Ska Mozzarella Sticks Tweet

Submission 74

About

The Ska Mozzarella Sticks Tweet refers to a viral tweet first posted in 2018 by Twitter / X user @NeverOnBrand, who wrote, "I once heard Ska described as 'what plays in a 13-year-old-kid's head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks' and nothing in the world is more accurate." The tweet was reposted to viral effect on sites like Reddit and Facebook and garnered notoriety among ska fans in subsequent years.

Origin

On June 18th, 2018, Twitter^[1] user @NeverOnBrand posted a tweet that read, "I once heard Ska described as 'what plays in a 13-year-old-kid's head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks' and nothing in the world is more accurate." The post has since been deleted.

The tweet was reposted to the subreddit /r/WhitePeopleTwitter^[2] on June 19th, 2018, where it gathered over 20,000 upvotes in six years on a post titled, "Pickitup Pickitup." The image was reposted to /r/SuspiciouslySpecific^[3] on September 20th, 2020, where it gathered over 70,000 upvotes in four years.

Spread

On June 20th, 2018, the Facebook^[4] page Skatunesnetwork posted a meme about the Ska Mozzarella Sticks tweet, gathering over 500 reactions in seven years.

On August 3rd, 2018, Tumblr^[5] user mousathe14 asked for an example of a ska song that fits the tweet, gathering over 140,000 notes in seven years.

On April 16th, 2020, a version of the meme with an image of Huntington Beach, California-based ska band Reel Big Fish gathered over 15,000 upvotes on Reddit's /r/oddlyspecific.^[6]

On May 18th, 2021, Redditor^[7] /u/ColonelOfSka posted an image that read, "I once heard ska described as the combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues, characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. Nothing in this world is more accurate." The Redditor posted the image crediting it to a person named "Ryan Andrews" in a Facebook group called "In Defence of Ska."

On June 11th, 2024, the Facebook^[8] page In Defence of Ska posted a meme about how overdone the Ska Mozzarella Sticks tweet is in the ska community, gathering 200 likes in three months.