“Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Aggieland take note. ‘@tcollen: OH: “Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people’” was posted on Twitter by Dy-lon the Cylon on October 5, 2014.
 
The saying wasn’t posted again on Twitter until it went viral in 2019, after “Most of tradition is just peer pressure from dead people” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on February 9, 2019. “Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people called Ancestors” was posted on Twitter by Black Privledge on March 14, 2019.
     
       
Twitter
Desiree ⎊
@desireeeems
Prof: “culture is peer pressure from dead people.” hahaha whut
11:28 PM · Jan 16, 2012·TweetDeck
 
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Dy-lon the Cylon
@dylanbattard
Aggieland take note. “@tcollen: OH: “Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people””
12:55 PM · Oct 5, 2014·Twitter for Android
   
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Paul Sadauskas
@TheAmazingRando
“Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.”
2:18 PM · Oct 5, 2014·Echofon
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Alakazing February 9, 2019
Most of tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.
 
Twitter
reddit bot
@thejerrys_bot
Most of tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.
10:30 PM · Feb 8, 2019·Jerry’s Retweeter (Posted after the above.—ed.)
     
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Black Privledge 🤙🏿
@Kodzeroo
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people called Ancestors… 🤭🤭
2:47 AM · Mar 14, 2019·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/[deleted] April 6, 2019
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.
     
Facebook
BuzzFeed
April 8, 2019 ·
#10. Tradition is peer pressure from dead people.
 
Reddit—ShowerThoughtsUL
Posted by u/_fuck_this_shitimout July 10, 2019
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
 
Twitter
Truthstream Media
@truthstreamnews
Someone said, “Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people.”
8:39 PM · Dec 29, 2020·Twitter Web App