Quackity Shows His Reactions Through Expressions Copypasta

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The Quackity Shows His Reactions Through Expressions Copypasta or Can We Please Talk About the Way Quackity Shows His Reactions Through Expressions? refers to a viral copypasta derived from a post by X (formerly Twitter) user @cutegogy expressing their admiration for Minecraft streamer Quackity's way of reacting through expressions, writing, "when he's impressed or happy you can see it in his face." The post was made in July 2021 and became the subject of reactions and mockery online, with some teasing the poster for essentially explaining what facial expressions are. Over the following years, the post text became a copypasta where users replace "Quackity" with another subject.

Origin

On July 6th, 2021, X^[1] user @cutegogy posted a series of screenshots of streamer Quackity smiling and laughing, writing, "can we please talk about the way quackity shows his reactions through expressions? when he's impressed or happy you can see it in his face :(" garnering an unknown number of likes before the account was privated (shown below).

can we please talk about the way quackity shows his reactions through expressions? when he's impressed or happy you can see it in his face :(

Spread

The post spread over the course of the year, inspiring reactions and memes. That month, the text started to see use as a copypasta on X,^[2]^[3] with the subject "Quackity" changed to other characters. On July 18th, 2021, X^[4] user @sadcrib posted a screenshot of the post, writing, "BREAKING: Minecraft fans discover what facial expressions are 🤯," garnering over 18,900 likes in two years (shown below). On July 20th, u/illxsionwrld used the text as a copypasta on the /r/ConnorEatsPants^[5] subreddit, garnering over 300 upvotes in the same span of time.

On September 13th, Instagram^[6] user grandmas.butt posted a screenshot of the original post, garnering over 58,000 likes in two years. On September 16th, 2022, X^[7] user @pixienaty posted a version of the copypasta that gained over 11,000 likes in a year (shown below, left). On June 3rd, 2023, X^[8] user @CrypticaEXE posted a version about streamer Slimecicle, garnering over 8,000 likes in four months (shown below, right).

On October 23rd, X^[9] user @ostonox quote-posted a video of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, writing, "can we please talk about the way taylor shows her reactions through expressions? when she's concerned or scared you can see it in her face :(," garnering over 5,600 likes in under a day (shown below).