Shut Seagull
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About
Shut Seagull refers to a photoshopped screenshot from the Inhaling Seagull video of a seagull with its neck extended and its mouth being held closed by the "OK Hand Emoji" (π). The word "shut" is written at the bottom of the image. It is often used in image macros and as a reaction image.
Origin
On July 12th, 2012, YouTuber Dimaniztlt uploaded footage of a seagull appearing to throw its head backwards and laugh (shown below). Within five years, the video gained over 181,000 views. A series of screenshots from this video became the Inhaling Seagull meme.
On June 27th, 2019, /u/Energizer357 made a post titled "shut" to /r/reactionpics[1] consisting of an image of a seagull, taken from the Inhaling Seagull video, with its mouth held shut by the "OK Hand Emoji" (shown below). The image gained over 1,100 upvotes in a year and is the earliest known upload.
Spread
The image slowly spread across Reddit through several high-interaction posts.
On September 5th, 2019, /u/TraditionalRisk82 posted an image macro criticizing "are you really gonna scroll by" posts to /r/me_irl,[2] garnering over 11,600 upvotes and representing the earliest known image macro using Shut Seagull (shown below, left). The image was reposted to /r/memes[3] on September 23rd, garnering over 24,000 upvotes in a year.
On November 19th, bookarkar posted a Shut Seagull meme to Imgur,[4] garnering over 82,000 views and 1,000 upvotes in a year (shown below, right).
On November 28th, /u/grizzlygluteous posted a version of the meme to /r/memes[6] mocking posts titled "Guess who's browsing Reddit instead of doing their homework" that were popular at the time, garnering over 26,000 upvotes in a year (shown below, left).
On December 3rd, /u/Noodle-y_Spaghets posted a version implying people who joke "see you next year" on New Years should stop to /r/dankmemes,[7] garnering over 27,600 upvotes in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).
The lone image is also used as a reaction image, typically on Twitter, to imply that a poster should "shut up."[8][9]
On February 5th, 2021, /u/Utsav44 posted a Shut Seagull meme referencing Godzilla vs. Kong, to /r/dankmemes,[5] garnering over 13,000 upvotes in 7 hours (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[3] Reddit β Shut the mouth
[5] Reddit β yOu BeTtEr sHuT yOuR MoUtH
[7] Reddit β It really do be like that
[8] Twitter β SoothingCube3
[9] Twitter β lilsourdough
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