# Origin of "X Y is X" internet meme

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-x-y-is-x-internet-meme/498211>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-x-y-is-x-internet-meme/498211 "2009-05-30T23:35:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-x-y-is-x-internet-meme/498211/1 "2009-05-30T23:35:20Z")

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What is the origin of this meme? Some examples:  
-Serious cat is serious  
-Successful troll is successful  
-Misleading headline is misleading

etc.

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-x-y-is-x-internet-meme/498211/2 "2009-05-30T23:44:02Z")

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It started on 4chan with longcat, which is a picture of… well, a really long cat. You can read all about it here: [encyclopediadramatica.com/Longcat](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Longcat) (I’ve left the link purposely broken since the site could be questionable as far as safe-for-work content goes.

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**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-x-y-is-x-internet-meme/498211/3 "2009-06-01T02:38:48Z")

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most of the popular internet memes nowadays start on 4chan. wether people want to admit it or not.  
informative post is infoooormative.