Never Subbed Never Donated

2016copypastaclassic

Never Subbed Never Donated is a Twitch chat copypasta used to mock viewers who watch streams without financially supporting the streamer. It originated in Ice Poseidon's community around 2016 and spread through Forsen and GreekGodx chats, typically punctuated with the TriHard emote.

copypasta memestwitch chat memestwitch emotesstreamer memestrolling memes

Overview

Never Subbed Never Donated, sometimes flipped as Never Donate Never Sub, is a Twitch chat copypasta that mocks viewers who consume a stream without paying for a sub or tipping the streamer1. The pasta usually stacks freeloader confessions like using adblock, watching on a stolen laptop, or mooching off a neighbor's Wi-Fi, with each line broken up by emotes1.

The copypasta is most closely tied to the TriHard emote, and the two spread together out of the same community1. Because TriHard depicts a Black streamer and is frequently used in racist contexts, the pasta carries the same baggage and is treated by many as a racist form of chat spam1. It gets deployed both as a self-own by leech viewers and as a hostile reply when a streamer complains about lack of support3.

How It Spread

After circulating inside Ice Poseidon's chat, the pasta jumped to other big Twitch communities, most notably Forsen's and GreekGodx's1. On November 18th, 2016, Reddit user 6in posted an example of the pasta being used in Forsen's chat to r/Forsen2. On August 11th, 2017, r/Greekgodx user dolinar used the copypasta as a post title, pulling 118 upvotes and 15 comments4.

It kept bleeding onto other platforms through 2017 and 2018. On August 13th, 2017, Twitter user MexicanAndySZN replied to a tweet with the pasta, picking up 27 likes and four retweets5. On October 18th, 2018, a parody video titled "NEVER SUBBED NEVER DONATED ADBLOCK ON STOLEN LAPTOP NEIGHBOURS'S WIFI FREE ENTERTAINMENT" was posted to r/LivestreamFail by ItzMasayoshi, where it cleared 3,800 upvotes and 146 comments6.

The format kept getting recycled into 2019. Twitch streamer InvaderVie referenced it in a Just Chatting stream on January 18th, 2019, in a clip that later racked up 1,548 views1. On February 18th, 2019, r/Greekgodx user the_ppyro posted a variant titled "<-- THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SUBBED OR DONATED, USE ADBLOCK AND NEIGHBOURS WIFI AND HAVE STOLEN LAPTOP," which passed 1,200 upvotes and is still reposted on the sub every so often1.

How to Use This Meme

The typical shape is a stacked list of freeloader boasts, one per line, with a TriHard (or another emote) wedged between each claim. Common lines include never subbed, never donated, adblock on, stolen laptop, and neighbor's Wi-Fi. Spammers usually paste it repeatedly in chat when a streamer starts asking for support, or drop it as a reply on Twitter and Reddit under a streamer's post they disagree with.

Frequently Asked Questions

Never Subbed Never Donated

2016copypastaclassic

Never Subbed Never Donated is a Twitch chat copypasta used to mock viewers who watch streams without financially supporting the streamer. It originated in Ice Poseidon's community around 2016 and spread through Forsen and GreekGodx chats, typically punctuated with the TriHard emote.

copypasta memes twitch chat memes twitch emotes streamer memes trolling memes

Overview

Never Subbed Never Donated, sometimes flipped as Never Donate Never Sub, is a Twitch chat copypasta that mocks viewers who consume a stream without paying for a sub or tipping the streamer1. The pasta usually stacks freeloader confessions like using adblock, watching on a stolen laptop, or mooching off a neighbor's Wi-Fi, with each line broken up by emotes1.

The copypasta is most closely tied to the TriHard emote, and the two spread together out of the same community1. Because TriHard depicts a Black streamer and is frequently used in racist contexts, the pasta carries the same baggage and is treated by many as a racist form of chat spam1. It gets deployed both as a self-own by leech viewers and as a hostile reply when a streamer complains about lack of support3.

How It Spread

After circulating inside Ice Poseidon's chat, the pasta jumped to other big Twitch communities, most notably Forsen's and GreekGodx's1. On November 18th, 2016, Reddit user 6in posted an example of the pasta being used in Forsen's chat to r/Forsen2. On August 11th, 2017, r/Greekgodx user dolinar used the copypasta as a post title, pulling 118 upvotes and 15 comments4.

It kept bleeding onto other platforms through 2017 and 2018. On August 13th, 2017, Twitter user MexicanAndySZN replied to a tweet with the pasta, picking up 27 likes and four retweets5. On October 18th, 2018, a parody video titled "NEVER SUBBED NEVER DONATED ADBLOCK ON STOLEN LAPTOP NEIGHBOURS'S WIFI FREE ENTERTAINMENT" was posted to r/LivestreamFail by ItzMasayoshi, where it cleared 3,800 upvotes and 146 comments6.

The format kept getting recycled into 2019. Twitch streamer InvaderVie referenced it in a Just Chatting stream on January 18th, 2019, in a clip that later racked up 1,548 views1. On February 18th, 2019, r/Greekgodx user the_ppyro posted a variant titled "<-- THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SUBBED OR DONATED, USE ADBLOCK AND NEIGHBOURS WIFI AND HAVE STOLEN LAPTOP," which passed 1,200 upvotes and is still reposted on the sub every so often1.

How to Use This Meme

The typical shape is a stacked list of freeloader boasts, one per line, with a TriHard (or another emote) wedged between each claim. Common lines include never subbed, never donated, adblock on, stolen laptop, and neighbor's Wi-Fi. Spammers usually paste it repeatedly in chat when a streamer starts asking for support, or drop it as a reply on Twitter and Reddit under a streamer's post they disagree with.

Frequently Asked Questions