One Day, Your Knees Will Buckle Under the Weight of Your Endless Sins

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One Day, Your Knees Will Buckle Under the Weight of Your Endless Sins is a catchphrase used in a series of reaction images featuring various characters captioned with the phrase "One day, your knees will buckle under the weight of your endless sins. I will not be there to save you." The images are typically used online to express disgust and disapproval of the content being posted.

Origin

Prior to January 30th, 2023, an unknown user created a reaction image pairing an image of a shrugging 3D emoji with the caption "One day, your knees will buckle under the weight of your endless sins" (shown below). On January 30th, 2023, iFunny^[1] user Cringe_Warrior made the earliest discovered repost of the image.

Spread

The image received viral spread in the following week, being reposted and used as a reaction. For example, on January 31st, 2023, the Facebook^[2] page Meme Mental Asylum reposted it with the post gaining over 850 reactions and 550 shares in six months. On May 19th, 2023, the Twitter^[3] account @reactjpg archived the image, with the post gaining over 820 retweets and 5,200 likes.

The caption has been reused in reaction images featuring various other characters. For example, on March 20th, 2023, Instagram^[4] user idontreadtheory posted a Jotchua meme that gained over 4,100 likes in four months (shown below, left). On March 24th, Instagram^[5] user frogseatingass posted a meme that received over 3,500 likes in the same period (shown below, right).

The reaction image format maintained a notable online presence throughout the first half of 2023.

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