Daymond John wincing on Shark Tank with overlaid text 'I'M OUT! 1.3 SECONDS' and a red arrow.

I'm Out! 1.3 Seconds

2021reaction imagesemi-active

Published October 20, 2026

I'm Out! 1.3 Seconds is a reaction image taken from a 2021 YouTube thumbnail showing Shark Tank investor Daymond John mid-rejection, captioned with his record-fast exit time. By late 2024, X users were pasting it into quote tweets to signal instant disinterest in whatever the other person had just posted.

dismissal memes reaction memes youtube thumbnail memes reality tv origin memes delayed virality memes

Overview

The image crops Daymond John from a Shark Tank episode at the exact second he waves off a pitch, with bold yellow text reading "I'm out! 1.3 Seconds" slapped across the frame1. On Shark Tank, "I'm out" is the stock phrase investors say to bail on a negotiation, so the thumbnail joke is that John set a speed record for giving up on an entrepreneur. Posters stripped the context and started using it as a visual way to tap out of any online argument, bad opinion or regrettable hobby4.

Typical usage shows up as a quote tweet or a reply: someone shares an unhinged take, a bad video game map or an embarrassing confession, and the response is just the thumbnail. It functions like an instant reject button, with the 1.3-second timestamp doing the heavy lifting by implying the viewer did not even finish reading the original post before noping out3.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube (thumbnail) / X (viral spread)
Creator
The Filmy
Date
2021

On October 5th, 2021, the YouTube channel The Filmy uploaded a compilation called "FASTEST 'I'M OUT' Pitches On Shark Tank," using a thumbnail of Daymond John captioned "I'm out! 1.3 Seconds"1. The video sat quietly for years with only around 8,000 views and 61 likes before anyone paid attention to the still frame itself4. Daymond John is a real Shark Tank investor and FUBU founder; The Filmy, not John or the show, built the actual meme image by pairing his face with the stopwatch-style text.

How It Spread

Reddit was the first platform where the thumbnail broke loose from its parent video. On February 22nd, 2024, u/Rhw_07 posted it in r/forza as a reply to the Virginia International Raceway track, racking up more than 416 upvotes and 73 comments over the following months2. The post used the image exactly how it would later be used on X: a dismissive stand-alone reaction with no explanation needed.

The real breakout came nine months later on X. On November 25th, 2024, user @layynoon self-quote-tweeted an earlier post of theirs about playing League of Legends, replying with just the Daymond John image, and the reply pulled over 381,000 likes and 25,000 reposts inside a week3. That tweet is what pushed the image into general X circulation as a quote-tweet weapon, especially for mocking the poster's own prior statements4.

Loading tweet...

Frequently Asked Questions