About

*Starts Dry Humping You* is a catchphrase often used in fake text or DM memes as a comical, inappropriate response to a message. The phrase first appeared in a fake text meme as early as February 2016, becoming increasingly popular in meme throughout the 2020s.

Origin

On February 6th, 2016, an Imgur^[1] posted a screenshot of a text exchange between two people ultimately ending in the recipient writing, "*starts dry humping you*" to the sender (shown below). This is the earliest known version of the meme and is a repost from an unknown iFunny account. The meme was reposted to /r/cringepics^[2] on January 21st, 2017, garnering over 700 upvotes in five years.

Spread

The phrase became increasingly popular in memes over the following years. On January 22nd, 2017, Facebook^[3] page Social Anxiety Disorder Memes posted an image macro using the phrase, garnering over 90 shares and 570 reactions in five years. On September 2nd, 2020, Twitter^[4] user @chaselyons posted, "wtf did my professor just email me," along with an email supposedly from his professor that reads, "*starts dry humping you,*" garnering over 315,000 likes and 27,000 retweets in two years (shown below). The meme was reposted to Instagram^[5] on September 4th, garnering over 30,000 likes in a similar span of time.

On October 7th, Redditor lhargreaves posted a new version of the meme to /r/GoodFakeTexts,^[6] garnering over 4,400 upvotes in two years (shown below, left). On November 13th, Redditor silver_donut11 posted an Among Us version of the mem to /r/creepyasterisks,^[7] garnering over 7,300 upvotes in two years (shown below, right).

On August 17th, 2021, Tumblr^[8] user the-minecraft-funnies posted a version of the meme showing a fake email from Mojang using the phrase, garnering over 5,500 notes in a year (shown below). It was reposted to Instagram^[9] on the 28th, garnering over 19,900 likes in a similar span of time.

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