

On August 20th, 2015, Tumblr user future-ghost mocked Banksy's "Dismaland" concept with the phrase, gaining over 12,000 notes (shown below, right). On April 1st, 2015, user leelinschlin posted a text post that read "Welcome to my twisted bra strap," gaining over 75,000 notes (shown below, left). Meanwhile, the phrase began to pick up steam as a meme and snowclone on Tumblr mocking teens attempting to be edgy. History Group created on AugSee more Members 3. On July 25th, 2015, Urban Dictionary user Babe420 submitted a definition to the site (shown below). Sick and Twisted memes Private group 3.1K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group If you have a sick twisted sense of humor this page is for you Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. It has over 283,000 notes as of August 28th, 2017. The post was later reblogged by user sinisterstiel with examples of blogs featuring the name (shown below). Tumblr meme-documenting blog Meme Archives traces the origin of the phrase as a meme to a post by Tumblr user herimperialnootness, who posted "Proud member of the “I never titled my blog with welcome to my twisted mind” club" on October 22nd, 2014. The post received more than 25,000 notes in less than seven years (shown below). On February 24th, 2014, Tumblr user stillhereunfortunately posted a screenshot of a Google search result showing a number of Tumblr blogs with names that are variations on Welcome to My Twisted Mind. The phrase was first used in earnest by teenagers who believed they were posting dark or edgy content (example blog shown below).
