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They Live Among Us

They Live Among Us

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Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 12:05PM EST by Adam.

Added Dec 06, 2018 at 11:27AM EST by Adam.

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About

They Live Among Us is an emoji copypasta that grew popular on Twitter in December of 2018. It shows emoji faces of different gender and color, challenging the user to "find the X." It then follows "You can't. They live among us," along with a punchline, usually "they're going to hell."

Origin

On December 2nd, 2018, Twitter user @Rudy_Mustang[1] started the joke, making it about weed users. The tweet gained over 80,000 retweets and 384,000 likes (shown below).


rudy mustang @rudy_mustang Follow find the weed smoker: can't find them? that's because they live among us, looking like normal people. the only real difference is they're going to hell 5:18 PM-2 Dec 2018

Spread

As that tweet grew popular, other Twitter users began making their own versions of the joke. User @INDIEWASHERE tweeted a joke about Shape of You, gaining over 4,700 retweets and 27,000 likes (shown below, left). User @s8n made a joke about Furries, gaining over 5,300 retweets and 26,000 likes (shown below, right).


IN(DIE) @INDIEWASHERE Follow find the people who streamed 'shape of you' by ed sheeran on repeat Can't find them? That's because they live among us, looking like normal people. The only real difference is they're going to hell. 11:23 PM-3 Dec 2018 Satan @s8n Follow Find the furry: Can't find them? That's because they live among us, looking like normal people. The only real difference is they're going to hell. 5:30 PM-4 Dec 2018

Popular examples to use a different punchline include a post by @jerrywchandler that gained over 780 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, left). Another by @explicitcherry praising Lana Del Rey gained over 2,000 retweets and 8,000 likes (shown below, right). The meme was covered by Mashable[2] and Daily Dot.[3]


Father Jerry @JerryWChandler Follow find the people who are going to fail their finals.. Can't find them? that's because their procrastinating asses are on twitter 12:30 AM -4 Dec 2018 legendary del rey @explicitcherry Follow find the person who doesn't like Lana Del Rey can't find them? that's because they live among us, looking like normal people. the only real difference is they're tasteless little f------ 9:26 AM - 4 Dec 2018

Various Examples


Tyler Dempsey @tdemps199 Follow Find the people that dont like ranch on their pizza: Can't find them? That's because they live among us, looking like normal people. The only real difference is they're going to hell 7:19 PM -3 Dec 2018 hoodie bart @evilbart24 Follow the people who drink orange juice over apple juice: can't find them? that's because they live among us, looking like normal people. the only real difference is they're going to hell 5:49 PM-4 Dec 2018 Skatune Network Follow TTORE@Skatunenetwork find the person who likes ska: can't find them? Oh you can? That's right, if you like ska you're literally a checkerboard flag 12:26 PM -4 Dec 2018 from Gainesville, FL McBang @TheMcBang Follow Find the person that's going to fail their exam tomorrow: Can't find them? That's because ITS YOU BITCH. GET OFF YA PHONE AND START STUDYING IF YOU TRYNA PASS THE COURSE YOU FKN AIRHEAD 1:46 AM-4 Dec 2018 Caramel @ubaidzXO Follow find the people who might be depressed or stressed: can't find them? that's because they live among us, on people often. looking like normal people. So check up 10:32 PM-3 Dec 2018 Kelsey Maggart @_KelseyMaggart Follow find the person who doesn't tag their photographer can't find them? that's because they live among us, looking like normal people. the only real difference is they're going to hell 4:39 PM-3 Dec 2018

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External References

[1] Twitter – @rudy_mustang

[2] Mashable – 'They live among us' is the meme for your spiciest opinions

[3] Daily Dot – ‘They live among us’ meme is calling people out

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