Please Hold The Fuck Up. I'm The Fuck Up. Please Hold Me
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Please Hold The Fuck Up. I'm The Fuck Up. Please Hold Me is a catchphrase inspired by a Tumblr post. The quote has been used in various memes where the line is attributed to different characters across media. The phrase is a play on words reinterpreting the phrase "Hold the fuck up," usually used to mean "Wait a minute," as "Hold the fuck-up," meaning "embrace the messy person."
Origin
On June 2nd, 2016, Tumblr user acchronychal[1] (formerly maria--reynolds[2]) posted the following quote (shown below). The post received over 256,000 reblogs, and over 161,000 likes in over six years.
“Hold the fuck up.” I say. I am the fuck up. Please hold me.
The phrase was later used in 2019 to edit the speech bubbles of a page of the manga Rent-a-Girlfriend (shown below), which saw numerous reposts on sites such as Reddit.[3][4][5]
Spread
Over the following years, the catchphrase spread in memes where artists and posters attributed the line to other characters. For example, on January 24th, 2021, Redditor Side-Character-A posted a Danganronpa edit to the game's subreddit,[7] gaining over 2,000 points (shown below, left). On September 10th, 2021, Twitter user @partylikeart[6] posted art with the phrase attributed to Derpy Hooves, gaining over 130 retweets and 600 likes in one year (shown below, right).
Various Examples
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External References
[1] Tumblr – acchronychal
[2] Archive.org Tumblr – maria--reynolds
[3] Reddit – Today’s mood
[4] Reddit – Hold me pls
[5] Reddit – I’m a fuck up too
[6] Twitter – partylikeart
[7] Reddit – /r/danganronpa
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