About

Tacoma Wept is a catchphrase derived from a viral video of Twitch streamer Vaush arguing with the Twitter account for TrueAnon Podcast after they left a comment implying he can't get women to sleep with him, Vaush replying that when he got off Tinder because of the COVID-19 quarantine "Tacoma wept," referring to the city of Tacoma, Washington. The video, which Vaush claims is a joke, comes from a stream hosted in April 2020 and gained viral spread online, with some calling it cringey. The video and memes using the phrase saw an increase in virality in February 2024 following the Vaush explicit folder leak.

Origin

On April 9th, 2020, Twitch streamer Vaush uploaded a now-unlisted stream VOD to his YouTube^[1] channel in which, at the 2:15:00 mark, he reads an X comment left by the TrueAnon Podcast X account to him, writing, "I will give you $5,000 if you can get some poon tang before January 1st." Vaush responds, "Do you have any idea who the fuck you’re talking to? When I got off Tinder because of the fucking quarantine, Tacoma wept." The video gained over 22,000 views in four years (shown below).

Wait, is this guy seriously saying that I can’t get laid? “Incredible. I will give you $5000 if you can get some poon tang before January 1st." Do you have any idea who the fuck you’re talking to? When I got off Tinder because of the fucking quarantine, Tacoma wept. Even ignoring the fact that I have a girlfriend, even if we’re just talking like randos, I’m two hours away right now from being inside someone else. I have two skills, it’s non-monogamy and speaking publicly, okay? Do some fucking research.

Spread

The clip gained viral spread over the following years. On August 30th, 2020, the X^[2] page for the TrueAnon podcast, @TrueAnonPod, posted the clip, garnering over 6,800 likes in four years. On August 31st, Redditor u/fruitrollupgod posted the dialogue to /r/copypasta,^[3] garnering around 25 upvotes in the same span of time.

On February 7th, 2021, u/donjedgeplz posted a meme about the video to /r/okbuddyvowsh,^[4] garnering over 380 upvotes in three years (shown below).

On December 20th, 2021, YouTuber^[5] Funny Clips posted a video of streamer Destiny reacting to the video, garnering around 3,200 views in three years (shown below, left).

On February 9th, 2024, the H3 Podcast crew reacted to the clip in a YouTube^[6] episode responding to Vaush's explicit content folder leak that gained over a million views in six days (shown below, right).

Interest in the video saw an increase following the controversy and H3's reaction to the video. On February 12th, 2024, Redditor u/oldadcream posted a meme to /r/h3h3productions^[7] using the phrase that gained over 180 upvotes in three days (shown below, left).

That day, the official @theh3podcast X^[8] and Instagram^[9] pages posted a screenshot of Ethan Klein in a horse costume, captioned, "Tacoma wept," garnering over 2,900 likes on the former and 17,000 likes on the latter in the same span of time (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Vaush Opens Explicit Folder On Stream

Vaush Opens Explicit Folder On Stream refers to Twitch streamer Vaush accidentally opening a folder containing adult material during a February 7th, 2024, livestream. The visible contents of the folder went viral online, inspiring reactions, memes and criticism towards Vaush, also inspiring some of his past controversies to resurface and an investigation in which 4chan users tried to find the sources of the images.

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