Sociological Study Conducted by Harvard University

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helena' #AlwaysWithHaseul @seoksseul Good Evening, "Map of the Soul: 7" was a one-hour sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 11:10 AM · Jan 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

[coughs] (°m°) @midapocalyptic Good Evening, "Grimes" and "Elon Musk" were a 24 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University. Thank you for your time. 9:13 PM · Jan 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

big ass winwin @winwingamer Good Evening, "the ellie username change" was a 6 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We at Harvard thank the UHC Community for the results. 12:28 AM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Agraria @homosnaxual good evening. "the new york times" was a 171 year sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 11:49 PM · Jan 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Sociological Study Conducted by Harvard University is a copypasta which originated from the Timmy Thick Twitter. Prior to taking a social media hiatus, Timmy Thick claimed that his persona was a "24 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University" that had come to its end. The phrase became a copypasta which people used to claim something bizarre online was actually a social experiment.

Origin

On March 17th, 2018, social media star Timmy Thick posted that the "Timmy Thick" persona was "a 24 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University" that had come to its end^[1] (shown below). It was later confirmed that the tweet was not true, and Timmy Thick later returned to social media.^[2]

BARBIE® Follow @timmythick Good Evening, "timmythick" was a 24 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 3:19 PM - 17 Mar 2018

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After Thick's post, the phrase became a copypasta on Twitter with which people joked that various phenomena were actually social experiments. For example, on March 18th, 2018 popular Twitter user @BillRatchet^[3] made the joke about himself, gaining over 940 retweets and 9,500 likes (shown below, left). On April 22nd, Twitter user @auntanxiety^[4] made the post with pop-country singer Shania Twain, gaining over 490 retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, right).

reverend bill @BillRatchet Good Evening, "BillRatchet" was a 24 month sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 3:51 AM · Mar 18, 2018 · Twitter for iPhone

nolan @auntanxiety Good Afternoon, "Shania Twain" was a 52 year sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time. 3:32 PM · Apr 22, 2018 · Twitter for iPhone

The copypasta continued seeing use through 2019 and 2020. For example, on October 1st, 2019, Twitter user @mandres_^[5] posted the copypasta with regards to the Emoblackthot Identity Hoax, gaining over 2,200 retweets and 15,000 likes (shown below, left). On January 14th, 2020, Twitter user @MissPavlichenko^[6] posted the copypasta with regards to recently-banned political tweeter Aimee Terese, gaining over 230 retweets and 3,900 likes (shown below, right).