A series of tweets where people show selfies and an image of a thing they feared as a child.

Me vs. Childhood Fear

Updated Jan 29, 2020 at 01:07PM EST by Adam.

Added Jan 29, 2020 at 12:28PM EST by Adam.

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Me vs. My Childhood Fear refers to a series of tweets in which a user posts a picture of themselves and an image of something they were afraid of when they were a child. The trend rose alongside similar memes like The Poet / The Poem and Art / Artist.

Origin

On January 23rd, 2020, Twitter user @kannchy[1] started the trend, posting a picture of herself and Slappy the Dummy from Goosebumps, gaining over 800 points (shown below).


kath @kannchy Me vs My Childhood Fear 10:54 PM · Jan 23, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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On January 27th, Twitter user @InternetBBY[4] posted an example featuring the Blue Man Group, gaining over 300 retweets and 3,900 likes (shown below, left). User @quenblackwell[5] posted an example with Dr. Carver from The Proud Family, gaining over 2,600 retweets and 35,000 likes (shown below, right).


ken @INTERNETBBY me vs my childhood fear twitter.com/tamarajuana/st... This Tweet is unavailable. 1:11 AM · Jan 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone queen quen @quenblackwell me vs my childhood fear

The popularity of the trend inspired larger accounts to post examples. For example, rappers Lil Yachty[2] and Rico Nasty[3] both posted examples of the meme, gaining over 5,700 likes and 47,000 likes, respectively (shown below). The meme was covered by TIME.[6]


caliginous boat @lilyachty Me vs my childhood fear WIZ > TON TACOBELLA @Rico_nastyy Me vs my childhood fear

Various Examples


E-lay-uh o @litlayaa Replying to @quenblackwell me VS my childhood fear 10:27 PM · Jan 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone LANDO @AllyFreeman Replying to @quenblackwell Me vs my childhood fear 10:36 PM · Jan 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone a su mi @_terraeee Replying to @Rico_nastyy Me vs my childhood fear Cherry Flavor 10:33 PM · Jan 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Khadi Don @KhadiDon Me vs My childhood fear Felicia @renaerichy Replying to @KhadiDon Me vs My childhood fear U CA S FILN HX 10:50 PM · Jan 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone > Tierra Whack @TierraWhack Me vs My childhood fear (Step on a crack break ya moma back)

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