Why Is It Called The Restroom I Am Literally Fighting For My Life In Here

About

Why Is It Called The Restroom I Am Literally Fighting For My Life In Here refers to a catchphrase most often used in image macros depicting a person in agony on the toilet, bent down and holding their stomach as if struggling to have a bowel movement. The phrase was originally tweeted by user @peespantsdaily in July 2021 and became the subject of various image macros over the following months featuring the text.

Origin

On July 4th, 2021, Twitter^[1] user @peespantsdaily posted, "Why the fuck is it called the restroom I am fighting for my life in here," gaining over 176,000 likes and 19,000 retweets in seven months (shown below). This is the first viral post to use the joke.

Spread

The tweet was screenshotted and reposted by Instagram^[2] user 3.1415926535897932384626433832 on July 5th, gaining over 120,000 likes in seven months. On July 11th, iFunny^[3] user posted a Wish image macro using the phrase over an image of a manga character sitting on the toilet, gaining over 32,900 smiles in seven months (shown below).

On July 14th, Instagram^[4] user bhadwememesrussian posted an image macro using the phrase over an image of a nude Black man struggling on the toilet, gaining over 600 likes in seven months (shown below). This became one of the most popular reposts of the meme.

On August 13th, iFunny^[5] user Yurisa posted a version using the phrase with another anime image, gaining over 6,100 smiles in six months (shown below, left). It was reposted to Instagram^[6] page weebshit on August 15th, gaining over 20,000 likes in the same span of time. On September 22nd, iFunny^[7] user KingOfTheFalI posted another version of the meme, gaining over 9,200 smiles in five months (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References