About

So That Was a Fucking Lie is a series of reaction images of rapper and recording artist Tyler, the Creator saying the phrase in an interview.

Origin

On October 13th, 2014, Mass Appeal magazine published a video entitled "Inside The Cover #55: Eric Andre and Tyler, The Creator." In the video, Tyler, the Creator and Eric Andre pose for the magazine cover (shown below). At one point, Andre mentions that they are in the magazine. Tyler, the Creator replies:

We're not in the issue of Mass Appeal, yet, cause we're shooting all the photos for it, right now. So that was a fucking lie.

On November 24th, 2017, Twitter^[1] user @cakefacedcutie used a screen capture of Tyler, the Creator with the caption "A man: *breathes* Me." The post received more than 32,000 retweets and 81,000 likes in less than one year.

Spread

Over the next year, the reaction image continued to be used in various contexts. For example, the following day, Facebook ^[2] user biotchcode posted a version with the caption "me: 'I think I'm doing better.' The post received more than 1,200 reactions and 580 shares (shown below, left).

Several months later, on January 22nd 2018, Redditor ^[3] Holofan4life posted a version with the caption "University is better cause you're studying what you actually want to do." The post received more than 4,400 points (96% upvoted) and 90 comments in less than one year (shown below, center).

On November 1st, Redditor^[4] Mciscool200 posted a version in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit that received more than 400 points (97% upvoted) and 240 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).

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