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I'm In a Good Place. Not Emotionally (also I'm In a Bad Place. Not Mentally) refers to a series of memes based on the literal interpretation of the idioms "in a good place" and "in a bad place." The memes mention a certain real or fictional location that is generally perceived either as a good or a bad place.

Origin

On January 26th, 2015, Twitter^[1] user @JessObsess made a joke based on the literal reinterpretation of the idiom "in a good place." The tweet received over 990 retweets and 1,800 likes in five years (shown below).

Spread

In the following years, the post was widely quoted online on Twitter, Facebook and other websites, also being spread as an image macro. The earliest viral uses of the quote as a snowclone can be traced to August 2016. For example, on August 29th, 2016, Jimmy John's Twitter^[2] account tweeted a joke based on the quote that received over 190 retweets and 550 likes in four years (shown below, left). On September 19th, 2016, comedian Gabrial Iglesias tweeted^[3] a variation that received over 550 retweets and 1,800 likes in the same period (shown below, right).

The snowclone format did not see significant use outside of Twitter until March 2020. On March 10th, 2020, Facebook^[4] page Doge Collection posted an ironic Doge meme that received over 2,000 reactions and 2,100 shares in one week (shown below).

Following the post, the format received a significant presence in Facebook meme communities, including notable posts in Emperor Uriel Septim VII^[5] and Lego Star Wars II-core.^[6]

Various Examples

Search Interest

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