# Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan” On August 15, 2021, as the Taliban swept into Kabul, Twitter user @Porkchop_EXP posted that she could not care about Afghanistan because her alcoholic father's keys in the door had been her own 'Afghanistan' for almost 20 years. She deleted the tweet within hours, but screenshots turned the final line into a copypasta that users applied to Geronimo the alpaca and later the 2022 assassination of Shinzo Abe. ## Origin On August 15, 2021, during the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, Twitter user @Porkchop_EXP wrote, 'Sorry, not sorry, not going to care about Afghanistan because I grew up with an alcoholic, psychologically abusive father in constant state of distress, anxiety and worry about the future. Hearing the key in the door every evening was my own Afghanistan for almost 20 years'[1]. @Porkchop_EXP deleted the tweet shortly after posting it, though archived screenshots still circulate online[3]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @Porkchop_EXP - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Twitter users turned the final line of the deleted tweet into a phrasal template by preserving almost all of the original wording and only replacing 'Afghanistan' with whatever current event or minor inconvenience they wanted to mock-dismiss[3]. The humor works through the contrast between a serious world news story and a dramatized personal grievance delivered in therapy-speak, which lets posters joke that they care more about trivial problems than global ones. A typical post reads like a short monologue that opens with 'Sorry, not sorry' and ends with 'was my own [X] for almost 20 years,' often with no additional commentary attached[1]. ## How to Use People typically copy the wording of @Porkchop_EXP's second sentence verbatim and insert any news item or petty frustration where 'Afghanistan' appeared. The common convention is to post it as a straight-faced reply to a trending story, letting the overwrought therapy framing do the comedic work[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan”? A Twitter copypasta from August 2021 in which users replace 'Afghanistan' with other news stories or petty inconveniences they claim to care about less than their personal trauma[3]. ### Where did Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan” come from? Twitter user @Porkchop_EXP posted the original tweet on August 15, 2021 during the Taliban offensive and deleted it quickly, after which screenshots circulated widely[1]. ### What does Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan” mean? The joke contrasts a serious world event with a melodramatic childhood complaint framed in therapy-speak, mocking people who deflect from news stories by citing personal history[3]. ### How do you use Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan”? Users keep the second sentence of the original tweet intact and insert any news story or inconvenience where 'Afghanistan' was, like @catsfeettowel did for Geronimo the alpaca[2]. ### Is Hearing The Key In The Door Every Evening Was My Own “Afghanistan” still popular? The copypasta saw heavy use through late 2022, especially in @MOMMYBIGDICK's viral posts about Shinzo Abe and the Twitter shutdown rumor, after which activity cooled[6]. ## References 1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210815191851/https://twitter.com/Porkchop_EXP/status/1426986742113054721]() 2. [https://twitter.com/catsfeettowel/status/1428310875157434378]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hearing-the-key-in-the-door-every-evening-was-my-own-afghanistan]() 4. [https://twitter.com/ramzreboot/status/1437574323871510535]() 5. [https://twitter.com/MOMMYBlGDICK/status/1545480961806110721]() 6. [https://twitter.com/MOMMYBlGDICK/status/1593440810351009794]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/hearing-the-key-in-the-door-every-evening-was-my-own-afghanistan Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library