On September 18th, the Instagram account codcampers reposted the meme, receiving over 8,200 likes in two hours. On September 17th, Redditor XoverZ posted a variant to the /r/dankmemes sub (shown below), accumulating more than 47,400 upvotes, 142 comments and several Reddit awards in roughly 18 hours. On September 13th, Redditor ChromosomeStealer posted another version to the /r/ memes subreddit (seen below, right), accumulating more than 46,500 upvotes, 226 comments and several Reddit awards in five days. On September 6th, 2020, the Instagram account cheemsitz posted another example to their feed featuring Cheems (seen below, left), receiving nearly 65,000 likes in 12 days. The meme (shown below) features a common expression containing the term that’s used by players attempting to call out an imposter, which received over 24,000 likes, 6,600 retweets and 62 comments in 12 days. The first meme to use the term “sus” within the context of Among Us is unknown, but one of the earliest examples from Twitter user PRimeExplorer was tweeted on September 6th, 2020. On an episode of Loiter Squad from 2012 during a segment of “The World According to Taco,” the term is explained in detail with examples of Tyler acting “sus.” On Urban Dictionary, the top definition was added by user NeonKiwi on July 29th, 2019, defined as, “Suspicious, but more… ‘lit.’ Used as a replacement for suspicious such as when a friend is being awfully quiet.” In rap and hip-hop songs, the term also appears numerous times over the years, including artists such as Tyler, the Creator. Players can out themselves for acting sus while moving or while in communication between rounds (look to the people accusing too much, or the ones being too silent) but, eventually, everyone either eliminates all other possibilities in Among Us, or the crew all die trying.Outside its use in the game, the slang term “sus” has been used for many years in a multitude of settings. However, the best way to tell if a player is a crewmate or Impostor is to trust gut instincts and feel the vibe of their play for aggression or trickery. Impostors possess the ability to sabotage parts of the ship from anywhere on board, however they must stop and stand still to do this, meaning that an inexperienced Impostor could out themselves if they stand still just before a system shuts down, such as the lights or the oxygen. Other ways of telling if someone is Sus is to observe whenever they stop moving. However, if they arrived after the crewmate currently working on the task and finished it before them, it should be a cause for concern. Players can be assigned the same tasks at the same locations, and Impostors will use this to attempt to prove themselves innocent by faking tasks. Some of these tasks are visible to other players, such as shooting asteroids or scanning in the medbay, while others require a bit more thought to determine. So, then, the ultimate question to be asked is, how can a crewmate tell if someone is acting Sus?Īmong Us takes place in one of three different sci-fi locations, though new Among Us maps are being added soon, with each crewmate being assigned tasks that must be completed for them to win the game. If someone is wrongly accused, the value of the phrase (and the trust in the accuser) significantly diminishes for the remainder of the match, and the crewmates just did the Impostors job for them. There is a certain air of caution that should be introduced when accusing someone of being Sus in Among Us, as more often than not it will result in the player being immediately executed through the airlock. Related: Best (& Most Sus) Among Us Memes The use of the phrase in Among Us is to denote someone as acting suspicious of being an Impostor impersonating a crewmate, thus allowing the group of crewmates to vote out possible Impostors and win the game. While the origin of the slang word is unclear, it has been used in legal terminology in the British "Sus law" in 1824. The phrase is a slang term for "Suspect" and was first added to Urban Dictionary in 2019, with the added connotation that it is often used to describe someone's actions as highly suspicious or untrustworthy.
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