Sticks M Legy Out Really Far

Submission 42,332

About

Sticks M Legy Out Really Far is a copypasta used on Tumblr to caption images in which the subject appears to be stretching out a single leg.

Origin

On August 21st, 2015, Tumblr user apocalypticinsomnia posted a screen capture of the Steven Universe character Sugilite's leg with the caption "sticks m‘legy out really far" (shown below).

Spread

In February 2016, Tumblr^[4] user gemdervoid posted an illustration of a kitten sticking out its leg with the copypasta (shown below). Within nine months, the post garnered more than 2,000 notes.

On June 17th, Redditor SomeonesBirthday submitted a post titled "Origin of 'Sticks m legy out really far'?" to /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[2] On June 24th, Tumblr^[6] user blankerflowerbeeds posted a photograph of a bee extending one leg along with the copypasta (shown below).

On August 12th, Tumblr^[3] user sophieswamp posted an illustration of a frog with an outstretched leg captioned with "sticks m legy out real far" (shown below, left). On October 23rd, Tumblr user 7kenx^[5] posted an illustration of a dancer with the tag "#stick m legy out real far" (shown below, right). On November 17th, a question asking about the meme was submitted to Meta Filter, to which user larthegreat speculated that it was related to "Razzle Dazzle" image macros.