About

I Forgor, usually followed by 💀, is a Skamtebord version of "I forgot." Spawned by a viral tweet in February 2021, the phrase is used as a humorous response and in shitposting. In June 2021, the words saw massive use on Instagram after a popular meme page posted memes containing the phrase. Phrase I Rember 😃, spawned by a viral meme, is used as a direct antonym to I Forgor 💀.

Origin

On February 5th, 2021, Twitter^[1] user @ItsNotSeabass tagged Wallmart's Twitter account, writing, "Hey @Walmart I have a question." After the @walmarthelp Twitter account replied, "How can we be of assistance?", @ItsNotSeabass responded,^[2] "I forgor 💀," likely mistyping "I forgot" due to R and T being next to each other on a standard QWERTY keyboard. The tweet (shown below) received over 750 retweets and 2,200 likes in five months.

Spread

In the following days, a screenshot of the exchange received viral spread online. For example, on February 7th, 2021, Instagram^[3] page someweebwatchingcartoons posted the screenshot, with the post gaining over 5,000 likes in five months. On February 13th, Instagram^[4] page pensivemoji reposted the screenshot, gaining over 2,800 likes in the same period.

On February 12th, 2021, YouTube user tonys_sword posted an All of the Lights bait-and-switch video that used the phrase "i forgor" as a punchline, with it being combined with a stock image of a 3D human figure sitting on a giant yellow question mark symbol (authorship unconfirmed, shown below). The upload received over 4,600 views in five months and received spread on Discord.

On May 12th, Redditor^[5] smashi3 posted the "i forgor" image macro from the video to the /r/skamtebord subreddit, where it gained over 4,400 upvotes in two months. On May 31st, Redditor^[6] MrSeano posted a sped-up GIF based on the video to /r/shitposting, gaining over 3,500 upvotes in one month.

In June 2021, a number of popular Instagram^[7] accounts posted screenshots of @ItsNotSeabass' February tweet. For example, on June 18th, Instagram user daddy_chungles posted it, gaining over 27,300 likes in three weeks. A June 22nd post by Instagram^[8] page grandmas.butt gained over 48,900 likes in the same period.

On July 9th, Instagram^[9] page on_a_downward_spiral made an "I forgor 💀" text post which received over 29,700 likes in four days (shown below, left). Later on the same day, on_a_downward_spiral made another text post,^[10] writing that "I forgor 💀" was a sociological study conducted by Harvard University.

The posts prompted viral spread of the phrase "I forgor 💀" on Instagram, mainly through shitposting in comments and meme pages making "i forgor" posts.

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