The 'Why So Many in the Radical Left Participate in Speedrunning' meme stems from a notorious Twitter thread and subsequent copypasta that attempted to analyze the intersection of leftist politics and video game speedrunning. The original text became legendary for its bizarre claims about 'sexual archetypes' and the 'fastest Mario,' suggesting that the desire to optimize movement in games like Super Mario 64 was somehow linked to progressive ideology. Internet users quickly turned the overly serious and nonsensical analysis into a meme, using the phrase to mock overly dense political commentary or simply to celebrate the absurdity of the speedrunning community. Today, it remains a staple of gaming and political Twitter, often paired with images of glitches or record-breaking runs.