The Brief: No Simp September is a month-long period challenging people to refrain from simping.
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No Simp September is an ironic event challenging people to abstain from simping for the month of September. Information about this informal holiday is spread online via memes and jokes. The premise is similar to that of No Nut November. A subreddit called “Stop Simping September” has over 860 members.
Me leaving my simping behind for No Simp September: pic.twitter.com/lOi1E0wjwi
— Twiter is my Fulltime Job 🥶 (@DaMightyChief) September 1, 2020
Urban Dictionary defines No Simp September as “A challenge where you aren’t allowed to simp for any being om this earth including fictional characters for the whole September [sic].”
Yo how am I supposed to get through No Simp September when people like this exist pic.twitter.com/mZkHDjdXb5
— Rigby (@Rigby_Floats) September 1, 2020
This event is the opposite of Simptember, which encourages people to simp during the month.
no simp September ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵇʳᵒᵘᵍʰᵗ ᵘ ᶜʰⁱᵖᵒᵗˡᵉ
— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) September 1, 2020
"He replied to a girl during no simp September, call him a simp" pic.twitter.com/BRbctS2oDv
— Cryptic (@CrypticNoOne) September 1, 2020
How is no simp September going? We see twitter is still full of simps 😼
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) September 1, 2020
NO SIMP SEPTEMBER?!?!? HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO THIS WHEN IM INSANELY IN LOVE WITH WOMEN
— Quackity (@Quackity) September 1, 2020