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  • Fans began referring to Josephs as a "smol bean" on Tumblr and Twitter.[1] On June 26th, 2015, Josephs responded, "I am a bean."[2] The tweet received over 22,000 retweets and 33,00 favorites over the next two months, with many fans responding "A smol bean."

    Smol | Know Your Meme Ari Spool 2024

  • Feels like we're inching closer to the first smol bean who works for a defense contractor going, "Actually, lying to the cops to protect someone is gaslighting, and That Is Not Okay."

    Jessica Ritchey (@jmritchey.bsky.social) 2025

  • Some of the worst humans I know were people who’d do baby talk, or censor their swears, or try to pretend to be just a smol bean, just a silly little guy, while viciously talking shit and trying to stoke flames behind people’s backs.

    i was a teenage exocolonist (and so can you) Doc Burford 2024

  • Due to the fact that a smol bean is supposed to be someone who is distinctly small, weak or powerless, there is also often an association of pure innocence in a childlike sense.

    Smol Bean Fascism & White Fragility 2025

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