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#iarmthefool refers to an April Fools' Day 2021 event among webcomic artists in which the artists posted a comic featuring a gag centered around large, unnaturally long arms. The name is a play on "I am the fool," which was a 2016 April Fools' event in which dozens of webcomic artists posted a comic with the same basic premise ending with the punchline "Maybe I am the fool."

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On April 1st, 2021, dozens of webcomic artists began posting comics that centered on the same gag of a character in the comic having unnaturally long arms, sharing the posts with the hashtag #IArmTheFool. The name is a play on a 2016 April Fools prank organized by Alex Norris in which webcomic artists all posted a very similar comic with the punchline "Maybe I am the fool."[1] In 2019, webcomic artists pulled a similar prank in which they drew their characters with hyperrealistic eyes with the hashtag #EyeAmTheFool.

While it's unclear who organized the 2021 #IArmTheFool trend, the earliest post featuring the hashtag posted to Instagram was by user mushroommovie, gaining over 8,700 views (shown below).


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Throughout the day, webcomic artists posted variations on #IArmTheFool. There are 155 posts with the hashtag on Instagram[2] and many more on Twitter. Popular examples include a comic by the_reddot[3] that gained over 30,000 likes on Instagram (shown below, left) and a comic by @lastplacecomics[4] that gained over 600 retweets and 4,000 likes on Twitter (shown below, right).

YOUR TRICKS WILL NEVER WORK! I'LL CRAACK NEVER BE LIKE YOU! WELL LOOK AT THAT... WELCOME TO THE CLUB. YAY!! The RedDt
Hey mommy, I love you THII||||||| |||||| O last-place-comics lastplacecomics.com @last placecomics

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let them fight al. U tinysnencomics CO
I'LL BE BACK, DON'T YOU MEAN I'M OFF TO YOUR HAIRCUT? MY ARMCUT APPOINTMENT. AHHA HA NOPE. PATREON.COM/THEUNDERFOLD THEUNDERFOLD.COM BY BRIAN RUSSELL
@CHRISHALLBECK GREAT JOB TODAY! HIGH FIVE! HNGH! -SMACK- GRAAA!
DID WE LOSE 'EM?RELAX! NOT EVEN THE LONG ARM OF JOHNNY LAW CAN FIND US IN- MAN, HERE ITHOUGHT. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES CONSIDERED- URK. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HA HA HA
Hi, I'm here to apply for the puppeteer position. Do you have any previous work experience? No... Hey boss! I finished the new I think you'll be a good fit. giraffe puppet you wanted. Woohoo! inkyrickshaw.com @inkyrickshaw
I HAD AN AWESOME DREAM LAST NIGHT! REALLY? US TOO! IN MY DREAM. I WAS HUGE AND EVERYONE TREMBLED IN MY PRESENCE! ATH SNAP! I DREAMT I HAD TEN TIMES AS MANY HORNS! IT WAS SO COOL! I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MINE ANYMORE... ©2021 Alexander Hoffman. All Rights Reserved. DAWN OF REPTILES.com

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About

#iarmthefool refers to an April Fools' Day 2021 event among webcomic artists in which the artists posted a comic featuring a gag centered around large, unnaturally long arms. The name is a play on "I am the fool," which was a 2016 April Fools' event in which dozens of webcomic artists posted a comic with the same basic premise ending with the punchline "Maybe I am the fool."

Origin

On April 1st, 2021, dozens of webcomic artists began posting comics that centered on the same gag of a character in the comic having unnaturally long arms, sharing the posts with the hashtag #IArmTheFool. The name is a play on a 2016 April Fools prank organized by Alex Norris in which webcomic artists all posted a very similar comic with the punchline "Maybe I am the fool."[1] In 2019, webcomic artists pulled a similar prank in which they drew their characters with hyperrealistic eyes with the hashtag #EyeAmTheFool.

While it's unclear who organized the 2021 #IArmTheFool trend, the earliest post featuring the hashtag posted to Instagram was by user mushroommovie, gaining over 8,700 views (shown below).



Spread

Throughout the day, webcomic artists posted variations on #IArmTheFool. There are 155 posts with the hashtag on Instagram[2] and many more on Twitter. Popular examples include a comic by the_reddot[3] that gained over 30,000 likes on Instagram (shown below, left) and a comic by @lastplacecomics[4] that gained over 600 retweets and 4,000 likes on Twitter (shown below, right).


YOUR TRICKS WILL NEVER WORK! I'LL CRAACK NEVER BE LIKE YOU! WELL LOOK AT THAT... WELCOME TO THE CLUB. YAY!! The RedDt Hey mommy, I love you THII||||||| |||||| O last-place-comics lastplacecomics.com @last placecomics

Various Examples


let them fight al. U tinysnencomics CO I'LL BE BACK, DON'T YOU MEAN I'M OFF TO YOUR HAIRCUT? MY ARMCUT APPOINTMENT. AHHA HA NOPE. PATREON.COM/THEUNDERFOLD THEUNDERFOLD.COM BY BRIAN RUSSELL @CHRISHALLBECK GREAT JOB TODAY! HIGH FIVE! HNGH! -SMACK- GRAAA! DID WE LOSE 'EM?RELAX! NOT EVEN THE LONG ARM OF JOHNNY LAW CAN FIND US IN- MAN, HERE ITHOUGHT. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES CONSIDERED- URK. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HA HA HA Hi, I'm here to apply for the puppeteer position. Do you have any previous work experience? No... Hey boss! I finished the new I think you'll be a good fit. giraffe puppet you wanted. Woohoo! inkyrickshaw.com @inkyrickshaw I HAD AN AWESOME DREAM LAST NIGHT! REALLY? US TOO! IN MY DREAM. I WAS HUGE AND EVERYONE TREMBLED IN MY PRESENCE! ATH SNAP! I DREAMT I HAD TEN TIMES AS MANY HORNS! IT WAS SO COOL! I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MINE ANYMORE... ©2021 Alexander Hoffman. All Rights Reserved. DAWN OF REPTILES.com

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