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Me Too Thanks

2014Catchphrase / copypasta responseclassic

Published March 24, 2026

Also known as: me too · thanks; me_too_thanks; me irl

"Me too thanks" is a catchphrase and copypasta response that spread out of the Reddit community r/me_irl around 2014-2015. Users dropped "me too thanks" as a reply to any post they found relatable, especially ones dealing with social awkwardness, mild despair, or self-deprecating humor. The phrase became so tightly linked to r/me_irl that it functioned as the subreddit's unofficial motto.

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Overview

"Me too thanks" is a short, deadpan phrase posted as a reply to content that feels personally relatable. The humor sits in the absurd universality of the response. Someone posts about wanting to sleep forever? "Me too thanks." Someone shares a picture of a sad frog? "Me too thanks." The phrase strips away any need for a thoughtful reply and replaces it with pure, low-effort solidarity.

The "thanks" at the end is what gives the phrase its distinctive flavor. It's not just agreement. It adds a layer of polite resignation, like thanking someone for putting your exact feelings into words1. The phrase works best when the original content is bleak, mundane, or absurdly specific, and the responder just... agrees.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (r/me_irl)
Creator
Unknown
Date
2014

The phrase grew organically on r/me_irl, a subreddit dedicated to posting images and situations captioned "me irl" (me in real life). The subreddit's culture rewarded low-effort, relatable content about depression, loneliness, and the small indignities of daily life. "Me too thanks" emerged as the natural comment-section response to this stream of shared misery.

By late 2014 and into 2015, the phrase had become a fixture in r/me_irl comment sections. Users would chain dozens of "me too thanks" replies in a row, creating long threads of nothing but the same three words1. Moderators sometimes joined these chains, which only reinforced the phrase's status as community ritual1.

How It Spread

The phrase moved beyond r/me_irl as the subreddit itself grew in popularity during 2015-2016. As r/me_irl posts hit Reddit's front page more frequently, new users encountered "me too thanks" and carried it to other subreddits and platforms.

On Twitter and Tumblr, "me too thanks" showed up as a caption or reply to screenshots of relatable content. The phrase fit neatly into the broader wave of self-deprecating internet humor that defined mid-2010s online culture. It sat alongside phrases like "same," "big mood," and "this is so me" but had its own specific Reddit-flavored identity.

The related subreddit r/meirl (no underscores) and r/me_irl existed in parallel, with the phrase common to both communities. The underscore subreddit's stricter moderation policies led some users to migrate, but "me too thanks" traveled with them.

By 2017-2018, the phrase had peaked as a standalone meme but had thoroughly embedded itself in the vocabulary of online self-deprecating humor. It became one of those phrases people used without necessarily knowing where it came from.

How to Use This Meme

Using "me too thanks" is simple by design:

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Find a post, image, or statement that you relate to on a personal level

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Reply with "me too thanks"

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That's it

Cultural Impact

"Me too thanks" is one of the defining phrases of Reddit's me_irl community, which itself shaped a whole generation of self-deprecating internet humor. The subreddit and its signature phrase helped normalize talking about depression and social anxiety in meme form, long before "mental health memes" became a recognized genre.

The phrase also represents a specific era of internet culture where the humor came from the absolute minimum effort response. Where earlier memes required image editing or creative captions, "me too thanks" proved that three words could be the entire joke if the context was right.

It's worth noting that "me too thanks" predates the #MeToo movement (which went viral in October 2017) and is entirely unrelated. The similarity in phrasing occasionally caused confusion, but the two occupy completely different cultural spaces.

Fun Facts

The phrase often appeared in comment chains so long that Reddit's "show more replies" feature had to be clicked multiple times to see the full extent of the "me too thanks" cascade1.

Urban Dictionary defines the phrase as expressing both relatability and gratitude for a relatable story, "usually used in reference to mild disappointment or jokes about suicide"1.

r/me_irl briefly implemented a rule where users could only comment "me too thanks" on certain themed days.

The subreddit r/me_irl was one of the first major Reddit communities to popularize the "upvote this so it shows up when you Google" format, which spread alongside "me too thanks" culture.

Derivatives & Variations

Comment chains:

Long threads of nothing but "me too thanks" repeated dozens of times, sometimes with subreddit moderators joining in[1]

"Me too thanks" bot:

Automated Reddit bots that would reply "me too thanks" to certain triggers

Image macros:

The phrase overlaid on stock photos or reaction images of resigned-looking people or animals

Variations:

"Me 2 thx," "me too danks," and other intentional misspellings that played on the phrase's repetitive nature

Frequently Asked Questions

References (2)

  1. 1
    Harlem Shake (meme)encyclopedia
  2. 2
    Me Too Thanks - Urban Dictionarydictionary