@noelle I am going to somewhat trepidatiously inquire, who is Tyler Durden?
@InspectorCaracal @noelle He's a character from Fight Club. 
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@InspectorCaracal @Jo @noelle I'm not sure if that's the ultimate origin, but I'm pretty sure it's the reason that the phrase is around a lot
@troubleMoney @Jo @noelle I've never read Fight Club or seen it (and never intend to) so I didn't know the origin of the original quote
@InspectorCaracal @troubleMoney @Jo @noelle https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-less-lovely-side-of-snowflake has the quote both from the book and the movie
@troubleMoney @Jo @noelle I am fairly confident it is, because it was originally used almost exclusively in basically the format of that original quote and slowly condensed down over a matter of years to the concept of "special snowflake" as an insult.