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You Know I Had to Do It to Em is a photoshop meme based on a flick of Twitter user LuckyLuciano17k standing on a sidewalk wearing a light-colored shirt and shorts with the caption "You know I had to do it to em."

Origin

On September 2nd, 2014, Twitter user LuckyLuciano17k posted the photograph of himself with the caption "You know I had to do information technology to em" (shown beneath).^[1] Prior to the Twitter business relationship becoming private on Dec 22nd, 2016, the tweet received more 1,700 likes and one,700 retweets.

Spread

The tweet remained relatively unknown until July 1st, 2016, when Twitter user @ExhelonWinter^[4] reposted the photo with a mock explanation depicting @LuckyLuciano17k as a snobby hip hop fan (shown below).

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

On July seventh, Tumblr user zonecassette posted an advertising for the candy 1000&M featuring an M&Grand version of the television host Dr. Phil standing with his arms crossed along with the caption "You lot know I had to do it to em," garnering more than than 4,400 notes within six months (shown below, left). On July 26th, Tumblr user queenwhiskey reposted the original photo.^[half-dozen] On December fifth, Tumblr user splooge-mcducc posted a photoshop of LuckyLuciano17k as the character Fred Flintstone from the cartoon The Flintstones (shown beneath, right). Within three weeks, the post gained over eighteen,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 beneath, left). The following day, Tumblr user graffitidraws^[7] posted an illustration of the graphic symbol Stingy from LazyTown based on the original LuckyLuciano17k photograph (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 continued appearing in various iterations through Oct of 2017. On October 1st, Twitter user @lujgi posted a photoshop of the grapheme as the twins from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, gaining over eight,400 retweets (shown below, left). The same day, Instagram meme maker adam.the.creator^[viii] posted an image including Luciano in a "All the memes of September" collage (shown beneath, right).

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All of September in one meme You heard of me? CURRY 30 SKRRRRA! POP-OOP SPECIAL REPORT Kylie Sonogram Shocker: Monkey Getting Haircut!* Psycho clown terrorizes innocents...Pennywise, too...J.onah u ok?...Had to do it to 'em.. Kanye's ting goes skrrra. *PS: Khloe is pregnant, too...but nobody cares Khloé Kardashian advertising

Arrest

On July 29th, Lucky Luciano launched a GoFundMe^[ix] campaign titled "Gratuitous Lucky Campaign," claiming that he was "arrested over BS" and needed money to pay for "legal costs, court fees, bond money" and a lawyer to sue the police officers who arrested him (shown beneath).

That day, 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 tape 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 following twenty-four hour period, Twitter user @queggsi^[x] tweeted out a screenshot of a now-deleted Instagram post showing Lucky Luciano'southward mugshot (shown beneath). The tweet was afterward deleted. Meanwhile, Facebook^[13] user JG Brown posted the mugshot along with arrest record screenshots.

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Where'south Waldo?-Style Edits

In 2018, edits of the meme in which people subtly photoshopped Luciano into other pictures grew pop, particularly on Tumblr. At that place, one would postal service an epitome witch captions like "he'south here," leading to reblog chains of people asking "Where the fuck is he?" and similar questions. For example, one of the early edits in this mode, posted by ray-winters-sings on September 20th, edited an paradigm of some of the Super Smash Brothers Ultimate roster (shown below, left). Some other edit posted by user axleheart on Oct 6th photoshopped Luciano into the affiche for the new Halloween movie (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] ^[15] On October 9th, Tumblr user givemethefrenchfries^[16] compared "I'g fcukibng shakinbg where the fuck is he" to a annotate 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 equally the location of the original "Yous know I had to practice information technology to em" photograph. On February 3rd, 2018, YouTuber DawnSavior uploaded a video featuring Google Earth of the address (shown below).

On July 4th, 2018, Twitter user @BrendanHersh^[18] tweeted a photograph of himself recreating the photograph at the aforementioned location (shown beneath).

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