

Going into September 2021, more and more Mug Root Beer memes began to surface on Instagram and TikTok, some using the Drake The Type Of. It was also reposted to other platforms like iFunny in September 2021. The meme (shown below) received roughly 3,400 likes over the course of two months. On August 13th, 2021, Instagram account posted a Mug Root Beer meme using an image of Quagmire with his jaw dropped. On August 7th, 2021, the subreddit r/MugDog was created which has 207 members as of October 2021.Īlso, in August 2021, memes about Mug Root Beer began to surface on Instagram. In the replies to the tweet, multiple Mug Root Beer memes surfaced from the r/Vinesauce subreddit. On August 3rd, 2021, Twitter user tweeted about how the brands Mug and Barq's have been, "forever waging a cold war against each other with no shifting front lines." The tweet (shown below) received roughly 377,800 likes over the course of two months. More Mug memes were posted to r/Vinesauce throughout 2020, many using the term, "Mug Gamer." The post (shown below, right) received 117 likes over the course of two years. On April 2nd, 2020, Reddit user HatKid42069 posted a meme editing in "Mug Moment" into the Mug Root Beer logo. The Reddit post (shown below, left) received 583 upvotes over the course of two years. On March 23rd, 2020, Reddit user NicholasTheEgghead14 posted a meme to the r/Vinesauce subreddit layering Impact font captions over an image of a Mug Root Beer can.
#MUG MOMENT FULL#
On March 23rd, 2020, YouTube channel, Vargskelethor Uncut: Full Joel Streams, uploaded the clip (shown below) and received roughly 140,200 views and 9,200 likes over the course of a year and a half. One viewer in the chat then typed, "Mug Moment," causing Joel to laugh and repeat it. The chat started spamming "Mug" and "It's Mug," quickly turning it into a spammable copypasta. During the stream, Joel asked his viewers, "What's that root beer that's like a giant dog on it?" The chat responded, "Mug." Joel then asked, "Is Mug any good?" never having had it because he is from Sweden. On March 22nd, 2020, Twitch streamer Vargskelethor, also known as Joel, who's part of the Twitch collective Vinesauce, was playing the video game Black Mesa live for his viewers.
