About

Bruh Look Who At X is a phrasal template and image macro series where a memeable character is shown in a store or restaurant, often a 7-Eleven or Walmart, with a Snapchat banner reading, "bruh look who at X," X being the designated location. The format began around January 2019 in relation to K-pop stars and spread over the following years as an ironic meme format.

Origin

In early 2019, a meme spread around online K-pop communities where K-Pop members were photoshopped into various locations with a Snapchat banner reading, "Bruh look who at X," X being the location. It is unclear who started the trend when, but one of the earliest available memes was posted to WeHeartIt^[1] on January 9th, 2019, garnering over 1,300 hearts in four years (shown below). A collection of the memes has since been created on Pinterest^[2] by mel⁷ and 𝓈𝓎𝒹.

Spread

On February 6th, 2019, Twitter^[3] user @jaetaejin posted an image of rapper Yukhei's arrest with the Snapchat banner added over it (shown below, left). On April 14th, Instagram^[4] user sherlizamoe posted a drawing of Yukhei in prison with a similar banner, garnering over 2,900 likes in three years. On June 8th, 2019, a Redditor posted a Minecraft version of the meme to /r/smplive,^[5] garnering over 520 upvotes in three years. This is the first known version of the meme not using a K-pop star (shown below, right).

On March 6th, 2021, YouTuber^[6] fresher turtle posted a video consisting of a version of the meme showing a G-Man in 7-Eleven, garnering over 1,200 views in a year (shown below). The meme was cropped and posted to /r/okbuddyretard^[7] on March 11th, garnering over 1,500 upvotes before being removed. Several similar memes featuring the G-Man were posted to Reddit boards including /r/HalfLife^[8] and /r/gmod^[9] over the following months.

On November 4th, iFunny^[10] user Grandmas posted a version of the meme with Frank Horrigan from the Fallout series, garnering over 13,000 smiles in a year (shown below).

On June 12th, 2022, Twitter^[11] user @reactjpg posted a version of the meme featuring a Bionicle, garnering over 180 likes in five months. It was reposted by Instagram^[12] user trashcanpaul and by Facebook^[13] user Things that are not aesthetic on July 23rd, garnering over 61,000 likes and 7,100 reactions and 3,000 shares in four months (shown below).

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