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Miscellaneous Uncs Shoot Poison on Stage refers to a viral April 2025 tweet and video about the older men that singer Janet Jackson brought on stage during her concerts in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Twitter / X user (@mjkjuice2) called the men "miscellaneous uncs" (slang meaning "uncles") and likened their excited, orgasmic reactions to "shoot[ing] poison on stage." The full tweet read, "That part during Janet’s show when she would make miscellaneous uncs shoot poison on stage." The tweet was praised via quote-tweets and replies in the following months, as the Miscellaneous Uncs catchphrase spread elsewhere online.

Origin

On April 6th, 2025, X^[1] user @mjkjuice2 tweeted a video that compiled three Janet Jackson concert clips from the late 1990s and early 2000s. In each, she brought a male audience member on stage, strapped them down and then danced on top of them seductively.^[2]

The X user captioned the video, "That part during Janet's show when she would make miscellaneous uncs shoot poison on stage." The tweet received over 10.5 million views and 65,000 likes in a month (shown below).

that part during Janet’s show when she would make miscellaneous uncs shoot poison on stage pic.twitter.com/WLGflLebwx

— 🏄🏽‍♂️ (@mjkjuice2) April 7, 2025

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The post inspired several quote-tweets in the following days, like one shared by X^[3] user @sanestbiracial on April 7th, 2025, who said, "My dad always tells me about Janet Jackson not picking him to be on stage in the same way veterans talk about war," receiving over 125,000 likes in a month (shown below).

Also on April 7th, X^[4] user @underscoreamber quote-tweeted the post, writing, "Megan Thee Stallion needs to recreate this and put me on stage," gaining over 60,000 likes in a month (shown below).

Others started to focus on the diction of the viral tweet. For instance, on April 9th, 2025, X^[5] user @drstephenpoop quoted the post, writing, "The phrase 'uncs shoot poison on stage' is KILLING me," gaining over 9,800 likes in a month (shown below).

On April 10th, X^[6] user @mattybtweets69 quoted the post, attaching a GIF of The Shining Typewriter Scene, pairing it with the repetition of Miscellaneous Uncs Shoot Poison on Stage. Over one month, the quote-tweet received over 15,000 likes (shown below).

The meme resurfaced a month later in May 2025. For instance, on May 6th, X^[7] user @afraidofwasps quoted the post, writing, "(Texting crush) My unc just shot poison on stage 😐," earning over 5,800 likes in a day (shown below).

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