Too Many Sweats

About

Too Many Sweats or This Is Why I Quit, Too Many Sweats is a catchphrase and copypasta used to claim that the poster has quit doing something, typically playing a video game, because there are too many "sweats" who play the game. In this context, "sweat" is a slang term used to describe someone as a try-hard, implying they have skills in the game or thing they're doing, but try too hard and make it unenjoyable for others. The term was popularized online throughout 2023 and 2024 and became notably prevalent as a spam comment and copypasta on X / Twitter and TikTok in mid-2024. The phrase "too many sweats" is frequently used to describe Fortnite players who are too good at the building mechanic of the game.

Origin

The origin of the slang term "sweat," used to call someone a try-hard, is unclear. It was first defined on Urban Dictionary^[1] as early as December 22nd, 2013, by user SomeEpicDude, writing:

To sweat on something, esp. in terms of games, can be to play it extensively and tryhard, usually ending up with them getting to things like high levels in a short time.

Similarly, the exact origin of the phrase "too many sweats" and "This is why I quit, too many sweats," is unclear. The earliest known use of the phrase was posted by TikToker^[2] @shiltzy on February 15th, 2021, in which the sentence "This is why I stopped playing Fortnite there's too many sweats" is displayed over a clip of streamer FlightReacts playing Fortnite, garnering over 9,000 views in three years.

Spread

The phrase was popularized online throughout 2023 and 2024 as complaints about sweats began appearing more frequently on social media.^[3][4]

In mid-2024, the phrase "This is why I quit, too many sweats" was popularized on TikTok and X as a spam comment and copypasta. On June 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[5] @prodrobtmb posted a video of someone making a beat captioned, "This is why I quit making beats," writing in the description, "too many sweats," garnering over 97,000 views in three months.

On July 28th, TikToker^[6] @user2469015349 posted a video criticizing the overuse of the "too many sweats" copypasta by TikTokers, garnering over 120,000 views in two months.

In September, the phrase started to garner notable spread on X as a copypasta. For example, on September 5th, X^[7] user @Bree_Yeen posted a piece of Pokemon fan art, writing, "this is why I stopped exploring mystery dungeons bro… too many sweats," garnering over 400 likes in 10 days.

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