# Perc 30 Perc 30, also called Percocet 30, is drug-user slang for a 30mg oxycodone pill, a dosage Percocet itself is not sold in[1]. Starting in October 2019, Twitter users riffed on the name with absurdly inflated doses like 'Perc 3 Million,' turning the drug reference into a running joke. By November 2019, one tweet imagining the effects of the pill collected over 43,000 likes[3]. ## Origin The FDA first approved oxycodone/acetaminophen, sold as Percocet, in 1976 for moderate pain[4]. Even though street slang refers to 'Perc 30' pills, Percocet itself is not sold at 30 milligrams; generic oxycodone products are available at that strength, which is where the number comes from[3]. Recreational use of the drug got wider public attention after rapper Lil Peep died from an accidental overdose on November 15, 2017, with The Guardian noting the 21-year-old's open references to pills in his songs and Instagram posts[2]. Memes pinned to the slang began circulating that summer. On September 5, 2019, Twitter user @noahgotice posted a tweet imagining the effects of a Perc 30, and it collected over 4,900 retweets and 14,900 likes[5]. A month later, the absurd-dose format broke out. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview Many posts in the format imagine what would happen if someone swallowed an absurdly large Percocet pill, with humor coming from the gap between a flat caption and the dose depicted[3]. A common setup pairs the 'Fuck It, X' template with an image of a comically oversized pill, labeled something like 'Fuck It, Perc 3 Million'[3]. Another recurring joke uses a still from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode 'Shellback Shenanigans,' where a nurse offers Plankton a huge pill that Twitter users captioned as a Perc 30. Oxycodone, the opioid inside Percocet, is fast-acting and classified Schedule II by the DEA, so pushing the dose to three million pills carries the whole punchline[1]. The joke draws on rap's open discussion of Percocet, often called 'percs' or 'perkys,' which showed up in Future's 2016 song 'Mask Off' and Migos' 2017 hit 'Slippery'[2]. Captions span one-liners and short video edits, many playing on the idea that a single Perc 30 already puts the user in a dissociated state before escalating the dose number[1]. Urban Dictionary defines the phrase as a way to describe someone acting irrationally, as in 'You are trippin off the perc 30'[7]. ## How to Use Posts typically caption an image or video with a reference to taking a Perc 30 and describe a wildly exaggerated effect. Common setups include the 'Fuck It, Perc 3 Million' pill image[3] and the SpongeBob SquarePants nurse-and-Plankton still[3]. The joke lands when the dose number escalates to something impossible, like three million or more. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Perc 30? Perc 30 is drug-user slang for a 30mg oxycodone pill, often mislabeled as Percocet even though Percocet itself is not sold at that dosage[3]. ### Where did Perc 30 come from? The slang traces back to generic 30mg oxycodone pills, and the meme format took off on Twitter in October 2019 with 'Fuck It, Perc 3 Million' images[3]. ### What does Perc 30 mean? Literally, a 30mg oxycodone pill; in meme usage, it describes someone acting irrationally or claiming to be on an impossibly large dose, as Urban Dictionary records[7]. ### How do you use Perc 30? Posts typically caption an oversized pill image or clip with an absurd dose like 'Perc 3 Million,' often using the 'Fuck It, X' template or the SpongeBob nurse still[3]. ### Is Perc 30 still popular? The 'Perc 3 Million' format peaked in late 2019 on Twitter, Reddit and iFunny, and the slang still shows up in rap-adjacent meme pages after that run[3]. ## References 1. [https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/05/health/what-is-percocet-opioid-painkiller/index.html]() 2. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/16/death-lil-peep-us-prescription-drugs-epidemic-hip-hop-rapper]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/perc-30]() 4. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone/paracetamol]() 5. [https://x.com/i/status/1169372107853185024]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7KOj8_g9Q]() 7. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Perc%2030]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/perc-30 Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library