- meme usage
- Used in tweets mocking people who diagnose others based on TikTok or WebMD, or in threads calling out medical misinformation.
- sarcasm patterns
- Placed after absurd home remedy tweets or anti-science takes to imply the person thinks they're a doctor.
- quote tweet context
- Added when quote-tweeting healthcare worker advocacy content, salary debates, or hospital system critiques.
- trending context
- Spikes during health crises, pandemic anniversaries, National Nurses Day, and debates about universal healthcare.
- reply use
- Used to commend healthcare workers in replies or sarcastically respond to medical misinformation threads.