The Ants π‘ π
Meaning
The Ants π‘ π is a catchphrase used on top of TikTok videos when the TikTok users show how an ant would react or behave in various situations.
The person who makes the TikTok video imitates an ant, putting his or her pointing fingers to their head as horns.
It started out with one video including the text βthrow this piece of fruit away, it has ants all over itβ, followed by another clip with the person’s fingers positioned on their head and the text βThe Ants π‘ πβ
Because of its silly concept, people started copying the video and making their own versions.
Search Interest
Origin of the meme
The first video was uploaded on TikTok by user @erinleexd on the 3rd of September, 2019.
The background music played was βJuly 19 Dance Trends mashupβ by thedylanmiller, and the first scene is supposed to depict the human throwing away the fruit, followed by the angry react of the ants.
The two emojiβs added to the end, βπ‘ πβ is also meant to show the antsβ reaction.
Spread of the meme
Just three days after the release of the video, other versions by other TikTok users started popping up, imitating βThe Ants π‘ πβ in various situations.
Soon, βThe Ants π‘ πβ became a popular topic and tag on social platforms such as Twitter.
First, user @amysmvrcury tweeted a post only containing βThe Ants π‘ πβ repeatedly.
One day later, user @gabillla tweeted βeveryoneβs always says the ants π‘ π but no one ever asks how r the ants π‘ πβ
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Further information/Sources
- Urban Dictionary β The Ants π‘ π
- Know Your Meme β The Ants π‘ π
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