“Adulting is soup and I am a fork”

“Life is a soup and I’m a (fucking) fork”—a utensil useless for drinking soup—is a saying that has been printed on many images.  The song “(I’m Gonna) Kick You Out” (1998) by the Twelve Caesars opens with this lyric:
 
“I am what I am in the back of beyond
a man with a fork in a world of soup
Baby all this time I begged for a spoon
but now I know what I have to do.”
 
“Adulting is soup and I am a fork” is a variation of that saying that has been printed on many images. “Adulting is soup and I am a fork” was posted on Twitter by Holly Brown (and later by Charlene 💀) on December 23. 2015.
 
“College is soup and I am a fork” and “School is soup and I am a fork” are similar sayings.
   
       
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Holly Brown
@hnbrown0507
Adulting is soup and I am a fork.
12:08 PM · Dec 23, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Charlene 💀
@CharleneSueAnn
Adulting is soup.  And I’m a fork.
4:24 PM · Dec 23, 2015·Twitter for Android
   
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Aunty Colleen
@_kellogz_
Adulting is soup and I’m a fork.
1:00 PM · Jan 19, 2016·Twitter for Android
   
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@briZ_bri
Adulting is soup and I am a fork
7:16 PM · Apr 1, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Megan Brooks
@megan_brooks180
Adulting is soup and I am a fork
11:31 PM · Sep 9, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
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November 2, 2018 ·
Adulting is soup… And I am a fork.
   
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Twitter
Party Marty
@MartinLucas_85
Adulting is soup. I am a fork.
11:46 AM · Dec 12, 2019·Twitter for Android