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About

You Know I Had to Practice Information technology to Em is a photoshop meme based on a picture show of Twitter user LuckyLuciano17k standing on a sidewalk wearing a light-colored shirt and shorts with the caption "You know I had to do information technology to em."

Origin

On September 2nd, 2014, Twitter user LuckyLuciano17k posted the photograph of himself with the caption "Y'all know I had to do information technology to em" (shown beneath).^[one] Prior to the Twitter account becoming individual on December 22nd, 2016, the tweet received more than ane,700 likes and ane,700 retweets.

Spread

The tweet remained relatively unknown until July 1st, 2016, when Twitter user @ExhelonWinter^[4] reposted the photograph with a mock caption depicting @LuckyLuciano17k every bit a snobby hip hop fan (shown beneath).

first mock caption that started the meme You Know I had To Do It To Them

On July 7th, Tumblr user zonecassette posted an ad for the candy M&One thousand featuring an 1000&Chiliad version of the television host Dr. Phil standing with his arms crossed along with the explanation "You know I had to do it to em," garnering more than 4,400 notes within six months (shown beneath, left). On July 26th, Tumblr user queenwhiskey reposted the original photograph.^{[half dozen]} On Dec fifth, Tumblr user splooge-mcducc posted a photoshop of LuckyLuciano17k as the character Fred Flintstone from the cartoon The Flintstones (shown below, right). Within 3 weeks, the post gained over 18,000 notes.

I had to do it to them meme of the kid made into a green M&M with a mustache

Had to do it to them meme of the kids as Fred Flinstone

On December 22nd, Tumblr user milkyboyhanzo posted a photoshop featuring the graphic symbol Zenyatta from Overwatch (shown below, left). The following solar day, Tumblr user graffitidraws^[seven] posted an illustration of the character Stingy from LazyTown based on the original LuckyLuciano17k photo (shown below, right).

I had to do it to them meme as Zenyatta from Overwatch

I had to do it to them meme as Stingy from LazyTown

The meme connected actualization in various iterations through Oct of 2017. On October 1st, Twitter user @lujgi posted a photoshop of the character as the twins from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, gaining over 8,400 retweets (shown below, left). The same 24-hour interval, Instagram meme maker adam.the.creator^[viii] posted an prototype including Luciano in a "All the memes of September" collage (shown beneath, right).

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Arrest

On July 29th, Lucky Luciano launched a GoFundMe^[nine] campaign titled "Costless Lucky Campaign," challenge that he was "arrested over BS" and needed money to pay for "legal costs, court fees, bail money" and a lawyer to sue the constabulary officers who arrested him (shown below).

That twenty-four hour period, a link to the GoFundMe was tweeted by @LuckyLucianoOG.^[12] In response to the tweet, Twitter user @ChungMoolah^[xi] tweeted a screenshot of an arrest record with charges for possession of drug paraphernalia, cocaine and cannabis (shown below).

Charges Custody Charge Charge Days Count ype No Charge Description Class Court DISP 1POSSESS CNTRL SUB W/O Probable Cause F3 31B Recognizance $0.00 B $0.00 PRESCRIPTION/COCAINE Report # CT-Case # Date Agency OBTS Number Charge Code CRA Number HS201833106818-CF-006983- 05/13/2018 HS 2939080838 DRUG2102 HS18014154 Remark RR J/WOLFE 060118 e Custody Charge Charge No Charge Description Class Court DISP Bond DaysCount ype Probable Cause 2 F3 31B Recognizance $0.00 B $0.00 POSSESSION OF CANNABIS WITH INTENT TO SELL Report # CT-Case # Date Agency OBTS Number Charge Code CRA Number 18-CF-006132- 05/14/2018 HS 2939080838 DRUG2320 Remark RR J/WOLFE 060118 Fine Custody Charge Charge DaysCount No Charge Description Class Court DISP Bond Type Probable Cause 3 USING/POSSESSION OF DRUG M1 31B Recognizance $0.00 B $0.00 PARAPHERNALIA (DR OBTS Number CRA Number Charge Code DRUG8102 Report # CT-Case # Agency HS ate 18-CF-006132- 05/14/2018 2939080838 Remark RR J/WOLFE 060118 Fine Custody Charge Charge Days Count No Charge Description Class Court DISP Bond Type Probable Cause 4 ATTACHING LICENSE PLATE/TAG M2 NOT ASSIGNED Report # 31B Recognizance$0.00 B $%0.00 CT-Case # Date OBTS Number Charge Code CRA Number Agency HS 18-CF-006132- 05/14/2018 2939080838 TRAF5040 Remark RR J/WOLFE 060118 music text font line

Meanwhile, Lucky Luciano uploaded a video to his YouTube channel discussing his abort (shown below).

The post-obit day, Twitter user @queggsi^[10] tweeted out a screenshot of a now-deleted Instagram mail showing Lucky Luciano'southward mugshot (shown beneath). The tweet was subsequently deleted. Meanwhile, Facebook^[13] user JG Chocolate-brown posted the mugshot along with abort record screenshots.

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Where's Waldo?-Style Edits

In 2018, edits of the meme in which people subtly photoshopped Luciano into other pictures grew pop, peculiarly on Tumblr. There, one would post an image witch captions like "he's here," leading to reblog chains of people asking "Where the fuck is he?" and similar questions. For example, ane of the early edits in this mode, posted by ray-winters-sings on September 20th, edited an image of some of the Super Smash Brothers Ultimate roster (shown below, left). Another edit posted by user axleheart on Oct sixth photoshopped Luciano into the affiche for the new Halloween film (shown below, right).

dan-the-baker. SOMEONE ADD A PICTURE OF ISABELLE SHES BLONDE 0 Actually canl have five more of these little blonde bitches? I also added a super special secret new challenger but you gotta find them dan-the-baker Source: otherwindow human hair color blond

HALLOWEEN IS COMING HALLOWEEN IS COMING Michael Myers photograph

The popularity of these edits led to the creation of two blogs titled "Where the Fuck Is He?" devoted to reposting examples of the meme.^[fourteen] ^[fifteen] On Oct 9th, Tumblr user givemethefrenchfries^[16] compared "I'm fcukibng shakinbg where the fuck is he" to a comment akin to Is This Loss?

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World Airlines Community Tuesday at 7:10 AM This guy found himself on an empty airplane so he took a picture of himself in every seat and photoshopped them together

Location

On @LuckyLuciano's Twitter profile, an address in Tampa, Florida is listed, which has been identified as the location of the original "Y'all know I had to do it to em" photograph. On February 3rd, 2018, YouTuber DawnSavior uploaded a video featuring Google Globe of the address (shown beneath).

On July 4th, 2018, Twitter user @BrendanHersh^[xviii] tweeted a photograph of himself recreating the photograph at the same location (shown below).

Brendan @BrendanHersh You know I had to do it to em I traveled to 14304 Capitol Drive, Tampa, FL to recreate this iconic image. Video coming soon. 51 11:42 AM - Jul 4, 2018 See Brendan in.b's other Tweets clothing joint grass shoulder play

On November 27th, 2018, Twitter user @JeffJoseph96^[17] tweeted a photograph of himself standing in the same location as the original Lucky Luciano photograph (shown beneath). Within 48 hours, the tweet received more 173,000 likes and 34,200 retweets.