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Sassy ASCII Dancer
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About
Sassy ASCII Dancer, also known as 1 2 3, is a three-part ASCII character featuring a text-based depiction of a person standing in three positions with a corresponding phrase next to each respective position.
Origin
The earliest known usage of the meme was published on April 29th, 2013 by Twitter [1] user @davidaak1991. They added the lyrics from the Beyoncé song "Single Ladies" next to each character. The post received more than 4,100 retweets and 1,500 likes in less than seven years (shown below).
![all the single ladies 20/20 Vision @davidaak1991 <) P all the single ladies (•_^) \C (> all the single ladies (•_^) <) )P oh oh oh 12:27 AM · Apr 29, 2013 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/745/998/66c.png)
Spread
Over the next year, others continued to share the character using the Beyoncé lyrics.[2][3] Several major brands also shared the character. For example, BuzzFeed [4] tweeted the image with the words "Three Day Weekend." The tweet received more than 2,300 retweets and 1,700 likes in less than five years (shown below, left).
On June 4th, Denny's restaurant chain tweeted[5] one that reads "Pan / Cake / Pls." The tweet received more than 39,000 likes and 36,000 retweets in less than six years (shown below, center).
On October 23rd, 2018, Twitter's[6] official account tweeted, "You are what you tweet." Within two years, the tweet received more than 69,000 likes and 24,000 retweets (shown below, right).
![Three Day Weekend BuzzFeed @BuzzFeed (•_•) <) )P Three \(^_•) ( (> Day (•_•) <) )> Weekend 3:58 AM · May 23, 2014 · Tweetbot for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/745/999/b79.png)
![Pan Cakes Pls Denny's @DennysDiner Denny's (•_•) <) P PAN \^_•) ( (> CAKES (•_^) <) )> PLS 10:29 AM · Jun 4, 2014 · Sprinklr](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/000/0cd.png)
![You are what you tweet Twitter @Twitter (••) <) )P You are \(^_•) ( (> What (•_^) <) )> You Tweet 10:49 AM · Oct 23, 2018 · Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/002/9c0.png)
Various Examples
![Pre game skate 925 FM Altitude Sports Radio @AltitudeSR Airitude (•_•) <) P PRE \(^_•) ( (> GAME (• -) <) )> SKATE #GOAvsGo @Avalanche CLICO %23 0:14 - 2K views 9:59 AM · Sep 17, 2019 from Denver, CO · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/017/c64.png)
![You're not god or my father or my boss duo @duolingous (•_•) <) P you're not god \(^_•) ( (> or my father (•_•) <) )> or my boss 6:01 AM · Jul 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/015/65a.png)
![I knew him horatio jd vance's "holler aunt" @markpopham (•_•) (•_•) <) P IKNEW (•_•) \(^_•) ( (> HIM (•_^) <) )> HORATIO 6:34 AM · Jan 6, 2016 · Twitter Web Client](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/010/4a3.png)
![Always own your platform Sean Blanda @SeanBlanda (•_-) <) P Always \(^_•) ( (> Own (•_•) <) )> Your platform Expressed by month, January 2016 to March 2017. 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 16-Jan 17-Mar 16-Mar 16-May 16-Jul 16-Sep 16-Nov 17-Jan Facebook's algorithm isn't surfacing one-third of our posts. And it's getting w... Starting in January of this year, we at the Chicago Tribune started to anecdotally see a fairly significant change in our post reach. O medium.com 4:55 AM · Apr 19, 2017 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/009/ff4.png)
![We're FP2 Ready Scuderia Ferrari @ScuderiaFerrari (•_•) <) ) WE'RE \(^_•) ( (> #FP2 (•_•) <) )> READY #ItalianGP I #essereFerrari ITALIAN GRAND PRIX RessereFecea 5:46 AM - Sep 6, 2019 · Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/008/034.png)
![position player pitching Cut4 CUT4 @Cut4 3 days into the 2018 season and we've got a... (•_•) <) P POSITION \(^_•) ( (> PLAYER (•_•) <) )> PITCHING FRF Sports PHILADEL PHIA PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Last Position Player to pitch Andres Blanco (June 7,2017 at Atlanta) Philadelphia Phillies 7:26 PM · Mar 31, 2018 · Twitter Web Client](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/746/006/9ba.png)
Template
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External References
[1] Twitter – @davidaak1991's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @laughbook's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @9gag's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @buzzfeed's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @DennysDiner's Tweet
[6] Twitter – @twitter's Tweet
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