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Bro Please Bro, Just Try It, also known as Watch X, It Gets Better After Y, refers to a loose series of memes in which various people are desperately trying to convince the viewer to try something out, with the people often photoshopped to look pathetic and desperate. Anime series One Piece is one popular subject of these memes.

Origin

Prior to March 19th, 2019, an unknown user posted a meme based on a photograph of a sobbing man with a joint photoshopped into it, captioned with a lengthy plea meant to make fun of a certain type of marijuana users. On March 19th, Redditor^[1] Smooth-Monkey reposted the image to /r/drugscirclejerk subreddit where it received over 1,400 upvotes in six months (shown below). On the same day, the image was reposted by Twitter^[2] user @chapelleshow, gaining 180 likes, with a March 21st repost^[3] to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit gaining over 480 upvotes.

Bro this is a different strain bro uts a different this is indica bro this isnt sativa different strain this will not give you anxiety just try it I swear bro just suck on it please bro this is indi this is indica not sativa sativa is more mental bro this is going to relax you there are different strains please

Spread

Prior to March 15th, 2019, an unknown user posted another meme based on the caption using a still image based on an image of James Charles taken from his apology video. On May 15th, 2019, Redditor^[4] ffliverr reposted the image to /r/drugscirclejerk, gaining over 130 upvotes. In the following days, the image was also reposted by users on iFunny^[5] and Twitter.^[6]

Starting on March 15th, the format received further spread on Facebook^[7] and Twitter,^[8] with users posting photographs of various people paired with the caption. For example, a Theresa May meme posted by Twitter^[9] user @90cupsofcoffee on May 25th received over 110 retweets and 410 likes in one year (shown below, left). On May 26th Facebook^[10] group Centrist Chads Central II: Centrister and Chadder posted the first known meme which used the caption as a snowclone with the post gaining over 200 reactions and 210 shares in one year (shown below, right).

Starting in late May 2019, the caption gained moderate popularity as a snowclone, particularly on Facebook.

Watch X, It Gets Better After Y

While not "Watch X, It Gets Better After Y" meme does not originate from the parent "Bro Please Bro" format, their structures are virtually identical, with multiple memes borrowing elements of both formats.

On July 1st, 2019, Twitter^[11] user @CatalystNB tweeted a joke about the fans of the anime series One Piece which gained over 170 retweets and 880 likes in ten months (shown below, left). On July 4th, Redditor^[12] saraanshhh reposted an ironic Doge meme by an unknown based on the joke (shown below, right), with the post gaining over 620 upvotes in six months. A July 5th Twitter^[13] repost of the meme received over 380 retweets and 2,700 likes.

In the following year, more memes about One Piece based on the joke were posted online, with the meme later mutating into Watch X, It Gets Better After Y snowclone and largely merging with the "Bro Please Bro" format.

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