About

I Love X But I Would Never Ever Ever Ever Ever Never Y is a "phrasal template": meme format based on an image of a Soyjak wearing a T-shirt with the phrase. Popularized on Soyjak.party in late May 2023, the recaption format saw spread on the site and on Twitter in the following weeks.

Origin

On May 21st, 2023, an unknown Soyjak.party user posted a version of the Cobson Soyjak with large eyes and wearing a T-shirt reading "I love violent videogames, but I would never ever ever ever ever never kill people, I promise" (exact origin unconfirmed, shown below). On that day, the image was archived on the Soyjak-themed image-hosting website Soybooru^[1] by an anonymous user.

Spread

Later on May 21st, 2023, Twitter^[2] user @Absolunar quote tweeted a post about gore in the fighting video game Mortal Kombat 1, with the tweet garnering over 2,500 retweets and 45,800 likes in three weeks (shown below).

In late May 2023, multiple versions of the meme were created and shared on Soyjak Party and later archived on Soybooru. For example, on May 27th, 2023, an anonymous Soybooru^[3] user archived a version of the meme about nuclear weapons (shown below, left). On June 5th, 2023, a user^[4] archived a version about the War in Ukraine (shown below, right).

On June 6th, 2023, Twitter^[5] meme account @ShitpostGate uploaded the latter meme, with the post gaining over 750 retweets and 19,900 likes on Twitter in three days.

Various Examples

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