About

The "My Aunt Who's Extremely Homophobic" Copypasta is a copypasta about a homophobic aunt who is converted from her homophobic ways after seeing an attached image of two men in what could be construed as a relationship. The copypasta went viral on X (Twitter) in late February 2024 after it was shared alongside a photo of The Angry Video Game Nerd James Rolfe and the Nostalgia Critic, inspiring others to use the copypasta alongside other images.

Origin

On February 29th, 2024, X^[1] user @Virtua_Neon posted a photo of James Rolfe and the Nostalgia Critic with their faces close to one another as if they're going to kiss, along with a copypasta about an aunt whose homophobia is ended after seeing the photo, garnering over 8,700 likes in four days (shown below).

my aunt who's extremely homophobic said that "no relationship between two men can mean as much as one between a man and a woman"

then i showed her this picture, and she started crying

i asked her whats wrong, and she just sobbed and said "its so sad…why cant they marry?"

Spread

The copypasta was recreated by u/iMisstheKaiser10 and posted to /r/TheCinemassacreTruth^[2] on March 1st, 2024, garnering over 240 upvotes in three days. The copypasta gained some spread on X^[3] over the following days. For example, on March 2nd, X^[4] user @AngelicRoni posted a version of the meme that gained over 300 likes in two days (shown below).

On March 3rd, Instagram^[5] user dinguz.exe posted the original meme, garnering over 500 likes in a day.

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