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I Don't Care Who the IRS Sends, I'm Not Paying Taxes

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I Don't Care Who the IRS Sends, I Am Not Paying Taxes is a line said by the Dan vs. character Dan upon meeting his supermodel neighbor for the first time. Online, the line spawned a snowclone meme format and has been used as a reaction for images and videos of attractive people.

Origin

On January 1st, 2011, "The Wolf-Man," episode two of season one of the animated television series Dan Vs., premiered in the United States.[1] In the opening part of the episode, the main character Dan is visited by a supermodel, who introduces herself as Dan's new neighbor, to which Dan replies that he will not pay taxes no matter who the IRS sends (scene shown below).



- Hi, Dan! I just moved in next door! I'm a supermodel!
- I don't care who the IRS sends, I'm not paying taxes.

On December 2nd, 2019, iFunny[2] user Whymeofallpeople uploaded a looped video of Dan delivering the line to the app, where it gained over 5,000 smiles in four years (shown below).



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On April 12th, 2021, TikTok[3] user loghan.bohlander uploaded the scene, with the video gaining over 5.9 million views and one million likes in two years. The soundbite achieved viral popularity as a TikTok trend in June 2021; for example, on June 12th, 2021, TikTok[4] user @helloshiang posted a video that gained over 14.2 million views and 3.7 million likes in two years. On June 21st, 2021, YouTube[5] channel TikTok Save posted a compilation of TikTok memes using the soundbite (shown below).



Starting in May 2021, memes based on the scene were posted on iFunny[6] and Reddit,[7] with the format achieving significant popularity as a phrasal template in late September 2022. For example, on September 29th, 2022, iFunny[8] user basicallyimlazy posted a meme that gained over 5,100 smiles in eight months (shown below, left). Also that day, iFunny[9] user hrrrnghsoup posted a version that gained over 4,200 smiles (shown below, right).


I DON'T CARE HOW I FREE MY MIND AT NIGHT JERK I'M NOT BECOMING A LONELY STONER I DON'T CARE ΠΑΜ ΝΟΤ how cold & lonely the nights get JERK burdening others with my presence

More memes using the scene as a phrasal template were posted in late 2022 and the first half of 2023 on iFunny and Twitter.

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"BE NOT AFRAID" "I don't care who the IRS sends. I am not paying taxes." MUH FREEDOM MEMES I DON'T CARE I AM NOT How cold and lonely the nights get S JERK Paying for onlyfans I DON'T CARE HOW BAD 5E IS JERK S I'M NOT PLAYING PATHFINDER
I DON'T CARE ΠΑΜΝΟΤ how bad the dark thoughts get JERK seeking professional help Hi there. I just moved next door. I'm a gamer girl I don't care who Microsoft sends, I'm not upgrading to Windows 11 <3 nikko! ★ COMMS OPEN @kuromibatwings "I don't care how many features you paywall, I'm not paying for Twitter Blue" JERK Twitter Support @TwitterSupport - Feb 17 Effective March 20, 2023, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method. Other accounts can use an authentication app or security key for 2FA. Learn more here: blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/p... Show this thread 11:24 PM. Feb 17, 2023 1.5M Views

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It still pisses me off when I remember how badly Dan Vs. was shafted by The Hub. If it had aired on a different network that actually cared instead of shoving it into some of the worst time slots imaginable things might have turned out better.


HUUUUUUUUUUUUB NETWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORK!!!

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