About

Taser From Temu, also known as $10 Taser From Temu, refers to a series of POV memes mocking a self-defense taser from Temu, an online marketplace known for its low prices and bizarre array of products. Jokes about the company's taser surfaced on TikTok in August 2023, moving to other social media like Twitter / X around October of that same year.

Origin

On August 12th, 2023, TikTok^[1] user @weluv.damieen uploaded a POV meme with the text overlay "POV: you're tryna steal a PS5 from a old lady but she tases you with her $10 taser from Temu." In the video (shown below), the man is pretending to be tased with the cheap taser after stealing the console from the old woman, which amassed over 15 million plays and 2.9 million likes in three months.

Spread

Jokes about the "taser from Temu" became a prevalent theme on TikTok for skits and memes over the following months. For instance, on October 30th, 2023, TikTok^[2] user @duckman90_.1_vr_irl posted a Five Nights At Freddy's movie clip paired with the text overlay "pov: some random girl tasing me with her $2 taser from Temu." The video (shown below, left) garnered roughly 66,000 plays and 2,900 likes in five days.

On August 13th, TikTok^[3] user @michael_myers_solos posted a similar POV meme (shown below, right), amassing more than 4 million plays and 849,000 likes in three months.

Jokes about tasers from Temu also were posted on X in late 2023. For example, on October 29th, 2023, X^[4] user @amaybetino posted a GIF paired with the caption "just got robbed and my taser from temu blew up in my hand," which amassed over 990 likes and 26 retweets in a week (shown below).

just got robbed and my taser from temu blew up in my hand pic.twitter.com/hG86PFT3d4

— enzo (@amaybetino) October 29, 2023

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