Sorry Pancreatic Cancer But I Don't Think You Qualify As An Emotion / Sponging Out

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Sorry Pancreatic Cancer But I Don't Think You Qualify As An Emotion or Sponging Out is a series of memes based on an exploitable absolutenutcase162 SpongeBob Comic in which pancreatic cancer is banned from becoming one of Riley from Inside Out's emotions despite SpongeBob being one of the emotions, with SpongeBob explaining to pancreatic cancer, "sponging out is an important step in a person's life." The meme was originally posted to Instagram in early July 2024 and became the subject of photoshops over the following weeks, with many replacing SpongeBob with another character and replacing the term "sponging out" with a reference to said character.

Origin

On July 5th, 2024, Instagram^[1] user absolutenutcase162 posted a SpongeBob x Inside Out crossover comic where the emotions from Inside Out kick pancreatic cancer out of the mind for not being an emotion. Pancreatic cancer complains, saying, "this is bullshit you let SpongeBob in." SpongeBob then says, "Sponging out is an important step in a person's life how about you read a fucking book." The post gained over 50,000 likes in a month (shown below).

Spread

The meme gained viral spread throughout July 2024. On July 10th, it was reposted by X^[2] user @spongemp4_, garnering over 133,000 likes in three weeks. On July 14th, X^[3] user @yeeobun posted a voiceover of the meme, garnering over 38,000 likes in the same rough span of time (shown below).

On July 26th, 2024, X^[4] user @V33EX posted an edit of the meme referencing Kingdom Hearts, garnering over 3,200 likes in five days (shown below, left). On July 27th, X^[5] user @UTDRPOSTIVITY posted an edit featuring Sans from Undertale, garnering over 9,300 likes in four days (shown below, right).

That same day, a version of the meme featuring Zangief from Street Fighter was posted to /r/Fighters,^[6] garnering over 400 upvotes in four days. On July 28th, X^[7] user @laughingsons posted a version featuring Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa, garnering over 3,600 likes in three days (shown below).

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