I Would Go To School If
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I Would Go To School If refers to a series of exploitable object-labeling memes showing one's ideal scenario for a school setting. The meme follows the phrasal template, "I would go to school if this was the teacher," "if this was the bus," "if this was the uniform" and so on. The meme likely grew out of seemingly sincere collages made in the 2010s, with ironic versions of the meme discussing colleges and workplaces instead of schools spreading in the early 2020s.
Origin
While the exact origin of images that read, "I would go to school if," or "I would enjoy school if" are presently unknown, some early examples of the format can be found on the subreddit /r/OkBuddyRetard. An August 3rd, 2019 post[1] on the subreddit gathered 370 upvotes in four years (seen below).
Spread
On February 15th, 2020, Redditor /u/Real_Thanos posted an "I Would Go To School If" meme to /r/OkBuddyRetard,[2] gathering over 8,000 upvotes in three years (seen below, left). On February 18th, 2020, Instagram[3] page @novaxeno posted a Minecraft themed version of the meme, gathering over 7,000 likes in three years (seen below, right).
As the meme grew more viral, internet users began making versions that references other venues besides schools.
On September 26th, 2021, Tumblr[4] user pdfbabe posted a version of the meme that read, "I would go to wall street if," followed by images of vegetable and chicken stock. The post gathered an unknown number of notes, but was widely reposted online (seen below, left). On October 9th, 2021, Instagram[5] page @gayluigi.exe reposted a since-deleted X post, gathering over 5,000 likes in two years (seen below, right).
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