Me: :( / ASCII Sparkle

Me: :( / ASCII Sparkle

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Me: :( / ASCII Sparkle refers to a copypasta popular on Twitter in which a person types "Me: :(", then posts ASCII Art resembling a starry night sky with an emoji in the middle, then posts "me: :)" at the end. The emoji in the night sky is meant to represent the thing that makes them happy in sad times.

Origin

On February 15th, 2019, Twitter user @sydophile[1] made a post which read "me: :(" then featured ASCII art of the moon in the night sky. The tweet gained over 101,000 retweets and 244,000 likes (shown below).


syd @sydophile Follow me:: the moon: me:: 2:24 PM 15 Feb 2019

Spread

The format began growing much more popular two weeks later, when it grew less focused on astrology and began incorporating a wide variety of topics. Some popular examples include a February 26th post by @xoxokatiejo that incorporated iced coffee, gaining over 18,000 retweets and 57,000 likes (shown below, left). User @Jacindancer made a similar post using emoji to represent Disneyland, gaining over 14,000 retweets and 47,000 likes (shown below, right).


Katie @xoxokatiejo Follow me:: lced coffee: me:: 11:15 AM 26 Feb 2019 jacinda molina @jacindancer Follow me:: disneyland: me:: 8:56 PM - 26 Feb 2019 from San Diego, CA

The format then expanded to include purely emoji art. For example, Twitter user @fatcherhorowitz made ASCII art representing a local preschool walking in the city, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 75,000 likes (shown below, left) while user @dubstepfordads made an example about ducks in a park that gained over 8,400 retweets and 51,000 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Daily Dot.[2]


hells poet laureate @fatcherhorowitz Follow me:: the local preschool out for a walk: me:: 10:36 AM-26 Feb 2019 eric curtin @dubstep4dads Follow me:: a duck at the park: QUAAACK!! OTS me:: 5:00 PM 25 Feb 2019

Various Examples


M Rosie @magsieee Follow V me:: Girls: *. Existing *. *. . *. me:: jonny sun @jonnysun Follow me:: 6139 the pixar lamp, after finally squishing the “I": PXAR me:: 6:27 PM -2 Mar 2019 bree (has a tattoo) @cheesymercury Follow Me: :( Freddie Mercury: Me:: 10:35 PM 27 Feb 2019 M. @GUCCIROCKERA Follow me:: Harry Styles's voice: me:: 8:40 PM 24 Feb 2019 Follow @ennjaay_ me:: House music: K: me:: 1:23 AM 1 Mar 2019 tyler @tatumlangdon Follow V me:: my chemical romance: x o O * * O me:: 4:02 AM-3 Mar 2019

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