Ides of March (meme)
| Meme | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms: | Beware Ides of March |
| Date Started: | March 15, ongoing |
| Related: | Julius Caesar |
| See Also: | |
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The Ides of March is an ongoing Tumblr and Twitter meme that commemorates the death of Julius Caesar. Every March 15th, memes related to Caesar's death by stabbing are published consisting of text or images.
Example Memes
2014
An example from 2014, of someone not being aware of the meme/relevant history. This was in response to a photo of a bottle of Caesar salad dressing stabbed through with a steak knife (original post by zero1infinity, Archived version:
[mamacastiel]
why does this have 32k notes? it’s just a picture of a knife in a ranch bottle, is there some unspoken joke that 32 thousand people share? what is going on here, i dont get it. it’s just a fucking picture of a knife in a ranch bottle. is there some spiritual connection people have to this picture? is there some ominous and mystical reasoning that this has 32 thousand notes? do people reblog this because it makes them look like some indie blogger? or is there just something funny to this? someone please explain
[diggly, Archived version]
no one tell him
This particular Ides of March Post has attracted great attention, accumulating over 1.5 million notes as of Arpil 2022. Users comment that they schedule this post to commemorate the "tumblr holiday". [1]
2015
today👏is👏the👏ides of march❗️❗️❗️📆😜 Julius Caesar 💬might💬 have gotten💘the knife😩 but I'm ❌NOT❌🙅 going to stab🔪🔪YOU in the back👌🙏 because you're my 👬HOMIE! send this to 1⃣5⃣ Rulers 👑of Rome that you 🚫won't🚫 stab in the back 🔪🔪 ET TU BROTE?? 🙊
2018
Posted on March 14th:
be sure to leave out milk and cookies for brutus tonight
2021
A Miette style example by howdoistormspirit (March 15, 2021):
you STAB caesar? you stab his body like the enemy? oh! oh! jail for brutus! jail for brutus for One Thousand Years!!
On March 15, 2021, fioblah blogged:
among the tumblr holidays i think that the ides of march is for sure a favorite
2022
Another Miette style tumblr post (March 15, 2022):
you STAB Caesar? you stab his body 23 times? oh! oh! Jail for senators! Jail for senators for One Thousand Years!!!
Gallery
tweet by JoemWasTaken for Idea of March meme[2]
Related
- See more information in Et tu Brute at Know Your Meme.
Notes
References
- ^ @isaacsapphire another one for your fake-late-winter-early-spring-holidays file., Archived version. Various tumblr users from 2014 through 2021. Accessed 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Nobody really on Twitter: "Around 60 people agreed to stab Julius Cae…". 2018-01-27. Archived from the original on 2022-03-15.