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Content Warning: The following entry contains homophobic language.

About

Shit Was So Cash is a copypasta from the latter half of 2007. Originating from a post on the 4chan imageboard /b/, the copypasta is a sexually explicit rant in which the poster berates the community while portraying oneself as an alpha male (similar to the Navy Seal Copypasta.). Shit Was So Cash remains one of the most infamous copypastas on the internet and has maintained steady usage since its origin. In addition to the copypasta, an image associated with the text of a man holding a bottle of vodka with his arm around a woman inspired a series of image edits that correspond to the text's content.

Origin

The original post was made in mid-to-late 2007 on 4chan's /b/ board. The original post featured the copypasta along with an image of a young man holding a bottle of vodka with his arm around what appeared to be his girlfriend, as supported by the text (shown below).

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"Hey Faggots,
My name is John, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at stupid ass pictures. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any pussy? I mean, I guess it's fun making fun of people because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than jerking off to pictures on facebook.
Don't be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I'm pretty much perfect. I was captain of the football team, and starter on my basketball team. What sports do you play, other than "jack off to naked drawn Japanese people"? I also get straight A's, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all faggots who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening.

Pic Related: It's me and my bitch"

Precursor

Prior to its usage in the copypasta, the phrase "That Shit Was So Cash" was used as a slang expression used to describe a positive experience. On February 8th, 2008, Urban Dictionary ^[3] user Gus defined the phrase," An expression used to delineate an experience as positive. Originating in the New Jersey region somewhere between 2003 and 2005, the phrase most often immediately follows a short description of an event or a product. While frequently used in conjunction with narrations of sexual events and acts, the phrase is flexible and can apply to nearly any situation." The post received more than 1,100 upvotes in less than 14 years (shown below).

y f > TOP DEFINITION Shit was SO cash An expression used to delineate an experience as positive. Originating in the New Jersey region somewhere between 2003 and 2005, the phrase most often immediately follows a short description of an event or a product. While frequently used in conjunction with narrations of sexual events and acts, the phrase is flexible and can apply to nearly any situation. Milo: How'd your date with Amelia go? D'Angelo: Awesome, bro. We went to Outback and then saw that one fukin' movie that just came out, you know, the one about the fukin' government and shit. Milo: Yeah? You get any? D'Angelo: Oh, no doubt. Went and parked over behind Circuit City, right? And I turn the car off and look at her. And she's like "What are you lookin' at?" and l'm like "You got beautiful eyes, Amelia," and yo, no joking, right there she just unbuckled my pants and blew me; shit was SO cash. Theo: I heard you and Sue hooked up last night. Paul: Yeah, you heard right. That girl is a freak in bed. Theo: Oh? She don't look too crazy. Paul: No man, she's nuts. I fucked her like three times and she was still horny, kept on telling me to do something more kinky. So I was like "You want kinky?" and she was like "The kinkier the better" so I gave her the Inverse Metroid; shit was SO cash. C. Michael Curtis: Oh HELL no dogg, I haven't seen you in crazy years! How you doin'? Thomas Pynchon: Hey yo man, I just typed up a letter of support for lan McEwan in his on-going struggle to clear himself of accusations of plagiarism. C. Michael Curtis: McEwan? Wasn't he that nigga that wrote that book about that little bitch ruining that dude's life? Thomas Pynchon: Hell yeah, playa', it's called "Atonement"; shit was SO cash. by Gus February 08, 2008 Font Screenshot

Spread

The meme continued to spread throughout the 2000s and 2010s. On September 9th, 2008, Urban Dictionary^[4] user Oversiiiiiight defined "Paulie Carbone," who is widely speculated to be the real name of the man in the picture, by posting the copypasta.

TOP DEFINITION y f > Paulie Carbone Shit was SO cash. Hey Faggots, My name is John, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at stupid ass pictures. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any pussy? I mean, I guess it's fun making fun of people because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than jerking off to pictures on facebook. Don't be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I'm pretty much perfect. I was captain of the football team, and starter on my basketball team. What sports do you play, other than "jack off to naked drawn Japanese people"? I also get straight A's during elementary, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all faggots who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening. Pic Related: It's me and my bitch. RIP Paulie Carbone by Oversiiiiiight September 09, 2008 Font

The copypasta spread to other messageboards. For example, on July 28th, 2009, CheatEngine.org^[5] user HackOtaku posted the message (shown below, left).

Soon, variations of the meme, featuring images that resemble the original spread on 4chan. On November 23rd, 2010, for example, an anonymous user posted a version supposedly by a man named Frankie (shown below, right).^[6]

File : 1290562525.jpg-(43 KB, 242x251) O Anonymous 11/23/10(Tue)20:35:25 No.289494XXX [Reply] Hey Faggots, My name is John. File : 1290561632.jpg-(28 KB, 600x450) O Anonymous 11/23/10(Tue)20:20:32 No.289491XXX [Reply] Sup John, I'm calling you out My name is Frankie, and I fucking hate you. You're a dumb retarted no life who should kill yourself. I mean, yeah its fun coming on this site and making fun of the virgin neckbeards (i do it all the time brah), but my problem is that you're ONE of them. starter on the b-ball team? cap'n on the football team? boy, check these muscles out. you aint a baller like me. i'd pound your scrawny ass into the mud. btw, your "bitch" was photoshopped into that picture. i've seen hella shops on this site, and i know for a fact that your "bitch" was shopped in. Pic related: My woman and I. (You never put yourself first John. "Me and my bitch" is incorrect, learn to speak proper english you dumb fuck) Jaw Sleeve Gesture Screenshot Font

Others posted image edits of the scene and altered the text to match the image. These versions use the image to determine the style in which the copypasta is presented. For example, in 2010, FunnyJunk user ascian posted a variation with the Joseph Ducreau self-portrait, referencing the Archaic Rap meme (shown below).

# 231 to #212 - ascian Reply +10 Good 'morrow my homesexually inclined acquaintances, Jonathan is my birthname, and I have a severe dislike toward each of you. It has become apparent to me that you are all grotesque, rather dimwitted, and unlively fellows, who dedicate a somewhat unhealthy amount of time looking at what one would refer to as 'silly pictures'. In this flat world that we live in, it would seem that the negatives consist entirely of you. In all honesty, hath any of you had intimate relations with a ladies front bottom? One understands that making humerous remarks towards at misfortune may be jolly good, especially if one is unhappy with thine self, but it has become ever more apparent that you here at /b/ are able to find new extremeties in that field. One would even go as far as saying that thine behaviour is more frowned upon than stroking thy rod frantically to photographs in the book of faces. Don't be a coward, attempt if you dare, to smite me down with a well aimed insult; But I must profess that I would consider myself to be the definition of brilliance. I was top jouster in my regiment for heavens sake! Do any of you partake in a sport? Besides fondling yourselves to pictures of those of the Asian descent and/or variety? Forsooth, I also achieve the highest standard in my schooling and have a rather attractive lady-friend (One who but moments ago performed fellatio on me! It was rather spiffing might I add.) All of you are rather attracted to men and should consider ending thy life. I thank thee for taking the time to listen to my tale. Photograph rather relevant: It is my lady and myself. Font

Identity

The man in the image is reportedly named Paulie Carbone, who was killed in a car accident on July 10, 2007.^[1] A number of memorial videos were posted on YouTube to his memory, which have since been deleted.^[2] These videos were later the target of troll campagins.^[2]