About

Same Energy is an internet slang term applied to two pictures that have similar auras, similar to the Totally Looks Like meme. The term grew popular around the same time as Big Dick Energy, and similar to "Big Dick Energy," "Same Energy" is not meant to be taken literally but rather describe an emotion evoked by the chosen pictures.

Origin

While it's unclear where exactly "Same Energy" began, the term began seeing use in mid-June of 2018, roughly around the same time "Big Dick Energy" began growing popular. One of the earliest known tweets using "Same Energy" was posted by @blackfire5561^[1] on June 18th, 2018 (shown below).

Spread

In the following months, many more posts comparing posts used the term "same energy." For example, a July 29th, 2018 post by @sarahmcgbeauty comparing a little girl and a dog received over 380 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left). An October 12th, 2018 post by @Ohlalalisa_m gained over 470 retweets and 680 likes (shown below, right).

Additionally, the meme was very popular among K-Pop fans on Twitter. Major K-Pop examples of the meme include a post by @lxlisas that gained over 580 retweets and 1,100 likes (shown below, left). Another by @Oppar_yah_chan gained over 1,000 retweets and 2,100 likes (shown below, right).

Additionally, the meme was very popular on /r/animemes. For example, a Twitter post by user sainsisco was reposted to the subreddit, where it gained over 4,100 points (shown below, left). Another showing faces in soup gained over 3,600 points (shown below, right). The meme was covered by Daily Dot.^[2]

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