Text-based memes are taking over Twitter this week. First, there was the “You have $__ to build the perfect man” meme. Now, people are expressing an opinion using a series of characters that look like a person kicking another person down a set of stairs.
Yes, this meme is a little dark. But it’s not as violent as it sounds. The copypasta of a stick person kicking another stick person is being used to rank things or to literally show one person or thing kicking down another person or thing.
Is “Toxic” by Britney Spears better than the entire Beatles discography (SMH)? Is bleu cheese better than ranch dressing? The stairs meme is perfect for tweeting out these kinds of hot takes.
toxic by
— i hate to kill you (@hythIodaeus) April 21, 2018
britney spears
○
く|)へ
〉 the entire beatles
 ̄ ̄┗┓ discography
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
Bleu cheese
— Cam Howe (@CamHoweWG) April 23, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉
 ̄ ̄┗┓ ranch
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
ABBA
— connor (@mathsboi123) April 27, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉
 ̄ ̄┗┓ Kanye West
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
me
— ohWell (@contriteperson) April 26, 2018
○ the myth promulgated by
く|)へ Pliny the Elder that
〉 ostriches stick their head in
 ̄ ̄┗┓ the sand when they're scared
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
Pizza
— Tim (@Playing_Dad) April 24, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉
 ̄ ̄┗┓ Pineapple
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
60° F
— j ck (@j_conl) April 24, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉 Seasonal
 ̄ ̄┗┓ Depression
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
https://twitter.com/starkangels/status/989892331192152064
laziness
— 5-0- Fat (@timapeaches) April 27, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉 all my
 ̄ ̄┗┓ responsibilities
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
┗┓
You can change the copypasta to make your own version of the meme. This tweet removes the second person from the meme and simply shows a person about to walk downstairs:
Me
— friend (@dpfelix) April 26, 2018
○
く|)へ
〉
 ̄ ̄┗┓ about to walk downstairs :)
┗┓
┗┓
┗┓
┗┓
This tweet shows a person sitting down at the bottom of the staircase, “too lazy” to climb upstairs.
 ̄ ̄┗┓
— RJ Lackie ⚔ (@rjlackie) April 25, 2018
┗┓
┗┓
┗┓ ○ Me, too lazy to climb the stairs, sitting down and chilling.
┗┓く|)へ/
 ̄ ̄
Someone even combined the stairs meme with the “in this house” meme.
┏┓
— MehGyver (@TheAndrewNadeau) April 24, 2018
┃┃╱╲ in
┃╱╱╲╲ this
╱╱╭╮╲╲house
▔▏┗┛▕▔ we
╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲
○
く|)へ
〉
 ̄ ̄┗┓combine memes
┗┓ ヾ○シ
┗┓ ヘ/
┗┓ノ
╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲
▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔
In this house, we support both copypasta memes.