![]() Let’s hope you didn’t sit for too long reading this, otherwise the snail will catch you. how the tables have turned #thesnail #snail #immortalsnail ♬ the snail is coming – e Let me say my goodbyes to my family first.” And then in a mad twist, you discover the snail hasn’t been chasing them, but they’ve been chasing the snail this entire time. In the video they’re digging through a tunnel underground and the text on screen says: “POV: It’s 3041 and you decide to seek out the snail after losing your tenth family.” But when they realise the snail has its own family, the snail says: “I knew you would find me eventually. had a good run #immortalsnail #thesnail #snail #fyp ♬ the snail is coming – eĪnother user posted a viral video which has over 700,000 likes. Someone else posted a video captioned with: “POV: You spend immortality perfecting your craft but in the end drop your guard.” And they’re drawing a picture but unfortunately drop dead before finishing because, yes you guessed it, the snail of immortality caught them. One of the accounts, posted a video with the text: “I thrive knowing you will never rest.” And the video has been liked over two million times, you can watch it below: inevitable we will meet my friend #immortalsnail #joinus #fyp ♬ original sound – Jacob Stark Pretty creepy, right? Here’s what people are using the trend for on TikTokĪ few TikTok users have been posting videos from the perspective of the snail, which is really weird when you think about it. The videos are played to John Lennon’s song, Happy Xmas (War is Over). It’s currently under the immortal snail hashtag and has over 239 million views. So yeah, you have a tonne of money but you’re constantly running from a snail that will kill you.Īnd now the meme has made its way over to TikTok. But this isn’t just any normal snail because if this snail catches up to them and touches them, they die. In said scenario, a person receives $10 million and a snail follows them for the rest of their life. Where did this meme even come from and is there actually an immortal snail chasing me? We’re about to answer all of your burning questions, let’s start with how the hell this snail meme even started: So the immortal snail meme on TikTok comes from a podcast in 2014īasically the immortal snail memes dates back a few years to 2014 when the Rooster Teeth Podcast gave its listeners a hypothetical scenario. If you haven’t then you’re probably just as confused as the rest of us because the videos don’t really explain much. The piece has been recorded as part of UK treasure finds from 2018, which include an Iron Age mirror and tweezers and a rapier from a Bronze Age hoard.You’ve probably seen the immortal snail meme going around on TikTok right now. While components of the piece may have established meanings, the overall joke intended by the piece which would have attached to a belt is not known as the decoration has no close parallels. “It demonstrates the humour often found in medieval material culture.” “The mount may be a satirical reference to cowardly or non-chivalric behaviour of opponents in battle, or as a parody of the upper or knightly classes. Snails are often depicted in the margins of medieval illuminated decorated manuscripts. “The image of the praying knight emerging from a snail shell atop a goat implies an element of parody or satire. She added: “This unusual silver-gilt mount may once have been attached to a leather belt or strap, or perhaps worn as a badge. "The humorous or satirical significance was probably obvious to contemporary people, rather like a meme, although its meaning has now become obscure." In medieval manuscripts snails were sometimes used as a reference to cowardice, or as a symbol of evil, and scholars believe the imagery of the long-lost joke could even be slight against the Lombard people who were unpopular in northern Europe.īeverley Nenk, curator of later Medieval collections at the British Museum, said: "This motif may be an example the medieval theme of the World Turned Upside Down, Le Monde Renverse. In April 2015, the term was popularized on Tumblr along with other portmanteaus, including 'snurch' (snake + church), sneeple (snail + people) and sneme (snail + meme). The 2cm-long 13th-century object unearthed in Pontefract in 2020 is a decorative nod to a medieval joke, according to British Museum experts, although it’s meaning is not certain. Sneople, a portmanteau of the words 'snake' and 'people', refers to a race of reptilian humanoids mentioned in an episode of the animated television series Steven Universe. Visual jokes widely distributed online, memes have become a mainstay of irreverent internet culture, but amusing images with subversive messages were also shared in the Middle Ages.Ī belt mount ornament depicting a praying knight in a helmet emerging from a snail shell, which is balanced on a goat, is believed to be forerunner of the modern meme. A medieval meme has been recorded by British Museum after treasure hunters found the gilded image of a "snail man" used satirically in the Middle Ages.
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