About

Not a Cell Phone in Sight refers to a copypasta popular on Twitter that parodies sanctimonious attitudes towards smart phone usage, believing that the lack of smart phones keeps people engaged with their surroundings. The copypasta reads "Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment" and is accompanied by a humorous image.

Origin

On November 4th, 2018, Twitter user @VersaceCrocs^[1] tweeted the copypasta with an artistic rendering of Jesus' crucifixion, gaining over 4,200 retweets and 16,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

Over the following several days, the copypasta spread as others posted their iterations of the joke. Some of the most popular examples include a post by @toastodilly showing a still from the Shrek films, gaining 48,000 retweets and 182,000 likes (shown below, left). User @TravusHertl tweeted an illustration of a dinosaur attack, gaining over 40,000 retweets and 138,000 likes (shown below, right).

Other popular tweets include one by @mitchysuch showing the moment before the Kennedy assassination, gaining over 2,000 retweets and 13,000 likes (shown below, left). Another by @jbfan911 showing a still image from Spongebob Squarepants gained over 450 retweets and 2,400 likes (shown below, right).

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