You Can't Piss Here / Stop Peeing on the Sidewalk

About

You Can't Piss Here is a catchphrase used in a TikTok trend in which the POV is of someone pretending to urinate while outside, who is then interrupted by someone pretending to be an Oblivion NPC who stands there telling them they aren't allowed to pee outside and not reacting while getting peed on. The trend began in late May 2023 and spread over the following months.

Origin

On May 29th, 2023, one of the first examples of this video trend was uploaded to TikTok by TikToker kengybob,^[1] who started out the video by pretending to urinate on the sidewalk at night before being stopped by two different people. The first person says that the individual behind the camera isn't allowed to pee there as a second person walks up and opens his mouth to catch the liquid (which is actually water), earning the video over 800 likes in three months (shown below).

Spread

The trend started out small with several TikTokers doing their own version with various setups, but a stream of variations started in July 2023. On July 14th, 2023, TikToker Jobrak83^[2] uploaded the most viral version of the trend in which a guy pretending to pee on the sidewalk at night is stopped by a man he proceeds to spray liquid on. This reupload of the TikTok, with captions added to it, earned it over 125,000 likes in one month (shown below).

On July 18th, a variation of the meme was uploaded to TikTok by TikToker Bad B's,^[3] which showed how the trend is clearly done by using a water hose to simulate the appearance of someone peeing. Taking place again at night, this version of the trend let go of the pretense and was mainly a TikTok about spraying the other person with water while they tried to get through the script, earning over 300 likes in one month (shown below).

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