- meme usage
- Reply to something tragically bad or cringe: 'rest in peace ✝️' or 'this tweet killed me ✝️'.
- sarcasm patterns
- Used ironically when something embarrassing happens, as if eulogizing one's dignity or reputation.
- quote tweet context
- Quote-tweeted onto fails or cancellations to signal the subject is 'done' or 'over.'
- trending context
- Spikes on Good Friday, Easter, Christmas, and when a celebrity or cultural moment is declared 'dead.'
- reply use
- Simple RIP tribute in reply threads about deaths; also used sarcastically in roast threads.