Me, Also Me

About

"Me, Also Me" refers to the snowclone template "Me: X Also me: Y." In the template, "X" represents something laudatory about one's self, while "Y" contradicts "X." This meme is similar to Evil Kermit.

Origin

The earliest known iteration appeared on March 29th, 2015, Twitter user @katsukiyuuris^[1] tweeted "me: ITS SO HOT TODAY WTFUCK IM GOING TO MELT I AM DYING LORD SAVE ME also me: (JUGS DOWN A 2 CUPS OF FRESHLY MADE HOT BLACK COFFEE)"

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On March 26th, 2016 Twitter user @ayeeekendrick^[2] tweeted an image of two men in an office with the subtitle "Move, I'm gay" under the caption "me: being gay doesn't define me also me:" The tweet received more than 5,400 retweets and 8,100 likes.

On July 26th, BuzzFeed featured the popular "Me, Also Me" meme in a listicle entitled "22 Tweets That Will Make You Say 'Also Me.'"^[6]

I'm Not Dramatic

One of the most popular uses of "Me, Also Me" is "Me: I'm Not Dramatic." "I'm Not Dramatic" follows the same structure as "Me, Also Me," except the "Me" field is always filled with "I'm not dramatic."

The earilest known instance of this use is from Twitter user @madycondie^[3], who tweeted "me: I'm not dramatic also me: okay my eye hurts I may be going blind" on November 15th, 2015.

On August, 9th 2016, Twitter user @basedlightskin^[4] Tweeted a series of images under the caption "Me: I'm not dramatic Also me:," which received more than 60 retweets and 128 likes (shown below).

On September 5th, Twitter user @Y2SHAF^[5] tweeted a video under the caption "me: i'm not dramatic??? also me:" The tweet received more than 10,400 retweets and 12,300 likes.

On April 3rd, 2017, Twitter user @garyfromteenmom posted a version of "I'm not dramatic" that went viral, receiving more than 14,000 retweets and 32,000 likes.

Shortly after, on April 5th, Twitter published a moment on "I'm Not Dramatic."^[8]

Notable Examples

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