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Grade B23 sourcesHIS-00484

Roll Safe

Meme & format · 2016 · Notable

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Imgflip estimated 345,500 captions of the temple-tapping bad-advice meme.

Footy Humour

@FootyHumour · Nov 15, 2016

When you piss her off on purpose, so she can say goodnight at 6pm and you can just play FIFA for the rest of the day in peace.

2.2K58
Original · Footy Humour
When you piss her off on purpose, so she can say goodnight at 6pm and you can just play FIFA for the rest of the day in peace.
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Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagionNo data yetBreadth50Velocity56Longevity4450

Numbers

Imgflip all-time captions; rounded live estimate
345.5K
As of Oct 14, 2026 · Open web · Self-reported · Imgflip
Peak date
Week of Feb 1, 2017
Nov 15 ’16 to Week of Feb 1, 2017
Platforms
6
Started on X
Origin
Organic
Culture (no sector)

Mechanics

  • Remixable templatePrimary
  • Creator relay
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Pairing

How it spread

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A January caption preceded February explainers. A Reddit identification question sent readers back to the creators’ YouTube channel. Nintendo NY then substituted Mario for Ewumi while retaining the gesture and self-defeating advice, showing another way to recreate it.

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Timeline (18)

  1. June 2016

    BBC Three precursor · Jun 1 ’16

    BBC Three published Happy Belated, the episode containing the temple-tapping frame.[1][2][3]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. November 2016

    @FootyHumour seed · Nov 15 ’16

    Footy Humour paired the screenshot with a joke about starting an argument to play FIFA.[4][5][2]

  3. January 2017

    @trapafasa platform jump · Jan 22 ’17

    Paired the screenshot with a joke about fewer anti-men tweets as February approached, according to KYM.[5]

Origin
Organic
Sector
Culture (no sector)
Region
GB
Imgflip all-time captions; rounded live estimate
345.5K
As of Oct 14, 2026 · Open web · Self-reported · Imgflip
Evidence
Grade B

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  1. June 2016

    BBC Three precursor · Jun 1 ’16

    BBC Three published Happy Belated, the episode containing the temple-tapping frame.[1][2][3]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. November 2016

    @FootyHumour seed · Nov 15 ’16

    Footy Humour paired the screenshot with a joke about starting an argument to play FIFA.[4][5][2]

  3. January 2017

    @trapafasa platform jump · Jan 22 ’17

    Paired the screenshot with a joke about fewer anti-men tweets as February approached, according to KYM.[5]

  1. platform jump · Jan 23 ’17

  2. platform jump · Jan 26 ’17

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