gaming that gained over 760 retweets and 9,100 likes in two years (shown below, center). On March 11th, 2020, Facebook^[11] page That 30 Year Old Baby Boomer shared the earliest viral meme based on the fishing version of the macro, with the post gaining over 970 reactions and 450 shares in two years (shown below, right).

In the following years, the parody trend maintained moderate prominence online, with memes depicting various characters fishing gaining major virality in early 2022.

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