About

Sadge is an emote on Twitch depicting a flattened version of Pepe the Frog with a sad, disappointed expression and a downward glance, and a variation on Pepega. The emote is commonly used as a reaction to convey sadness or depression in chats on Twitch, but also appears in memes and a form of copypasta elsewhere online.

Origin

The image used for the emote is a variant of Pepe the Frog, which dates back to 2005. This specific version of Pepe is an edit of Feels Bad Man / Sad Frog that first appeared in a 4chan^[1] thread on January 22nd, 2009. On Twitch, the emote (seen below) was submitted to BetterTTV^[2] by user Redshell on January 3rd, 2020. According to BetterTTV’s stats, the emote is used in 943 different channels. On FrankerFaceZ,^[3] the Sadge emote was added on January 14th, 2020, by user vicneeel and is used in 2,405 sets.

Spread

In early to mid-2020, the emote saw increased usage on Twitch as it was added to additional channels, particularly by AdmiralBulldog’s and Forsen’s communities. On February 29th, 2020, Redditor^[4] mini-tbnn posted an image to the r/forsen subreddit depicting the use of the copypasta on Twitch (shown below), which reads, “My dearest brother, I write to you in deep melancholy. It appears to me that there isn’t any cock left.” The post received over 1,300 upvotes and 27 comments. Redditor^[5] IsrengBelemy then added it to the r/copypasta sub on March 10th, 2020.

On March 15th, 2020, Redditor^[6] Cerms posted a meme depicting Sadge to the r/forsen sub under the title, “No cocks left, only Poglights…” The meme (shown below) received over 1,100 upvotes.

On May 11th, 2020, Redditor^[7] SnoopyPilot posted another meme using Sadge to the r/forsen sub (seen below), receiving nearly 700 upvotes.

YouTuber^[8] Kian22 uploaded a video featuring the emote to his channel on April 30th, 2020, under the title, “Everywhere I Go I'm Reminded Sadge.” The clip (shown below) received nearly 700 views.

On May 31st, 2020, Twitch streamer xQc posted an update to his Twitter^[9] account, which received several replies from various users referencing the Sadge emote. Twitter user XqcOutofcontext replied to his tweet with a video (seen below) and the caption, “Sadge.”

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