About

Who Had X For Y? refers to a series of exploitable image macros using an image from the 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods of Sitterson in front of a whiteboard filled with monster names, captioned with the snowclone phrase, "Who had X for Y," "X" being an event and "Y" being a month. In memes, the caption is edited in reference to unexpected worldly events, often tragedies, as if asking who called it. The format first appeared in 2020.

Origin

On May 14th, 2020, Facebook^[1] page All Things Halloween posted an image macro showing a news article announcing that a tropical storm could develop in the Bahamas. Attached to the article is an image of Sitterson in front of a whiteboard filled with mosnter names from The Cabin in the Woods, captioned, "Who had Sharknado for June?" gaining over 3,100 reactions and 5,600 shares in two years (shown below). This is the earliest known use of the format.

Spread

The format spread over the course of the following years as users replaced the event and date in the caption to reference current events. The format was uploaded to Imgflip^[2] in 2020. On July 2nd, Instagram^[3] user snarkybreeders posted a version of the meme based on a news headline about "meth-gators," gaining over 3,200 likes in two years (shown below, left). On September 2nd, Facebook^[4] page Baby Yoda posted a version referencing The Mandalorian, gaining over 2,700 shares and 1,300 reactions in a similar span of time (shown below, right).

On September 16th, 2021, Instagram^[6] page the_typical_liberal reposted a version of the meme in reaction to a Nicki Minaj tweet criticizing people who tell her not to agree with someone based on political differences, gaining over 189,000 likes in eight months (shown below).

On May 20th, 2022, Instagram^[5] user shitheadsteve posted a version of the meme referencing the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak, gaining over 100,000 likes in four days (shown below).

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