The Truck's Coming / Oh My God He Has AirPods In
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The Truck’s Coming! Oh My God He Has AirPods In refers to numerous videos and exploitables in which a character is unable to be alerted of impending danger because they're wearing Apple AirPods or other headphone devices.
Origin
On December 23rd, 2016, YouTube user Tanner Hargis[1] uploaded a video featuring someone trying to get Squidward's attention before getting run over by a truck. In two years, the video gained over 300,000 views (shown below).
Spread
On April 13th, 2018, Redditor GrantVsZombies posted the screenshot of the video to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit, with the post gaining over 10,000 upvotes in six monts.[5] On the following day, Redditor[2] GRANDSONOFBIRCH posted the video to the /r/DeepIntoYoutube subreddit. The post received more than 200 points (96% upvoted).
The video began being parodied in 2018. On August 29th, 2018, Twitter user @AeroArtwork tweeted a video using Kirby, gaining over 3,800 retweets and 11,000 likes (shown below, top). On September 5th, YouTuber Creeperbrine102 posted a version using Spider-Man, gaining over 8,300 views (shown below, bottom).
Kirby. The truck is coming.
— AeroArtwork (@AeroArtwork) August 30, 2018
Oh my god he has headphones on! HE CAN'T HEAR US. pic.twitter.com/trXmUMXZt9
The joke also spawned exploitable image edits. On June 28th, 2018, a variation using Yuri from Doki Doki Literature Club gained over 140 points in /r/DDLC (shown below, left). On Twitter, user @EliteJetFan used the meme with Jet from Sonic the Hedgehog (shown below, right).
He Is Wearing AirPods
In January 2019, following several popular edits in which characters were wearing Apple AirPods, the meme developed in a new direction. In this version of the meme, various characters were prevented from hearing about an incoming danger due to having AirPods on, while the "incoming truck" theme was abandoned.
On December 29th, 2018, Instagram user Crust.mp4[3] posted one of the earliest known examples of this variation of the meme, while also referencing Ben Shapiro, Sal Volcano and The Lion Sleeps Tonight memes. The post gained over 270,000 views in three weeks.
In January 2019, several notable examples of this meme variation appeared on Instagram and Reddit[4].
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] YouTube – Squidward The Trucks Coming. Oh my god he has headphones on. He can't hear us. Oh my god
[2] Reddit – @GRANDSONOFBIRCH
[3] Instagram – 🍩c-OMG BEN WATCH OUT SAL IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU
[4] Reddit – oh no fick what do we do
[5] Reddit – NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!
Top Comments
MildKidneys
Jan 03, 2019 at 08:06PM EST
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