You Have Never Felt the Warmth of a Woman

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About

You Have Never Felt the Warmth of a Woman refers to a series of POV Roleplay memes based on a joke that being a fan of certain video games, films, music or hobbies prevents one from being loved and/or losing virginity.

Origin

On June 23rd, 2020, Redditor^[1] Racist_Bassist posted a POV Roleplay meme based on a screenshot of grand strategy video game Europe Universalis IV captioned "POV: you have never felt the warmth of a woman" (meme authorship unconfirmed). The post received over 1,400 upvotes in /r/ParadoxExtra subreddit prior to being removed by the moderators.

Spread

In the following days, the image received viral spread online, including reposts by VK^[2] group Кадило and by the accounts of Eternal Classic meme page on Twitter,^[3] VK^[4] and other social media.

In late June 2020, the catchphrase gained limited popularity online with several notable posts appearing on Twitter. For example, on June 28th, 2020, Twitter^[5] user @racistjohncena posted a photograph of squat racks captioned with the phrase (shown below, left), gaining over 80 retweets and 510 likes. On the same day, Twitter^[6] user @punishdgrebe posted a meme that received over 40 retweets and 180 likes (shown below, right).

The format did not see significant spread until mid-July 2020, when it regained popularity on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, being used as a way to poke fun at various fandoms. For example, on July 14th, Facebook^[7] user posted a meme that received over 290 reactions in Twin Peaks LogPosting®® group.