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    The "Oh To Be" Meme Is The Funniest And Most Wholesome Thing I've Seen Today

    "It REALLY be like that!" — You, after seeing each tweet.

    Recently, a new meme format using the phrase, "oh to be" has been making the rounds on Twitter.

    ahh to be a single sheet of blank printer paper floating delicately between the world and a manila folder

    It seems to have originated way back in December 2019 when @J8HNNYSEO shared a video of a dough ball "running" in circles.

    oh.. to be a ball of dough running in little circles

    Since then, the majority of people have used the meme format to share wholesome situations, animals or even food that they would much rather be.

    1. Like this adorable bunny.

    2. Or this delightful group of bears having fun.

    Oh to be a tiny bear cub dancing in the forest with my friends https://t.co/0b4nnZNAWk

    3. Just look at these teeny, tiny snails!

    oh to be a tiny snail having a kiss on some cherries

    4. And these wholesome deer hugging each other.

    oh to be a doe hugging another doe in a field full of lavender

    5. This content racoon is very much happy with how life is going.

    Oh, to be a raccoon eating snacks out of a bottle

    6. And I can just *feel* the relaxation vibe this little mouse is on.

    oh to be a big ass mouse being brushed https://t.co/IxefWHiZOm

    7. I would gladly trade my 9-5 to be a thicc ass Japanese pancake.

    Oh to be a fluffy Japanese pancake https://t.co/T64ZwXzkuM

    8. Or a deliciously cute rice bear that spends its days chilling in a bowl of curry.

    oh to be a bear made of rice relaxing in a bowl of curry

    9. Imagine swapping the city life to be a cow that spends its day at the beach, watching the water.

    oh to be a cow on a beach with the water caressing my hooves https://t.co/IgjxyTMGjL

    10. Or a capybara that has no responsibilities besides lounging around in a bath.

    oh to be a capybara in an open air bath with an orange on its head

    OH TO BE!!!!

    While others have used it to deliver some pretty hot takes and accurate truths.

    11. Like the burden of family expectations.

    oh to be my asian ass families disappointment as I live life off a creative career, painting in my room full of anime trash figures and posters, getting a new piercing on my body + face every couple months, with no plans of getting married or having kids. livin my best life

    12. Or a missed job opportunity.

    oh to be a teenage tik tok influencer making hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing 10 second dance routines in the bathroom

    13. Growing up pretty? Can't relate.

    oh to be a conventionally pretty person with pretty privilege

    14. Oh, to be rich and wealthy.

    Oh to be an art student with an apartment in soho living off of generational wealth and posting vintage Jean Paul Gaultier shirts on my Depop for fun for $600 and coming home to take pictures by my floorlength mirror for instagram, subtly getting my Pollock painting in the frame

    15. Or young once again.

    oh to be 18 listening to “Caroline” on the dance floor of a college bar covered in vodka lemonade and unawareness

    16. And full of energy, hope and dreams.

    Oh to be a seven year old at the shared family computer playing Barbie flash games..... I will never know this inner peace again

    17. Alas, the biggest of moods.

    oh to be a koi fish with no education no job just swimming around looking pretty being all blupblupblup

    And, of course, you've got those who went the hilarious, but still relatable, route.

    18. Like this comparison to a terrifying creature in the 1700s, which I can definitely relate to.

    oh to be an unknown creature that terrorized peasants in the french countryside during the 1760s

    19. Or this frog, gracefully descending into water.

    oh to be a frog descending in water https://t.co/RR6OuKrmN4

    20. I have never wanted to be a carpet being cleaned of its impurities as much as when watching this video.

    oh to be a carpet saturated with water and scraped clean https://t.co/kvwd5UTC2D

    21. Or a content kitty that's sound asleep.

    oh to be cat contently snoring into echo mic

    Either way, I am a big fan of this meme because it is one, big fat mood.