About

"Like it or Hate it, That's History Right There" is memorable quote uttered by YouTuber jacksepticeye in a video in which YouTubers react to videos. Online, people replace the video jackseptic eye is reacting to with various other images for humorous effect.

Origin

On August 19th, 2018, YouTuber FBE released a video entitled "YOUTUBERS REACT TO TOP 10 MOST DISLIKED MUSIC VIDEOS OF ALL TIME." The video features jacksepticeye reacting to the Jake Paul video for the song "It's Everday Bro." The video (shown below) received more than 3.8 million views in less than two weeks.

The earliest know usage of the moment as a "meme" was posted by Redditor ^[1] zeebbbrrrraaaaa1 on the /r/PewdiepieSubmissions subreddit, replacing the video with a clip of YouTuber PewDiePie. The post (shown below) received more than 11,000 points (93% upvoted) and 45 comments in 10 days.

Spread

That day, Redditor^[2] zaythegeek posted a variation featuring the poster for the film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith in the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit. Within 10 days, the post (shown below, left) received more than 1,900 points (99% upvoted) and 30 comments.

Additionally, that day, Redditor^[3] Stuffy6464 posted a variation featuring Robbie Rotten following the death of Robbie Rotten actor Stefan Karl Stefansson in the /r/dankmemes subreddit. The post (shown below, center) received more than 500 points (99% upvoted) in 10 days.

On April 30th, NBr33zii Redditor^[4] NBr33zii posted a template of the meme on /r/MemeEconomy subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than 12,000 points (92% upvoted) and 1,200 comments in 24 hours.

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