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Skull Cow Isn't Real, It Can't Hurt You
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About
Skull Cow Isn't Real, It Can't Hurt You refers to a viral joke turned snowclone in which a therapist attempts to convince their patient to stop fixating on a menacing-looking cow. Written by Twitter user @Probgoblin in April 2018, in February 2019 the joke has become a snowclone format used for photographs of bizarre-looking cows and otherwise cursed images.
Origin
On August 13th, 2014, Redditor[1] JollyElnglishman posted an image of a cow with a skull-shaped pattern on its head to /r/mildlyinteresting subreddit. The post gained over 2,700 upvotes in six months, with Imgur[2] post gaining over 4,200 points.
![Skull Cow picture of a brown cow with a white mark on its head resembling a skull](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/749/a44.jpg)
On April 18th, 2018, Twitter[3] user @Probgoblin tweeted a joke about a therapist attempting to convince their client that "Skull Cow" isn't real and that it can't hurt them. The tweet gained over 24,300 retweets and 95,000 likes in ten months.
![Skull Cow tweet about a therapist trying to convince their patient skull cow doesn't exist followed by a picture of a cow with a skull shaped mark on its head](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/748/4c7.jpg)
Spread
In the following months, the screenshot of the tweet was posted multiple times on Reddit[4][5] and other online platforms.[6]
Resurgence
Starting February 18th, 2019, various jokes based on the format were posted by Reddit users. On February 18th, Redditor[7] Egg_Boye uploaded the first known derivative meme featuring "long cow" (shown below, left). The post gained over 4,000 upvotes in ten days. On February 19th, Redditor[8] Craig__Christ posted a meme featuring "chad cow" which received over 13,400 upvotes.
![therapist trying to convince their patient long cow doesn't exist followed by a picture of two cows standing behind a building in a way that makes them appear as one cow with a long body therapist trying to convince their patient long cow doesn't exist followed by a picture of two cows standing behind a building in a way that makes them appear as one cow with a long body](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/764/9c0.jpg)
![therapist trying to convince their patient chad cow doesn't exist followed by a picture of a massive muscular cow therapist trying to convince their patient chad cow doesn't exist followed by a picture of a massive muscular cow](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/765/4ad.png)
In the following days, more variations of the meme, mostly featuring various unnaturally-looking cows and disproportionate objects, were posted on Reddit.
Various Examples
![OH GOD HES LOOKING THROUGH MY TENTH STORY WINDOW OH GOD OH NO Therapist: Tall cow isn't real, and he can't huri you. Tall cow:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/770/511.png)
![This keeps me up at night Therapist: invisible cow isn't real, he can't hurt you invisible cow:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/768/011.jpg)
![It all started when I was born.. Therapist: Tall chest isn't real, he can't hurt you. Tall chest](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/773/5ea.jpg)
![Cow memes>anything else Therapist: Sphere cow isn't real, he can't hurt you. sphere cow:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/769/f86.jpg)
![You're listening to the Doctor Fraiser Crane show](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/774/d74.jpg)
![polygon cow Polygonal cow is Therapist: hurt you Polygonal Cow: n't real, he cant](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/777/563.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – We found a cow with a skull on its face in Auvergne, France.
[2] Imgur – We found a cow with a skull on its face in Auvergne, France.
[3] Twitter – @Probgoblin's Tweet
[4] Reddit – Dont mess with ma boi
[6] 9GAG – Skull Cow is watching
[7] Reddit – Long cow noises
[8] Reddit – oh god oh fuck he's at my door oh fuck what do I do
Top Comments
tino768
Feb 28, 2019 at 01:09PM EST
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