So Unbelievably Lazy and Terrible

About

So Unbelievably Lazy and Terrible is a copypasta which grew popular on Twitter in January of 2020. Twitter user @Aaron_Sparrow retweeted a clip from Thundercats Roar with the comment, "So unbelievably lazy and terrible. American animation is falling to tumblrites who can’t create things, respect nothing, and can only disrespect and destroy things they had no hand in building." The comment became a copypasta with which people would post humorous clips from various other animations.

Origin

On January 10th, 2020, Twitter account @RealClownfishTV^[1] posted a clip from Thundercats Roar (shown below).

In response to the clip, Twitter^[2] user and animator @Aaron_Sparrow wrote, "So unbelievably lazy and terrible. American animation is falling to tumblrites who can’t create things, respect nothing, and can only disrespect and destroy things they had no hand in building." The tweet gained 240 retweets and 1,300 likes (shown below).

Spread

After the tweet was posted, Twitter users began copying Aaron Sparrow's comment and adding humorous animations to posts. For example, Twitter user @saltykdan posted the copypasta with a clip from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, gaining over 970 retweets and 7,000 likes (shown below, top). User @RiseAndFall posted the copypasta with the SpongeBob Walk Cycle, gaining over 1,100 retweets and 6,500 likes (shown below, bottom).

Other popular examples include posts by @Scorchle, which gained over 2,000 retweets and 7,500 likes (shown below, top), and by @fishtick134, which gained over 450 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, bottom), using Nyan Neko Sugar Girls. A question about the copypasta appeared on /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[3]

Various Examples

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