How ‘Don’t Talk To Me Or My Son Ever Again’ Went Viral

There’s a new meme in town, and the premise is fairly simple. It involves a picture of a person (or sometimes a thing), standing along side a smaller version of themself. Accompanying the image is a caption that reads “don’t talk to me or my son ever again.” It is truly great. As New York Mag notes, its roots lie in a Tumblr post about the anime series Cowboy Bebop. Now the Twitter-obsessed segment of the world has taken notice, and in the last week, started to run wild with this meme.

Vocativ analyzed social media around the meme to find that this the tweet that started the meme’s transformation from tumblr curiosity to viral sensation in 140-character form:

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/jYHNciy2Gp

— my dick is breaking (@ghostmajesty) November 30, 2015

Since the tweet was posted on November 29–364 days after the patient zero tumblr post–there have been 47,727 uses of the joke on Twitter. And for your benefit, we’ve gathered the most shining examples from this outburst:

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/9CJtlhmu0d

— Somebody Else (@KeiTheProducer) March 9, 2016

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/01orYATlkm

— Loiter Squad (@loitersquadvid) March 6, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/l0ibR0VbG5

— B (@ouijabro) January 15, 2016

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/ct0dRHKbXu

— ℳustardCreams (@MustardCreams) March 23, 2016

By the way, did you know that this is what David Letterman looks like now?

don't ever talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/1sHVsn5TPC

— Andy Orin (@andyorin) March 23, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/C4iHFV6LmX

— waylonz (@wazhlon) March 3, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/BSj9GvsQjk

— Prowlie (@Prowler5X5) March 23, 2016

don't talk to me or my son or my sons son or my sons sons son ever again pic.twitter.com/oeCSNMHD3z

— magda (@anjhelics) February 5, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/VFPqNnZvmk

— ㅤㅤ zeusdaya (@shrekteen) March 14, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/OALhAZMIhH

— your friend hancock (@hancxck) March 13, 2016

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/T1Hf1eSZCA

— Chandler (@rel808able) March 12, 2016

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/O4UAxElArQ

— Zen (@RochaZen) March 12, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/HD7Km1DvCu

— melanie (@twoheadedgrrl) February 27, 2016

don't ever talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/0oW6Ks0YQ5

— g string (@grantpedroza) March 10, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/HybsQaYR05

— Red (@stoneofexile) March 9, 2016

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/2LA77VulRB

— Mike Tunison (@xmasape) March 8, 2016

RIP Rob Ford

don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/BqqOSAze3P

— Bobby McKenna (@bobby) March 8, 2016

don't ever talk to me or my son or my sons son or my sons sons son or my sons sons sons son again pic.twitter.com/7bH4ICZBTe

— ™ (@beesbonyknees) March 7, 2016

Don't talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/dJJZu8IGE2

— dragonforce stan (@allvre) March 6, 2016

don't ever talk to me or my son ever again pic.twitter.com/e38jnQkLA8

— youthcrewfanboy94 (@_lightswentout_) February 29, 2016