Triggered Neckbeard / Heheh, I'm So Edgy

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About

Triggered Neckbeard or Heheh, I'm So Edgy is an exploitable meme format based on a two-panel webcomic in which a neckbeard makes an edgy comment aiming to offend a target and is met with another edgy comment that runs counter to the neckbeard's beliefs or narrative, followed by the neckbeard getting triggered and scolding the person. The meme was originally posted online as early as May 2020 to the /r/TheRightCantMeme subreddit, spreading over the following years and inspiring edits that alter the original's context. The meme is often used alongside other memes that look to point out the hypocrisy of people who make edgy jokes, for example, the Dark Humor MFs When meme.

Origin

On May 3rd, 2020, a now-deleted Redditor posted a meme to the /r/TheRightCantMeme^[1] subreddit that gained over 130 upvotes in five years. It is unclear if the Redditor created the meme or reposted it from elsewhere.

In the top panel of the meme, an atheist neckbeard says with a smirk, "Hail Satan. Heheh, I'm so edgy." A person across from him does a Nazi salute and says, "Haha, heil Hitler," attempting to make an edgy joke back at the neckbeard. In the second panel, we see a close-up of the neckbeard's angry face as he yells, "Don't you know how insensitive you're being when you joke like that? Do you understand what Hitler stood for? You're perpetuating toxic ideas to other people whether you realize it or not."

Spread

The meme spread over the following years through reposts and edits.

On June 7th, 2021, X^[2] user @bruh5moments__ reposted the original meme, gaining over 4,600 likes in four years. On January 21st, 2022, X^[3] user @ShitpostGate reposted it, gaining over 7,700 likes in three years.

On July 22nd, 2022, Redditor BlondeGuyFromDieHard posted a Political Compass version of the meme to the /r/PoliticalCompassMemes^[4] subreddit that gained over 5,600 upvotes in the same span of time.

On March 27th, 2023, Redditor CaptainKlang posted a meme to the /r/Sigmarxism^[5] subreddit summarizing some drama surrounding Battletech, garnering over 1,200 upvotes in two years.

On June 3rd, another Political Compass version of the meme was posted to the /r/PoliticalCompassMemes^[6] subreddit, gaining over 3,900 upvotes in two years.

On June 29th, the Instagram^[7] page the.godemperors.new.groove posted a version of the meme referencing Warhammer 40,000, garnering over 3,200 likes in three years.

On September 14th, 2023, Redditor StarSlayer666 posted a version of the meme to the /r/EnoughCommieSpam^[8] subreddit that gained over 1,100 upvotes in two years.

On May 10th, 2025, X^[9] user @Howlingmutant0 posted the original meme as a response to a post by Anthony Fantano, who had responded, "the app gets dumber and dumber" to a user claiming Kanye West wouldn't get canceled if he released a song called "Hail Satan" instead of "Heil Hitler," gaining over 42,000 likes in six months.

On November 14th, X^[10] user @BeatGh0st posted a version of the meme about the Junko Furuta memes that were being used at the time to criticize people's use of the Kirkification meme, garnering over 12,000 likes in two weeks.