About

It's Okay To Be… refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person says "It's okay to be" several different types of races, sexualities, gender expressions, etc., and ends with "but it's NOT okay" be something humorous, often a fandom-related transgression.

Origin

The snowclone began spreading around the time of the It's Okay To Be White prank pulled by 4chan users. As the controversy spread on Twitter, the snowclone began spreading as users made posts saying it was okay to be any race. For example, one of the posts featuring text resembling the eventual snowclone was posted by@xolexieox^[1] on November 3rd, 2017 (shown below).

Spread

On November 27th, Twitter user @mathgrant^[2] posted a tweet which used the "It's okay to be X, it's okay to be Y, but it's NOT okay to be Z" that would become the standard for the snowclone (shown below).

On January 14th, 2018, user @enssra^[3] uploaded the first known joke variation, gaining over 30 retweets and 90 likes (shown below, left). On the 17th, Twitter user @snsdmanager^[4] uploaded one of the popular variations, a variation about Korean pop band BTS that gained over 960 retweets and 550 likes (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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