"My House Was Vandalized By Bricks" Copypasta

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Chef curry Parody ☑ @baby_face_goat First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in San Francisco ... After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was harrison barnes. . 6:57 PM Apr 23, 2023

HoodieBev @HoodieBev First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in LA last night. ... After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Police, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Marcus Morris. 12:41 AM Mar 1, 2023

Jah @RipSlumpy First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in Philadelphia. After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Tobias Harris. 8:47 PM - Feb 23, 2023

Flo⑥ @flo_cade First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in Detroit last night. After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Killian Hayes. 8:53 AM Feb 24, 2023

... @DameT1m3 First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in Boston. After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Jayson Tatum. 10:11 PM Dec 28, 2023

11 @LandOfKyrie First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in San Francisco. ... After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Stephen Curry. 11:28 PM Dec 17, 2023

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"My House Was Vandalized By Bricks" Copypasta, also known as First Off…I Am Ok. Copypasta, refers to a sarcastic copypasta and meme used to mock basketball players who have poor shooting performances. The copypasta is primarily prevalent on Twitter / X, and in April 2024, was posted in such frequency regarding a poor performance from NBA player Klay Thompson that Grok AI crafted a "trending news" story saying Thompson was accused of literally vandalizing the city of Sacramento with bricks.

Origin

The copypasta presents a scenario in which a person appears to be reporting that they suffered an attack in which their house was "vandalized by bricks," only to reveal they are making a joke about a basketball player "shooting bricks," aka missing shots. It appears to have first been posted to Twitter on March 23rd, 2022. It was posted by Twitter user @townieWRLD^[1] and was used to mock Russell Westbrook. The tweet gained just three retweets and 24 likes in two years (shown below).

big øł towñï£ @townieWRLD First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in LA. After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was Russel Westbrook 12:04 AM · Mar 23, 2022

First off…I am ok.
My house was vandalized by bricks in LA.
After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff, they were quick to respond.
My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it.
I said yes, it was [X basketball player].

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Over the following years, the copypasta continued to grow in prevalence as it saw use when well-known basketball players had poor shooting nights. For example, on April 8th, 2023, Twitter user @RyB311^[3] tweeted it about LeBron James, gaining over 160 retweets and 1,200 likes in one year (shown below, left). On April 29th, user @LakeShowYo^[4] posted it about Memphis Grizzlies players Dillon Brooks and Ja Morant, gaining over 2,700 retweets and 43,000 likes in one year (shown below, right).

GOONING! Playoff RB @RyB_311 First off...I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in LA last night. After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call police, they were quick to respond. My window is gone, the police asked me if I knew who did it. I said yes, it was LeBron James

LakeShowYo @LakeShowYo First off... I am ok. My house was vandalized by bricks in Los Angeles After my hands stopped shaking, I managed to call the Sheriff...They were quick to respond My window was gone and the police asked if I knew who did it I said yes, it was Dillon Brooks & Ja Morant • 6:48 PM Apr 29, 2023

On April 16th and 17th, 2024, the copypasta appeared en masse following a 0-10 shooting night for Warriors player Klay Thompson in an elimination play-in game against the Sacramento Kings. For example, on the 17th, Twitter user @LakeShowYo^[2] posted it, gaining over 3,400 retweets and 44,000 likes in less than one day (shown below, top).

As a result of the copypasta's prevalence on the platform, Twitter's Grok AI wrote a Trending Topics story that stated Thompson was being accused of literally vandalizing the city of Sacramento with bricks (shown below, bottom), prompting discussions and memes reacting to it.