When God Sings with His Creations, Will a Turtle Not Be Part of The Choir?
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When God Sings with His Creations, Will a Turtle Not Be Part of The Choir? is a quote from Twitter user @bigfatmoosepssy that later became a copypasta and phrasal template on Twitter in which people replace "turtle" with another animal or object.
Origin
On February 17th, 2021, Twitter user @bigfatmoosepssy[1] popped into a Twitter thread from a user asking if anyone is named "Sheldon" in real life. @bigfatmoosepssy responded that their class turtle was once named Sheldon. Another poster dismissed that with by pointing out Sheldon was a turtle. @bigfatmoosepssy then responded, "When God sings with his creations, will a turtle not be part of the choir?" The tweet gained over 4,100 retweets and 20,000 likes in two years (shown below).
![azhar @mcstardently Feb 17, 2021 is there anyone even named sheldon irl? 22 41 9 3 lea chin-sang @bigfatmoosepssy · Feb 17, 2021 my class turtle from 6th Grade :) 1 31 . erin m. brady @erinmartina Feb 17, 2021 that's a turtle 2 1 20 lea chin-sang @bigfatmoosepssy 576 • 1,806 516 ←] ↑ : ... ... When God sings with his creations, will a turtle not be part of the choir? 3:08 PM Feb 17, 2021](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/576/770/0be.png "Turtle part of the choir thread")
While not confirmed, the tweet may have been inspired by the folk song "All God's Critters Have a Place in the Choir," by Bill Staines,[2] which describes several animals playing instruments and singing in God's choir.
Spread
The tweet became a prominent part of social media lexicon in some circles over the following years. A screenshot of the Twitter thread was posted to the subreddit /r/brandnewsentence[3] a week after it was posted, gaining over 160 points in two years. It was then reposted to the subreddit[4] on May 21st, 2021, where it gained over 49,000 points in a similar timeframe.
The original post has also been parodied in videos. On June 25th, 2021, YouTuber Pedor posted a parody with Joshua Graham voicing the text through an AI voice-over tool, gaining over 1,500 views in just under two years (shown below).
On March 23rd, 2023, a dramatic reading video of the thread appeared in the /r/DramaticText subreddit, gaining over 5,400 points in one month (shown below).
Just made me religious
by u/Mundane-Victory7823 in DramaticText
It has also been used as a snowclone, with "turtle" replaced by various creatures in the phrasal template "When God Sings with His Creations, Will a X Not Be Part of The Choir?" On October 14th, 2021, Twitter user @nwordchan[5] posted a version of the tweet with "Twink," gaining over 70 retweets and 760 likes in 18 months (shown below, left). On December 20th, 2022, Twitter user @bxsel[6] posted a variation using "Nepo Baby," gaining over 100 retweets and 1,000 likes in four months (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Twitter – bigfatmoosepssy
[2] Genius – A Place In The Choir
[3] Reddit – /r/brandnewsentence
[4] Reddit – /r/brandnewsentence
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![azhar @mcstardently Feb 17, 2021 is there anyone even named sheldon irl? 22 41 9 3 lea chin-sang @bigfatmoosepssy · Feb 17, 2021 my class turtle from 6th Grade :) 1 31 . erin m. brady @erinmartina Feb 17, 2021 that's a turtle 2 1 20 lea chin-sang @bigfatmoosepssy 576 • 1,806 516 ←] ↑ : ... ... When God sings with his creations, will a turtle not be part of the choir? 3:08 PM Feb 17, 2021](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/576/770/0be.png "Turtle part of the choir thread")
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