If There Were Two Guys On The Moon
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About
"If There Were Two Guys on the Moon" is a copypasta asking "If there were two guys on the moon and one of them killed the other with a rock would that be fucked up or what?", which is typically considered a type of shitposting in various online communities.
Origin
While the exact origin of the copypasta is unknown, it is rumored to have originated on 4chan according to the Meme Archives Tumblr blog.[2] On December 14th, 2008, the question was anonymous submitted to the online Q&A community Yahoo Answers,[6] marking the earliest archived instance of the copypasta.
Spread
On December 29th, 2011, Prince Forums[5] user HobbesLeCute replied to a thread titled "More Random Thoughts" with the question. On October 9th, 2012, Tumblr user kaijew[1] posted an illustration of a startled-looking woman reading a text message containing the copypasta (shown below). Within three years, the post gained over 124,000 notes.
On August 19th, 2013, The Amazing Atheist posted a response to the copypasta on Tumblr,[4] revealing that his inbox had been spammed with the question. On March 2nd, 2014, Redditor TheGullibleParrot submitted a post about the copypasta to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[3] subreddit. On July 13th, 2015, YouTuber Stets Uninu uploaded a video titled "If there were two guys on the moon…," featuring edited footage from the animated television show Steven Universe edited to sound as if a character was saying the copypasta (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – Original Post
[2] Meme Archives – thE FUCKING TEXT IS STILL SO FUCKING FUNNY TO ME IM GONNA FUCKIGN PSIS MYSELF
[3] Reddit – If there were two guys on the moon
[4] Tumblr – The Amazing Atheist
[5] Prince.org – More Random Thoughts
[6] Yahoo Answers – If there were two guys on the moon
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