The Fact That Dream Had to Experience Sadness / Stop No. Bo No

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The Fact That Dream Had to Experience Sadness to Write 'Mask' or Stop No. Bo No is an exploitable copypasta based on a viral X (Twitter) post by @georgenjoyer in which the user writes, "the fact that dream had to experience sadness in order to write mask… i cant move," with another user responding, "Stop no. Bo No he didnto stop." The post was made in May 2021 and went viral on X in 2023 after it was reposted as a screenshot, inspiring its use as a copypasta.

Origin

On May 21st, 2021, now-deleted or re-named X user @georgenjoyer posted, "the fact that dream had to experience sadness in order to write mask… i cant move," inspiring a response of, "Stop no. Bo No he didnto stop," from now-deleted X user @sluttysap. The post references Dream's song "Mask." On September 2nd, 2023, X^[1] user @M1das_OW2 posted a screenshot of the tweet, garnering over 20,000 likes in six months (shown below).

Spread

The post became the subject of memes over the following months, with many altering it as a phrasal template format. For example, on September 2nd, 2023, X^[2] user @random_eel posted, "the fact that charlie had to experience sadness in order to write jort storm… i cant move," garnering over 6,000 likes in six months. On September 5th, the post was reposted to /r/Schaffrillas,^[3] garnering over 500 upvotes in the same span of time.

On March 12th, 2024, X^[4] user @clingyhq reposted the meme in the wake of the GeorgeNotFound controversy and discussions about the "downfall of Dream SMP," writing, "i wonder where they are now," garnering over 28,000 likes in two days (shown below).

The repost inspired further use of the post text as a copypasta. For example, that day, X^[5] user @lesbinof posted a version that gained over 2,000 likes in two days (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[6] user @awtychschmpr posted a version of the meme that gained over 6,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).