# Thanos Did Nothing Wrong Thanos Did Nothing Wrong is a 2018 catchphrase and meme format defending the Avengers: Infinity War villain's plan to erase half of all life. It exploded on Reddit through the r/thanosdidnothingwrong subreddit, which famously banned half its members in a mass 'snap' event streamed on Twitch. ## Overview Thanos Did Nothing Wrong is a catchphrase used in memes that jokingly defends the Marvel villain Thanos and his plan in Avengers: Infinity War to wipe out half of all life in the universe[1]. The line riffs on the older 'Hitler Did Nothing Wrong' phrasal template, but flips the ironic defense onto a fictional purple space tyrant whose motivations the film frames as twisted-but-sincere overpopulation control[3]. Most of the jokes work off a single premise: if Thanos cuts the population in half, everyone left over gets more pizza, more parking, and more resources[3]. The meme is inseparable from the subreddit r/thanosdidnothingwrong, which grew from a niche shitpost hub in March 2018 into a 700,000-member community whose moderators pulled off one of Reddit's most elaborate collective bits[2]. ## How It Spread The subreddit's biggest moment started on July 2nd, 2018, when moderator The-Jedi-Apprentice posted a thread promising to ban half the sub if it hit 60,000 upvotes, and the community rocketed it to more than 177,000 points and 6,900 comments in a week[3]. On July 5th, Redditor mohaxorigins launched a follow-up petition asking Josh Brolin, the actor behind Thanos, to press the ban button, and it cleared 100,000 upvotes[3]. Three days later, Infinity War co-director Joe Russo posted a video of Brolin actually snapping his fingers on cue, which broke 200,000 points and 33,000 comments in 48 hours[3]. On July 9th, 2018, the mods executed 'The Snap,' banning a random half of the sub's roughly 700,000 members in what Mashable called the largest ban in Reddit's history[1]. The banning was livestreamed on Twitch with sad piano music, drawing close to 2 million viewers and peaking above 40,000 concurrent watchers[1]. Marvel Studios blessed the bit with a 'Perfectly balanced' tweet, and banished users were guided toward the companion sub r/inthesoulstone[3]. Newsweek, Complex and other outlets picked up the story the same day[2][4]. The joke got a canonical sequel on February 10th, 2021, when mod TDNWgauntlet posted 'THE UNSNAPPENING IS HAPPENING' and started unbanning the snapped users to mirror the reversal at the end of Avengers: Endgame, pulling 18,000 upvotes and 24,000 comments in under two days[3]. ## How to Use The format is typically a Thanos image, screenshot, or quote paired with text that reframes his plan as reasonable, often with an everyday complaint (traffic, housing prices, lines at restaurants) as the punchline[3]. Common conventions include the 'Change My Mind' desk template with Thanos in Crowder's seat, and any Infinity War still captioned so that halving the population sounds like a public service[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Thanos Did Nothing Wrong? It's a 2018 catchphrase and meme format that jokingly defends the Avengers: Infinity War villain Thanos and his plan to erase half of all life[3]. ### Where did Thanos Did Nothing Wrong come from? Redditor whitebandit created the /r/thanosdidnothingwrong subreddit on March 13th, 2018, riffing on the older 'Hitler Did Nothing Wrong' phrasal template[3]. ### What does Thanos Did Nothing Wrong mean? It's an ironic defense of Thanos, arguing his mass genocide was actually a rational overpopulation fix that leaves more resources for the survivors[4]. ### How do you use Thanos Did Nothing Wrong? People pair a Thanos image or quote with a reason halving the population would fix a real annoyance, often using the 'Change My Mind' desk template with Thanos in the seat[3]. ### Is Thanos Did Nothing Wrong still popular? The subreddit is still active and staged an 'Unsnappening' on February 10th, 2021, mirroring the reversal in Avengers: Endgame by unbanning the users it had snapped in 2018[3]. ## References 1. [https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/thanos-reddit-ban-twitch-livestream/]() 2. [https://www.newsweek.com/thanos-did-nothing-wrong-reddit-ban-snap-russo-brothers-tweet-subreddit-half-1014899]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thanos-did-nothing-wrong]() 4. [https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/07/thanos-did-nothing-wrong-subreddit-banning-half-its-members]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/thanos-did-nothing-wrong Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library