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McDonalds'“I understood the assignment” era on Twitter began in the second half of 2021.
With a calculation based on conjecture, the trend can be traced back to the beginning of 2021.
We looked toKnow Your Memefor confirmation, and it turns out we were right.
This is what high school teachers meant when they said that we’d use math after graduating.
This particular phrase has garnered extreme attention across all social media platforms.
But what does it mean?
And why is there an entire song dedicated to it?
Read on to learn more.
In March 2021, a Twitter user @thering26 posted stills ofUma Thurmanin numerous acting roles.
“Uma Thurman will always understand the assignment,” theaccompanying textread.
A few months later, artist Tay Money put a new spin on the trend.
She released a song that claimed she understood “The Assignment.”
The artist herself used a part of the song that said “I understood the assignment” on TikTok.
Even celebrities hopped on the trend.
Taylor Swift used it to promote “All Too Well” (viaYouTube) and basically immortalized the phrase.
There are currently around 250 million views on the “the assignment” hashtag onTikTok.
And that’s how one meme took over the internet.
