“Can you stop being a Jackass” is a viral meme on TikTok in 2023 and resurfaced in 2025.
The meme is a video in a school setting where two kids were using the computer.
Another kid was pulling on the wire of the mouse and one of the kids reacted annoyingly.
The meme went viral because of how the kid responded to his classmate’s shenanigan.
In this guide, you’ll learn the “Can you stop being a jackass” meme on TikTok, the original video, parodies, and the kid now.
Can You Stop Being a Jackass original video
The earliest upload of the “Can you stop being a jackass?” video was uploaded to YouTube on Sep 26, 2023.
The video was uploaded by “Pooperdy”, it got over 100k views, and more than 200 comments.
Many TikTok users started reposting the video, with one getting over 1 million views by @stopbeingajackassdaily.
Another user, @stopbeingajackass.daily on Instagram has over 75k followers and posts the same video daily.
The video contains three classmates—one using the computer, the other sitting next to him, and the last watching them.
The guy who was standing was constantly pulling on the wire of the mouse to annoy the classmate who was using it.
Then, the kid who was sitting next to his classmate using the computer got annoyed and responded angrily.
The video went viral because of how goofy the kid said “Can you stop being a jackass?” and his annoyed look.
Here are some of the comments, “He’s a real-life adult swim character”, “He thinks he’s him”, and “Beavis?” (which refers to the animated series “Beavis and Butt-Head”).
Can You Stop Being a Jackass meme
The “Can you stop being a jackass?” video became a meme in 2023 and resurfaced in 2025.
In 2025, many TikTok users started making parodies of it as part of a trend.
The trend involves multiple other meme parodies including “I was sleepy”, “Friggin’ packet yo”, “Brooo”, and others.
User @fpl.forfeits0341 posted a parody of the meme captioned “97.1%” accurate and got over 7 million views.
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