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You Wouldn't Last an Hour in The Asylum Where They Raised Me meme example.

You Wouldn't Last an Hour in The Asylum Where They Raised Me

Part of a series on Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department". [View Related Entries]

Updated Apr 22, 2024 at 01:00PM EDT by Zach.

Added Apr 22, 2024 at 05:28AM EDT by sakshi.

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About

You Wouldn't Last An Hour In The Asylum Where They Raised Me is a catchphrase based on lyrics from Taylor Swift's song "Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me" from her 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. In April 2024, the lyric came to be used as a caption in numerous memes for people to share their digital and real-life haunts growing up.

Origin

Initial reactions to the lyric "You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me" came from listeners who engaged with the TTPD Leaks that appeared online days ahead of the album's official release date. This includes X[1] / Twitter user @0bviousagb who made a post on April 17th, 2024, showing Taylor Swift's childhood home (seen below).


adrian @Obviousagb guys i kinda feel bad for taylor... like, just look at this terrifying asylum she was raised in. y'all wouldn't last a day there wwww 4:41 PM Apr 17, 2024 346 Views ...

On April 19th, X[2] user @leylanocontext posted the earliest known notable post using the catchphrase and lyric, showing a still from the show Glee and gathering over 48,000 likes in three days (seen below).


leyla @leylanocontext you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me EDI 6:07 PM Apr 19, 2024 1.1M Views CHAWY ...

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On April 20th, 2024, X / Twitter users @Tomlinbucks and @xcowboygeniusx made viral posts using the catchphrase, "you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me," paired with a memorable event or space from their upbringing. @Tomlinbucks[3] made a reference to 1 Direction's "1D Day" television event, gathering over 30,000 likes in two days (seen below, left) while X[4] user @xcowboygeniusx reference Archive of our Own, a fanfiction hosting site, gathering over 41,000 likes in two days (seen below, right).


floor** @Tomlinbucks you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me 1D DAY • 5:34 PM Apr 20, 2024 617.1K Views ... a. @xcowboygeniusx you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me Archive of Our Own Fandoms Browse Search About beta : Log In Search A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic more than 42,160 fandoms | 3,454,000 users | 7,277,000 works The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works. 5:58 PM Apr 20, 2024 .988.3K Views

On April 20th, X[5] user @whyrev posted an image from a Zack and Cody video game, gathering over 100,000 likes in two days (seen below, left). Also on April 20th, X[6] user @trumanpotb posted the Tumblr log-in page, gathering over 80,000 likes in two days (seen below, right).


rev @whyrev You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me Appearing TONIGHT! The Tipton +10 7:00 PM Apr 20, 2024 2.7M Views +10 ... jess □ |-/ @trumanpotb you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me tumblr. Email Password Log in Password help? 11:14 AM Apr 20, 2024 3.7M Views Cancel Sign up ...

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External References

[1] X – 0bviousagb

[2] X – leylanocontext

[3]  X – Tomlinbucks

[4] X – xcowboygeniusx

[5] X – whyrev

[6] X – trumanpotb

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