About

Saw Con refers to posts mentioning fictional event named "Saw Con" or "Sawcon," made with the intention to lure readers into inquiring about the event, with the author or other comments proceeding to reply "saw con deez nuts" or similar responses," which, when said aloud, sounds similar to "suck on these nuts." First gaining popularity together with Ligma and other similar jokes in July 2018, Saw Con variation maintained popularity through the following year.

Origin

The earliest known usage of "Saw Con" format was posted in a tweet by Twitter^[8] user @Rhymestle on June 17th, 2018 in response to a "Ligma" joke (shown below). However, it is likely that the format had been used prior to this, either offline or in private chat.

Spread

On July 2nd, 2018 by Twitter ^[1] user @moobesor8 in a conversation with Twitter user @Lol_masamune (shown below, left).

On July 24th, 2018, Urban Dictionary ^[2] user SarcasticHandjob defined the "Saw Con," "'Saw Con' when said out loud sounds like 'Suck on', and should be followed by 'deez nuts!' , very much ligma." The post received more than 250 upvotes in about a year and a half (shown below, right).

That day, Twitch ^[3] user phiggins_ shared a clip entitled "xQc invites Harbleu to SawCon." The post received more than 58,000 views in about a year and a half (shown below, left).

Two days later, on July 26th, Redditor ^[4] retardo shared the video on the /r/OverwatchTMZ subreddit. The post received more than 540 points (98% upvoted) as of October 2019.

On July 28th, Redditor^[5] FortressX "Sawcon" and "Saw-Con" were included on the "Ligma Variants Masterpost" on the /r/Ligma subreddit. The post received more than 785 points (100% upvoted) in about a year and a half.

The following day, Redditor^[6] dijiboy123 shared in the /r/madlads a screenshot of a conversation from YouTube comments that includes the joke. As of October 2019, the post received 35,000 points (94% upvoted) and 250 comments (shown below, center).

The following year, On October 6th, Redditor^[7] -the-bourgeoisie- shared a screenshot that included the joke in a text conversation between two sexual partners. The post received more than 83,000 points (88% upvoted) and 1,000 comments in two days (shown below, right).

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