Examples of ISHYGDDT
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Examples of ISHYGDDT
Where does ISHYGDDT come from?
ISHYGDDT is initialism short for I Seriously Hope You Guys Don’t Do This. The phrase was used as part of a meme, the Costanza.jpg meme, that started on the message board site 4chan in 2011.
The meme involved posting a picture of the character George Costanza from the 1990s TV sitcom Seinfeld as a reaction image to express contempt in mocking threads known as greentext implications, which begin with the > symbol.
4chan / Know Your Meme
As the meme intensified, a trend emerged where a poster would accompany George’s face with a greentext implication stating the current year (e.g., > 2019) and the phrase I seriously hope you guys don’t do this in response to various objectionable behaviors, often hypothetical and ironic in nature.
Funnyjunk
As the meme became yet more popular in 2011, I seriously hope you guys don’t do this was often shortened to the more convenient ISHYGDDT. The meme in its truest form can be seen in the first Tweet by @ISHYGDDT, one of the first to use ISHYGDDT on Twitter.
>2011 >Not following this account #ISHYGDDT
— costanza.jpg (@ISHYGDDT) July 29, 2011
Who uses ISHYGDDT?
ISHYGDDT is now more commonly used by itself but it has kept the same meaning it had when originally part of Costanza.jpg memes.
>2015
>not winning trillions of dollars on Draft Kings™
promo code: ISHYGDDT— my rams (@gr8b8) September 14, 2015
The 4chan greentext implication format (e.g., >current year >objectionable action ISHYGDDT) is often used even outside of 4chan.
>playing pokemon go and letting the government track your location so they can send you to FEMA camps
ISHYGDDT— yams (@freespee1) July 10, 2016
It’s mainly used as humorous commentary on various behaviors or actions seen as unwise, misguided, or uncool.