military personnel holding up a hand-drawn version of the 'no step on snek' flag to /r/funny, where it racked up over 6,340 points (83% upvoted) within a week. The snake symbol morphed quite a bit during its rapid, widespread adoption.
It was appearing all over the colonies: on uniform buttons, on paper money, and of course, on banners and flags. 'No one will provoke me with impunity.' By 1775, the snake symbol wasnt just being printed in newspapers. On October 21st, Redditor DeltaHDot submitted a photograph of U.S. The motto reads 'Nemo me impune lacesset,' i.e.
On September 5th, Drawception user Rare Rarity started a thread titled 'don't tread on me = no step on snek' with a crudely drawn version of the Gadsden flag. On July 19th, 2016, Redditor DottyWine submitted an /r/outoftheloop post asking for the meaning of the phrase. In July 2016, 'No Step on Snek' saw a noticeable surge in search interest after anti-fans of American pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift began calling her a snake. The post garnered more than 4,500 points (90% upvoted) prior to its archival. On January 20th, 2016, Redditor Pazda submitted an image compilation featuring photoshopped parodies of the Gadsden flag from a thread on 4chan's /pol/ (politically incorrect) board, which included a minimalist rendition accompanied by the phrase 'pls no step' in Comic Sans typeface.
