"Would" Reaction Images

About

"Would" Reaction Images refers to a series of reaction images of various animals and people, usually depicted speaking into a microphone, captioned "would," with "would" usually standing for "would have sex with." A form of hornyposting, the reaction image memes gained widespread popularity as a way of commenting on photographs of attractive people, as well as food, in late 2022.

Origin

While the exact poster of the earliest known "Would" reaction image, a picture of a cat scratching its nose on a microphone captioned, "would," is unknown, it has been used online at least since September 2022. On September 28th, 2022, gimmick Twitter^[1] account @reactjpg achieved the image, with the post gaining over 30 retweets and 320 likes in three months (shown below).

Spread

The image achieved popularity as a reaction reply for photographs and videos of attractive people in October 2022, most notably being used as a comments for mug shots of female criminals posted by the @mugshawtys gimmick account (examples shown below). For instance, on October 15th, 2022, Twitter^[2] user @south_away used the image to comment on a mug shot posted by the account, with the reply gaining over 2,100 likes in two months (shown below, right).

Through October and November 2022, the reaction format saw spread on Twitter as it gained popularity as a comment across several gimmick accounts, including @mugshawtys, Fucked Up Looking Food (@fuckedupfoods) and Fucked Up Looking Cars (@fuckedupcars). One version of the image, a photograph of the 2018 brawl in the Japanese Parliament, achieved particular popularity (shown below).

The format maintained its virality on Twitter in December 2022.

Various Examples

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