About

IShowSpeed Smiling Trying Not To Laugh refers to a viral video and reaction video featuring streamer IShowSpeed briefly pursing his lips and frowning before settling into a serene smiling expression with his eyes closed. The video stems from a clip where a young fan cries to IShowSpeed about his mom being "kinda homeless" while Speed tries not to burst out laughing at the fan's quivering voice. The clip of IShowSpeed trying not to laugh first went viral in 2022 and continued to be used as a reaction meme for consecutive years.

Origin

On December 29th, 2021, iShowSpeed hosted a live stream on YouTube^[1] where he participated in a build battle in Fortnite Creative. At roughly the 2:08:05 timestamp, a young player walks up to Speed's Fornite character and says "Speed, I really need this. My mom is kinda homeless. I live with my dad. I want to help her out." Speed can be seen pursing his lips and suppressing a laugh (seen below). The post gathered over 2.3 million views in three years (seen below).

Another player can be heard scolding Speed for laughing at a crying young fan, a transcript of which can be seen below.

"Speed. I'm watching your stream, why are you trying not to laugh? Bro, that's disrespectful as s***, bro. The f*** is wrong with you, bro? Stop f*****g laughing, bro! Look at you smiling, bro. You're disrespectful as s***, bro. You don't love your fans? You don't like your fans? Why are you laughing at your fans, bro? Nah, real s***, disrespectful as s***. I'm not f*****g laughing, Speed."

Spread

The clip of IShowSpeed suppressing his laugh came to be used as reaction gif or video in 2023, with the earliest known viral post using the clip being an October 24th, 2023 video posted by X^[2] user @VenomDbd, gathering over 23,000 likes on a post that read, "Peter when he saw the “Miles Morales Original” Suit."

Peter when he saw the “Miles Morales Original” Suit pic.twitter.com/0Xeg4AnXHH

— Venom by Daylight🇵🇸 (@VenomDbd) October 24, 2023

A TikTok from October 26th, 2023 by TikToker^[3] @tlmmy_burch gathered over 74,000 plays and 4,000 likes (seen below).

A December 25th, 2023 post by X^[4] user @ffliction used the meme and gathered over 1,000 likes (seen below, left), while a January 23rd, 2024 post by X^[5] user @EnjoyerFive used the image of Speed smiling with his eyes closed, and gathered over 37,000 likes in two weeks (seen below, right).

Related Memes

Jonkler Trying Not to Laugh

Jonkler Trying Not to Laugh refers to a series of memes based on two photoshopped mages of Jonkler, a memetic character based on the Batman character Joker, edited after iShowSpeed Trying Not to Laugh meme. The format has been used in a similar fashion to the original version and gained popularity in early September 2024.

Various Examples

I’ve accepted it. I’ve accepted it all. https://t.co/ynZqTE60JR pic.twitter.com/H49CmfMS6z

— ✕ (@DEAADSEAA) February 8, 2024

Adin: “you play games and shit? video games?”

Carti: “No” pic.twitter.com/zmB54NHLim

— WhosBreezy 🇵🇰 (@WhosBreezyUK) February 5, 2024

Deku vs shigaraki didnt make HALF the noise gojo vs sukuna made 😭😭😭 https://t.co/7KfX4pP0gD pic.twitter.com/Hg265T5Bsa

— 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 ⛩️神社 (@RyomenMegkuna) December 27, 2023

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