About
“Slime Man” is an automated signature used in a series of text messages posted on Tumblr in February 2014 which subsequently became an in-joke on the microblogging site.
Origin
On February 24th, 2014, Tumblr user batreaux[1] submitted a post quoting a text message conversation between himself and a girl in which he denies having an automated signature after being confronted for ending each message with “……………….slime man” (shown below). In the first four months, the post gained over 60,600 notes.
Spread
On May 23rd, Tumblr user wolfcola[2] posted a screenshot of a series of text messages in which he denies using “……………….slime man” as a signature on his phone (shown below). Within two weeks, the post garnered more than 3,300 notes.
On June 4th, the meme saw a resurgence on Tumblr after user groudonconfirmed[4] submitted a post with the “…………… slime man” signature, garnering upwards of 13,600 notes in 24 hours. On the following day, DeviantArtist[3] cloudyday posted a screenshot of a DeviantArt comment page in which he repeats “………slime man” (shown below).
