Worm On A String

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About

"Worms On A String", also known as "Squirmles", are small fuzzy worms that are controlled by a string. They gained significance during The Meme Renaissance of Me_IRL of October 2016 and their popularity surged again in the Summer of 2018.

Origin

Squirmles, also known as Wigglees, were a popular toy introduced in the late 1970s.^[1]

They saw a surge in usage in memes coinciding with the Meme Renaissance of Me_IRL, which produced a large amount of memes in a short time period. Following the subreddit turning Bear In the Big Blue House into a meme, the subreddit began spreading memes about Squirmles on October 6th, 2018. The first Squirmle meme was a fake prediction meme saying the next meme of the Renaissance would be a Squirmle. (shown below).

Good, the bear emoji attracted you here. I come from the future and I have important information in regard to what will happen to this sub. After the bear memes run too the ground in a day we will just desperately look for another meme to put in other meme formats The next meme we will choose is very dangerous, and we need to stop it. The meme in question are Squirmels, the magical worm toys. After its resurgence many peopfe will buy them. Too many. The economy will collapse Civilization as we know it will fall. Don't panic just yet, we can stop the inevetible. You just need to upvote this too the front page to get as much coverage as possible. Remember, don't make s----- memes about the stupid ass worms. We'll all die.

Spread

Memes surrounding the toy quickly grew less popular as the Meme Renaissance of Me_IRL moved onto other subjects. Jokes about the product trended on Twitter nearly two years later. On July 31st, 2018, Twitter user @BombermanHero tweeted "Btw means Buy The Worm on a string.", gaining over 3,000 retweets (shown below).

Jojjua Follow BombermanHero Btw means Buy The Worm on a string.

This led to the creation of multiple jokes and photoshops featuring the character. For example, user @urfavesasnack gained over 154 retweets and 348 likes with their photoshop (shown below, left). User @fresabean posted fan art of the character, gaining over 220 retweets and 500 likes (shown below, right). The resurgence was covered by The Daily Dot.^[2]

ur fave is a snack @urfavesasnack Follow worm on a string is a snack MT 10:38 AM -9 Aug 2018

JoJo@ commissions Follow @fresabean worm on a string babey!! ее cơ 6:55 PM -8 Aug 2018

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External References

^[1] Wikipedia – Squirmles

^[2] Daily Dot – People have a strange new obsession with this Worm On A String toy

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