The Perfect Couple Stick Figures
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About
The Perfect Couple Stick Figures is an image macro series based on an illustration of two near-identical stick figures holding hands. Above each figure is a complimentary attribute in which one member of the relationship compensates for the other. Memers use the meme to both make self-deprecating jokes as well as imagine signifiers of the perfect relationship. The meme went viral on Twitter in February 2021, just a week and a half before Valentine's Day.
Origin
On February 3rd, 2021, Twitter[1] user @obiwanfroggi tweeted, "the best relation dynamic." Underneath the caption, they included an illustration of two stick figures holding hands. Above the figure on the left reads, "Can't do math," and above the figure on the right, "can do math." The post received more than 500,000 likes and 100,000 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below).
Spread
The meme's exceptionally high number of likes and retweets, coupled with the easily repeatable formula, made the image a popular format on Twitter over the next week. Later that day, Twitter[2] user @cableknitjumper posted a version of the meme captioned "the perfect couple." They labeled the stick figures "extremely online" and "no social media, happy." The post received more than 95,000 likes and 10,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, left).
The popularity of the meme continued over the next few days, inspiring variations the received thousands of likes and retweets. On February 8th, Twitter[3] user @sandavidcito tweeted a variation with the captions, "hand warm" and "hand cold." The tweet received more than 200,000 likes and 32,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center). Later that day, Twitter[4] user @electratersv tweeted a version with the labels "craves constant love and attention" and "loves them and is obsessed with them." The tweet received more than 27,000 likes and 6,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, right).
On February 9th, the website StayHipp[5] publichsed an article on the meme.
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External References
[1] Twitter – @obiwanfroggi's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @cableknitjumper's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @sandavidcito's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @electratearsv's Tweet
[5] StayHipp – THE PERFECT COUPLE MEMES – STICK FIGURES HOLDING HANDS
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