About

I Don't Believe In That Nonsense, also known So True, refers to a series of Wojak Comics memes likening pseudosciences, parasciences and actual sciences to astrology, therefore claiming they are also a pseudoscience, or otherwise disregarded them as invalid.

Origin

The origin of the format is currently unknown. On June 1st, 2020, Twitter^[1] user @ArizonaReloaded made the earliest found repost of the meme following the format. In the original meme, an exchange between Daddy's Girl and Soyjak takes place, with Soyjak stating that he does not believe in astrology, a pseudoscience, but at the same time believes in the scientific validity of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, reacting with the "bean mouth" smile, a typical element of the CalArts cartoon drawing style.

The repost (shown below) received over 140 retweets and comments and 590 likes in one month.

Spread

In June 2020, the format received moderate spread online, with the format being used to liken the validity of various pseudosciences and non-sciences to that of astrology. For example, on July 2nd, 2020, Twitter^[2] user @ne0liberal made such a comparison for communism (shown below, left), gaining over 40 retweets and comments and 430 likes in one month. On June 16th, 2020, VK^[3] group Клуб друзей психоанализа posted a meme about Lacan's graph of desire (shown below, right), gaining over 100 likes in three weeks.

The format saw a significant burst in popularity when on July 1st, 2020, Twitter^[4] user @gweenteazzz used the meme to liken the period table to astrology, with the post gaining over 11,200 retweets and comments and 75,300 likes (shown below). In the following hours, multiple users posted responses making fun of the meme.^[5][6][7]

In early July 2020, the format saw notable spread online on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and other websites.

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