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Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame; read at your own caution.


About

"I Used the Stones to Destroy the Stones" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Thanos in the 2019 Marvel superhero film Avengers: Endgame. The line comes after another Avengers: Endgame meme: Gone. Reduced to Atoms.

Origin

On April 26th, 2019, the film Avengers: Endgame was released in the United States.[1] In the film, the Avengers confront the character Thanos (portrayed by Josh Brolin) about the powerful Infinity Stones, which could bring back the fallen, whom Thanos killed in Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos explains that he "used the stones to destroy the stones."

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On April 30th, Redditor [2] SYKKO posted an image of Thanos with the line as the subtitle. The image was captioned, "When you use Task Manager to end Task Manager." The post received more than 1,400 points (99% upvoted) and 10 comments in less than two months (shown below, left).

On May 27th, Redditor[3] EpicRicardo posted a variation in which the image is juxtraposed with a drug dealer tip line and the Thanos line is altered to read "I used the stoners to destroy the stoners." The post received more than 76,000 points (96% upvoted) and 365 comments in less than one months (shown below, center).

Several days later, on June 8th, Imgur [4] user ammogirlt400 posted the image below a video about a coffee cup that is made from coffee grounds. They altered the Thanos line to read, "I used the coffee to hold the coffee." The post received more than 79,000 views and 1,700 points in three days (shown below, right).

When you use Task Manager to end Task Manager: I used the stones to destroy the stones
ATTENTION DRUG DEALERS Report Your Competition 330-333-1TIP I used the stoners to destroy the stoners
CUP MADE FROM COFFEE GROUNDS TECH INSIDER 3:25 How A Company In Berlin Is Turning Ti Coffee Grounds Into Reusable Cups Tech Insider 162K views 1 day ago I used the coffee to hold the coffee

Various Examples

When you use Internet Explorer to download Chrome Diko_a* I used the stones to destroy the stones
When you mine diamonds with your diamond pickaxe I used the stones to destroy the stones.
Thanos using the Infinity Stones to destroy the Infinity Stones

When you look for Endgame spoilers so people can't spoil you I used the stones to destroy the stones
T used the stones to destroy the stones imgflip.com
When you use the stones to destroy the stones: ako An T used the stones to destroy the stones

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l used the stones to destroy the stones.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Avengers: Endgame

[2] Reddit – /r/endgame

[3] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

[4] Imgur – Cup made from coffee grounds



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