Thanks, I Hate It

Thanks, I hate it is a fashionable phrase in comments, used to express contempt toward the post.

It is also a popular choice as a title for shitpost on message and image boards such as Reddit.

via MEME

The exact origin of the phrase is not known, although it started emerging on Reddit, Tumblr and Imgur in late 2017.

While it initially started out in the comment section, toward the end of 2017, “thanks, I hate it” would be often encountered in the titles of posts on Reddit.

On December 29^th, 2017, the subreddit r/thanksihateit was launched, with the aim of collecting all the disturbing images of the internet at one place.

The phrase became widely recognized, with the first Urban Dictionary entry added on the topic on August 10^th, 2018.

• Mashable – The ‘Thanks, I hate it’ meme has found its spiritual home
• Reddit – r/TTHI