About

*Inhale* Okay Tumblr, We Need To Talk refers to snowclones and expoitables popular on Tumblr made in parody of one user's webcomic in defense of creators' right to make content some might find objectionable. In the parodies, users either follow "*Inhale* Okay Tumblr, We Need To Talk" with unrelated texts or images serving as the punchline or insert the comic into other popular exploitable templates.

Origin

On June 11th, 2017, Tumblr user vampirequeenoffan^[1] uploaded a two panel comic expressing her frustration with the criticism she had seen some creators receive for making potentially offensive content. Her rant begins "*Inhale* Okay Tumblr, We Need To Talk" (shown below). The post has received over 5,500 notes as of July 6th, 2017.

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The post was criticized as people took the line about "an older character kissing a younger one" to be encouraging pedophilia,^[7] a claim vampirequeenoffan denies.^[8] Posts made in parody of the comic did not begin appearing until the beginning of July. On July 3rd, Tumblr user daggercube^[2] uploaded the first two images of the comic with the caption "*scrolls past this at inhuman speeds, breathing heavily, sweat drenching my brow*," gaining over 19,000 notes. Popular parodies also appeared that day. vaporwavesimulator^[3] uploaded a parody that gained over 9,300 notes (shown below, left). The following day, sodapickles^[4] uploaded a parody that gained over 17,000 notes in less than 2 days (shown below, right).

The comic was turned into an exploitable at the same time as well. Two popular exploitable edits include a Loss edit posted by majesticicecream^[5] that gained over 2,000 notes (shown below, left) and a You Hear About Video Games edit posted by caesarlegion^[6] in a post, since deleted, that gained over 6,500 notes (shown below, right).

The text of the comic was also turned into a snowclone on Tumblr, as people followed "*Inhale* Okay Tumblr, We Need to Talk" with various jokes and images in text posts. These jokes were not as popular as the parodies and exploitables. On July 6th, user taxloopholes^[9] posted such a joke that gained over 500 notes in less than a day (shown below, left). mgsotacon^[10] uploaded a Viagra joke that gained over 200 notes that day as well (shown below, right).

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