I'm Sorry Little One

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When you accidentally call your short friend short and he tells you to apologize to him I'm sorry, little one.

When you see a promising new meme format but it's not related to Spooktober so you have to downvote it I'm sorry, little one.

When that one traditional 2D hand drawn animated film from that foreign animation studio that you've waited 2 years for is finally out but it's only playing in 4 theaters for 2 davs on the other side of the country so you have to watch it on Kisscartoon instead I'm sorry, little one.

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I'm Sorry Little One is a quote by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. The quote has been used as a reaction image taken out of context and paired with humorous captions.

Origin

In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos apologizes to Gomorrah before killing her (shown below).

Spread

The scene was quickly paired with captions giving the line a humorous context. One of the first, posted to Facebook group 8shit on May 9th, 2018, gained over 6,300 likes and reactions (shown below, left).^[1] A May 11th, 2018 /r/dankmemes^[2] post about reposted memes gained over 16,000 points (shown below, right).

That look you give your abused meat before going incognito for the third time in a day I'm sorry, little one.

When you see a repost of your meme and vou have to downvote it I'm sorry, little one.

The format continued to trend through the following year. The "incognito mode" example has been reposted numerous times in places such as /r/memes^[3] and /r/thanosdidnothingwrong.^[4] Other examples include an /r/dankmemes^[5] post about Spooktober that gained over 7,300 points (shown below, left) and an /r/ThanosDidNothingWrong^[6] post making a chemistry joke that gained over 18,000 points (shown below, right).