Screen_shot_2020-07-24_at_11.33.38_am

Confirmed   685,398

Part of a series on tl;dr / TLDR. [View Related Entries]

[View Related Sub-entries]


Related Explainer: What Does 'I Ain't Reading All That' Mean? The Famous DM Texting Etiquette Meme Explained


Advertisement

About

I Ain't Reading All That refers to a screenshot of a direct message in which a person wrote, "I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for u tho. Or sorry that happened." After being posted on Twitter in late 2019, the screenshot has become a popular reaction image to long posts, similar to tl;dr.

Advertisement
Powered By
10 Sec
365.5K
52
Should Voice Actors Match the Race of Their Characters? | ProZD Controversy Explained
Next
Stay

Origin

On December 16th, 2019, Twitter account @nocontextdms[1] posted a screenshot of a person with a Cyberpunk 2077 Keanu Reeves avatar writing, "I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for u tho. Or sorry that happened." The post gained over 23,000 retweets and 100,000 likes before the account was suspended.



On April 5th, 2022, Twitter @rudy_betrayed[4] tweeted that he "used to run" the @nocontextdms account and that the screenshot was submitted by a follower of the account (shown below).



In an interview with MEL Magazine, Jeudy Viquez, author of the "I ain't reading all that" text in the screenshot, said:

I’m in an NBA group chat and my friend Will was venting about a girl and sent a large wall of text I was not interested in reading. Truth be told I still have no idea what it said…I said it offhandedly and didn’t know it would become what it is now.[5]

In the same article, "Will" described the content of the long text he reportedly sent into the NBA group chat:

From what I remember I was venting about this girl from college that I had a thing for but she never picked up on it until before she left the country and it was a long wall about our relationship.

Spread

The image became a popular means of responding to long posts, similar to how "tl;dr" is used. For example, on January 15th, 2020, user @zrjaved[2] posted it in response to a statement posted by NBA basketball player Kyrie Irving (shown below, left). On May 18th, Twitter user @touchnick[3] posted it in response to a lengthy Instagram post by Ariana Grande (shown below, right). The reaction has been popularly used on Twitter throughout 2020.



Various Examples



Template



Search Interest

Unavailable

External References


Advertisement

Comments ( 5 )

Sorry, but you must activate your account to post a comment.

Please check your email for your activation code.

    See more