You Want This? Bunny

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About

U Want This? Bunny is a Twitter meme featuring an ASCII art rabbit holding various emoji objects and offering them to another. The bunny then responds either in the affirmative or negative, depending on the object.

Origin

The earliest known version of the image was posted on May 8th, 2013 by Twitter^[1] user @canutedechou. They posted an ASCII rabbit holding a "sparkling heart emoji" and the phrase "u want this?" Underneath the rabbit is another rabbit, holding the heart back, and the phrase "inicia conversaciones con el fmi" (translation: "starts talks with IMF.") The post received more than 40 likes in six months (shown below).

Spread

The image continued to be posted throughout 2018. On October 12th, Twitter^[2] @tokyoguk tweeted the rabbit with the punchline "give me kisses first." The post received more than 320 retweets and 500 likes in one month (shown below, left).

The following month, on November 3rd, Twitter^[3] @annayvo posted a variation in which the rabbit says, "say 'let's get boba first.'" The tweet received more than 3,200 retweets and 8,000 likes in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

On November 7th, Twitter^[4] @jonnysun posted a version in which two rabbits play catch. The post received more than 9,000 retweets and 41,000 likes in five days (shown below, right).