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A Sniper's Dream

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About

A Sniper's Dream is a catchphrase and song derived from an Instagram comment left on a user with a large forehead's video, suggesting his forehead is a "sniper's dream" because it's such an easy target. The comment was shared on Reddit in April 2024 and went viral over the following months, inspiring people to use the comment on other images and videos of people with large foreheads. In August 2024, YouTuber Chat Music created a song singing the comment along with other comments relating to the Instagram user.

Origin

On April 1st, 2024, the Instagram[1] account htxfoodplug posted a video of a man with a notably large forehead eating food, garnering over 988,000 likes and 60 million views in six months.



On April 9th, u/Jbrenesq92 posted a screenshot of the video along with a comment from an anonymous user to /r/rareinsults,[2] the comment reading, "A sniper's dream," garnering over 30,000 upvotes in the same rough span of time. The joke is that the man would be easy to snipe due to his large forehead.


23:49 ju Reels Comments A sniper's dream Reply View 670 more replies 38K

Spread

The phrase "a sniper's dream" spread as a catchphrase over the following month, used in response to content in which a person has a large forehead. For example, on July 22nd, 2024, X[3] user @backendoc posted the phrase as a comment on a video by user @_Asznee, garnering over 88,000 likes in three months.


DOC @backendoc a sniper's dream @_Asznee Jul 22 asked for the mainoo 0:00 7:43 PM - Jul 22, 2024 - 7.7M Views Subscribe

On August 15th, X[4] user @TysBurnerAcc posted the phrase as a quote-repost of another user's post, garnering over 169,000 likes in two months. On August 22nd, YouTuber[5] Chat Music posted an original song based on the meme, in which a string of comments about the man's forehead are set to music, with the first comment being "a sniper's dream," garnering over 3.9 million views in two months.



On October 1st, X[6] user @MemesMates posted an image of KSI in which his forehead looks large, attaching the phrase to it, garnering over 2,800 likes in a month.


Memes mate @MemesMates Sniper's dream 4:11 PM - Oct 1, 2024 99.7K Views

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Mr. SRT @TysBurnerAcc A sniper's dream Dinka @DANAwanaa_ Aug 15, 2023 The bare face eatssss 7:27 PM - Aug 15, 2023 - 16.5M Views iberfrans 4j A sniper's dream Répondre


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External References

[1] Instagram – htxfoodplug

[2] Reddit – rareinsults

[3] X – backendoc

[4] X – TysBurnerAcc

[5] YouTube – Chat Music

[6] X – MemesMates

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Recent Images 5 total



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