That's Enough Internet for Today
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About
"That's Enough Internet for Today" is an expression typically used in comment sections of online communities to emphasize the disturbing, bizarre or offensive nature of a particular media content uploaded by the original poster, in similar vein to the use of the phrases like what has been seen cannot be unseen and I'm in that weird part of YouTube.
Origin
While the exact origin of the idiomatic expression "that's enough for today" remains unknown, the earliest recorded use of the phrase in the context of Internet browsing can be found in the title of a video uploaded by Vimeo user Ionut Puiu on August 20th, 2009. Dubbed “Trust me… You had enough Internet for today,” the video shows a cat pawing its owner's typing hand on the keyboard in the style reminescent of Stop Posting reaction images (shown below).
Spread
On September 21st, 2011, Redditor GodOfAtheism launched the /r/EnoughInternet[2] subreddit for bizarre NSFW images and video. On November 9th, 2012, Redditor Lugozi submitted an animated GIF of Jerry Seinfeld with the caption "Well, that's enough Internet for today" to the /r/funny[5] subreddit, where it received more than 1,100 votes (82% upvoted) before it was archived.
On September 11th, 2013, BuzzFeed[1] published a compilation of animated GIFs titled "68 GIFs That Prove You've Had Enough Internet For Today." On February 22nd, 2014, a photoshopped image of Side Eyeing Chloe and Doge titled "Enough Internet for today" was submitted to the /r/funny[4] subreddit, where it gained over 2,800 votes (87% upvoted) prior to being archived (shown below).
On June 20th, a Facebook[3] page titled "That's Enough Internet For Today" was launched, which garnered upwards of 180,000 likes within the next year. On December 12th, 9gag[6] user Tobelebo9 submitted a webcomic titled "Enough Internet for today…," in which a man demonstrates how to perform various types of farts (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] BuzzFeed – 68 GIFs That Prove You've Had Enough Internet For Today
[2] Reddit – /r/EnoughInternet
[3] Facebook – Thats Enough Internet For Today
[4] Reddit – Enough Internet for today
[5] Reddit – Just got back from /r/popping
[6] 9gag – Enough internet for today
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