# We Left The Percs We Left The Percs, also known as Fuck You Mean We Left The Percs, is a catchphrase that emerged on iFunny in late September 2019 after a video meme reversed footage of a space shuttle launch to mock the horror of leaving Percocet behind. The format grew into a reliable reaction template for every global crisis that followed, from COVID lockdowns to the Suez Canal jam and the war in Ukraine. ## Origin The origin video is unattributed, but it circulated on iFunny in late September 2019 as a reversed clip of a space shuttle launch, with top and bottom Impact captions reading "Fuck You Mean We Left The Percs"[3]. The anchor date is September 28, 2019, based on a tweet by @MrSpike420 using the phrase that day[1], with Google Trends showing a search spike the following day[3]. The earliest known reposts both hit the web on October 2, 2019: the channel Straight up Just cheefin mirrored the video to YouTube, where it drew about 16,000 views over three years[2], and the Instagram page @i_paint_liquor_cabinets reposted it the same day[11]. The same day, Redditor Forsaken_EGG shared a variant to /r/HistoryMemes, though that post stalled at a single upvote after the linked YouTube clip was pulled for community guidelines[8]. - **Platform:** iFunny (origin) / Reddit and Instagram (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview We Left The Percs, also written as Fuck You Mean We Left The Percs, works as a shouted punchline over footage of something leaving fast or going catastrophically wrong[3]. The joke frames the loss of Percocet as a geopolitical emergency, with the speaker reacting in panic once they realize the pills are now stranded in orbit, in Wuhan, in Kiev, or wherever disaster footage happens to be set[7]. The format usually pairs white Impact-font captions with disaster or crisis video: a rocket launch, a cruise ship ramming a dock, soldiers parachuting out of a plane, a bus swerving across a highway[6]. The still-image variant swaps the video for a photo of Joe Biden or George W. Bush on the phone, framing them as the one being told the pills are gone[12]. The humor leans on the gap between the triviality of lost drugs and the scale of the event depicted[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is We Left The Percs? A catchphrase, typically written "Fuck You Mean We Left The Percs," that reacts in fake panic to Percocet being stranded in some unreachable location, usually captioned over disaster or crisis footage[3]. ### Where did We Left The Percs come from? It started on iFunny in late September 2019 with a reversed video of a space shuttle launch captioned with the phrase, with the earliest dated use being a September 28, 2019 tweet by @MrSpike420[1][3]. ### What does We Left The Percs mean? The joke treats lost Percocet as a world-ending emergency, with the speaker reacting as if forgetting the pills in Wuhan, Kiev, or outer space is a geopolitical catastrophe[6][7]. ### How do you use We Left The Percs? Pair "Fuck You Mean We Left The Percs" in white Impact font with video of something going badly wrong, like a crashing ship or launching rocket, or over a photo of a world leader looking stressed on the phone[5][12]. ### Is We Left The Percs still popular? It became a classic iFunny-born template that gets pulled back out whenever a new global crisis trends, from the Suez Canal jam in 2021 to the Russia-Ukraine buildup in 2022[9][7]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/MrSpike420/status/1178127747513602049]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrx4yrFYgs]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-left-the-percs]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/playboicarti/comments/dd99v6/not_the_percs/]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/p/B3k6uKvFs2Y/]() 6. [https://www.instagram.com/p/B77SphrFp1Y/]() 7. [https://twitter.com/peetsahboy/status/1492710230504919042]() 8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/dc5xdw/fuck_you_mean_we_left_the_percs/]() 9. [https://ifunny.co/meme/fuck-you-mean-evergreen-we-left-the-percs-zXZZiMXT8?s=cl]() 10. [https://ifunny.co/picture/Mk6Diciq8]() 11. [https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IrjBOgV4g/]() 12. [https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nzTjOFQiq/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/we-left-the-percs Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library