The Sorcerer Has Harmed Me Once More

About

The Sorcerer Has Harmed Me Once More refers to an exploitable meme inspired by a screenshot of a YouTube video by the channel "Been Had Jack Links," with a thumbnail featuring a bald Black man wearing a black hoodie and a title that reads, "The Sorcerer has harmed me once more." The image is a prevalent reaction meme on Tumblr, where it has also inspired a redraw trend.

Origin

While the YouTube channel "Been Had Jack Links" has been deleted, the earliest known record or screenshot of the video titled, "The Sorcerer Has Harmed Me Once More" is a December 28th, 2016, post by since-deleted Tumblr^[1] blog @knowyournewmeme that gathered over 73,000 notes in eight years (seen below).

Spread

On September 22nd, 2022, YouTuber^[2] Callie Calamari posted an edited version of the thumbnail to YouTube, showing Soldier from Team Fortress 2 instead. The video gathered over 7,000 views in two years (seen below).

On March 25th, 2023, Tumblr^[3] user @veralena posted the screenshot in response to a post about memes that reference some kind of demon attack. The post gathered over 45,000 notes in a year (seen below, left). On April 15th, Tumblr^[4] user @hornetstabber used the image as a reaction meme, gathering over 48,000 notes on the thread in roughly a year (seen below, right).

On June 1st, 2023, Redditor^[5] /u/spiritgloat posted an edited version of the meme to the /r/darkestdungeon subreddit, gathering over 500 upvotes in a year (seen below).

Various Examples

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