About

Soomer is a variation of the Wojak character that is typically characterized as a Sumerian male who appears alongside cuneiform script, often sitting in a throne and holding a cup. Usually, memes revolved around the character feature Soomer speaking through cuneiform with other Wojak characters expressing their confusion or referencing Ancient Sumerian literature and culture.

Origin

On May 15th, 2020, Twitter^[1] user suchaone posted the character as a reply to user similaralterity’s tweet (seen below) requesting “reply with your best "the __ year old __oo__er" memes please.” The image depicts the “6,500-year-old Soomer” alongside cuneiform script, which references “Sumer,” the name for the land of the earliest known civilization in Mesopotamia, whose people are known as Sumerians. The image received 106 likes and 24 retweets.

Spread

On May 16th, 2020, Redditor^[2] twitterraider reposted the original to the r/Doomer sub, receiving over 750 upvotes and 22 comments. iFunny^[3] user suprememasterballz then uploaded it to the site on May 17th, where it received 28 likes and one comment.

On May 19th, 2020, suchaone tweeted^[4] another variant of the Soomer with the caption “he's sooming.” This version, which recolored the character, appears alongside Doomer Girl (shown below), receiving 670 likes and 161 retweets. Shortly after the previous version, suchaone replied to his tweet^[5] with a crying Wojak, which was liked 190 times and retweeted 31 times. This variant was also reposted by Redditor^[6] twitterraider that same day to the r/Wojak sub, receiving 574 upvotes and 12 comments.

Twitter^[7] user suchaone continued expanding on the character in the following days, posting a video of Soomer drinking a Monster energy drink while riding an ox cart on May 21st, 2020. The video (seen below) received over 3,500 views, 173 likes and 78 retweets.

On May 24th, 2020, iFunny^[8] user Mufa then posted the majority of the Soomer memes in a collection to the site (shown below), where it received over 1,800 likes and 24 comments.

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