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So You're Going By Loltyler1 Now Nerd? is a facetious message containing a series of references and insults to the recipient's experiences in high school. In the original post, the writer refers to himself as "Tanner from Highschool," who claims to have bullied the recipient in the past, and later in life, married the receipient's high school crush. They go on to write that they "make over 200k a year and drive a mustang GT." In 2018, the message has been used a copypasta on various websites.

Origin

While it's likely that the message was first used on "Twitch," as it references Twitch streamer "loltyler1," the earliest available usage of the message was posted on the /r/loltyler1 subreddit ^[1] by Redditor jackeyIove. The post (shown below) received more than 90 points (95% upvoted) and 15 comments. The message reads:

"@loltyler1 So you're going by "loltyler1" now nerd? Haha whats up douche bag, it's Tanner from Highschool. Remember me? Me and the guys used to give you a hard time in school. Sorry you were just an easy target lol. I can see not much has changed. Remember Sarah the girl you had a crush on? Yeah we're married now. I make over 200k a year and drive a mustang GT. I guess some things never change huh loser? Nice catching up lol. Pathetic.."

Spread

Over the next few months, the message was shared on various website. Several weeks later, on February 1st, Steam user RIP X posted the message on the website.^[2] In March 2018, the copypasta was posted on the website "TwitchQuotes."^[3] On August 31st, Redditor^[4] NebEdits posted in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit, "Where did the whole 200k a year and drive a mustang joke come from?"

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