# Imagine How Tired We Are Rose McGowan said "imagine how tired we are" during a May 2018 Good Morning America appearance about Harvey Weinstein's arrest, speaking for sexual assault survivors. Fifteen months later, Twitter users began clipping that single line as a reaction video for anything mildly exhausting, from stan account complaints to Sims bathroom accidents. By September 2019, reposts were hitting 40,000 likes and UK outlet The Tab published an explainer on the trend. ## Origin Rose McGowan appeared on ABC's Good Morning America on May 25, 2018 to discuss the arrest of Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged abuses her reporting helped bring to light during the #MeToo movement. During the interview she said, "People are so sad. And they're sick of it. But imagine how tired we are, imagine how tired we are of it," referring to survivors of sexual assault[4]. The segment was uploaded to YouTube the same day and sat for more than a year before Twitter users isolated the single line as a reaction[5]. - **Platform:** ABC Good Morning America (source clip) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2018 ## Overview Posts built on Imagine How Tired We Are typically open with a setup describing someone else's trivial complaint or dramatic statement, then cut to the McGowan clip as the deadpan reply from a group that has heard it before. Humor comes from the contrast, with a weighty moment from a sexual assault survivor repurposed to answer things like Simmers watching their characters pee themselves or horoscope fans explaining emotional water moons[1]. Replies tend to run visual, with the clip loaded directly into the tweet rather than linked out. Most versions pair McGowan's line with an implied in-group speaking back to an outsider, which is why early entries targeting stan accounts and niche fandoms caught on first[4]. By September 2019 the reaction was being applied to K-pop verse ordering, drinking stories and religious parasocial jokes, and The Tab called the format writer Bella Eckert's "whole mood for 2019"[1]. ## How to Use People typically quote tweet or reply with the clip when someone voices a complaint that the responder's own group already deals with at a worse level. The common convention is to frame the setup as a dramatic statement from an outsider, then let the McGowan clip play as the collective eye roll, often without any added caption[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Imagine How Tired We Are? It is a Twitter reaction video clipped from a 2018 Good Morning America interview with Rose McGowan, used to express exasperation at someone else's complaint[4]. ### Where did Imagine How Tired We Are come from? The line came from McGowan's May 25, 2018 GMA appearance about Harvey Weinstein's arrest, where she spoke for sexual assault survivors[4]. ### What does Imagine How Tired We Are mean? In its original context McGowan was voicing survivor exhaustion; as a meme it means "your complaint is nothing compared to what my group deals with"[1]. ### How do you use Imagine How Tired We Are? Posters set up a quote or scenario from an outsider, then attach the clip as the deadpan reply from the in-group, as @aIonsogarcia did with blackout jokes in September 2019[3]. ### Is Imagine How Tired We Are still popular? The format peaked in late August and September 2019 with viral tweets from @dewnotwayt and @aIonsogarcia and reached mainstream coverage via The Tab on September 4, 2019[1][2]. ## References 1. [https://thetab.com/uk/2019/09/04/imagine-how-tired-we-are-meme-123582]() 2. [https://twitter.com/dewnotwayt/status/1165730406597087233]() 3. [https://twitter.com/aIonsogarcia/status/1168231842014621696]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/imagine-how-tired-we-are]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTYCroVrSTA]() 6. [https://x.com/i/status/1168776492052094976]() 7. [https://x.com/i/status/1171527847053123589]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/imagine-how-tired-we-are Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library