My Organs Vs. Me

About

My Organs Vs. Me refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter in which people personify their organs while joking about their unhealthy eating habits, typically in the format "My organs: 'X.' Me: 'Y.'" The format began growing popular in March of 2018.

Origin

It is unclear where the exact format of the meme began. While the meme began growing popular in March of 2018 thanks to several viral posts employing the format, there are numerous examples of the meme which appeared in earlier months. For example, a tweet by @chamaletswift^[1] on February 24th, 2018 used two pictures of television host Wendy Williams to personify their organs (shown below, left). On March 3rd, 2018, Twitter user @NCTsmtown_RH^[2] posted a video of Timmy Thick to demonstrate how his organs react to water (shown below, right).

Spread

The format began growing more popular in mid-March of 2018 after several posts utilizing the format went viral. A tweet by @okaycornell on March 11th which included a Vine video signifying his organ's reactions to taking a sip of water gained over 107,000 retweets and 240,000 likes (shown below).

On March 18th, Twitter user @damn_lui also saw success using the format with a joke involving hot cheetos, gaining over 33,000 retweets and 99,000 likes (shown below, left). On March 13th, Twitter user @FeelingFisky tweeted the snowclone with an image of a cat, gaining over 35,000 retweets and 88,000 likes (shown below, right).

The meme was covered by Mashable^[3] and Time.^[4]

Various Examples

Search Interest

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