Please Let Me Be Born In X / Niche Ecology Posting

About

Please Let Me Be Born In X, also known as Niche Ecology Posting, refers to a series of image macro memes using TikTok Photo Slideshows and the aforementioned phrasal template in which people describe their favorite Earth ecosystems of the past and present, hoping to be born in them with a doctor version of GigaChad greeting them upon birth. The trend is similar to the earlier God, Please Norway meme but focuses on biodiversity instead of countries and cities. This genre of ecology and paleogeology posting began in October 2022 with people talking about specific cities before evolving into posting about biodiversity in November of that year.

Origin

"God, Please Norway" Precursor

God, Please Norway refers to a 4-panel meme format from 2018 featuring a newborn baby expressing surprise or disappointment after they realize where they were born.

"Please Let Me Be Born In X" Derivative

On October 8th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @loless01 posted a TikTok Slideshow starting with an image of a fetus praying they are born in Italy, a GigaChad doctor greeting them in Italian and various images of places in Italy. The slideshow gathered over 250,000 plays and 39,000 likes in nearly a month. On October 10th, TikToker^[2] @samuel.corriveau posted a similar slideshow for Quebec, Canada, gathering over 90,000 plays and 10,000 likes in roughly the same timeframe (seen below).

The trend continued to reference various cities until TikToker^[3] @lakelocked_wildman posted a more niche meme on October 28th about hoping to be born in a specific ecological area, the Tallgrass Prairie of Central North America. The post gathered over 100,000 plays and 20,000 likes in six days (seen below).

Spread

The following day after the Tallgrass Prairie meme, TikToker^[4] @lakelocked_wildman then posted another niche biodiversity meme on October 29th, 2022, this time covering the paleontological subject of the temperate forests of Eastern North America between 500 to 1,000 years ago. The post gathered over 80,000 plays and 20,000 likes in five days (seen below).

On November 1st, the meme trend spread further when TikToker^[5] @wilderness_ontario posted an ecology slideshow about the Great American Chestnut Tree, gathering over 50,000 plays and 9,000 likes in two days (seen below).

On November 2nd, 2022, TikToker^[6] @killgore.pilled then posted a slideshow highlighting the endangered ecologies of the East African Afromontane regions, also known as the "Mountains of the Moon." The post gathered over 70,000 plays and 20,000 likes in less than 24 hours (seen below).

Various Examples

Search Interest

Unavailable.

External References