Class of 2023
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About
The Class of 2023 refers to the freshman students entering high school in Fall 2019 and due to graduate in 2023. Online, the class of 2023 has been mocked for their association with TikTok trends like VSCO girls, HydroFlasks and the phrases and I Oop and sksksksk. Although, high school freshman have been known to be ridiculed for decades just for being new to the school, according to Redditors and TikTokkers, the class of 2023 has been dubbed the most difficult batch of freshman.
Origin
In July 2019, TikTok users began posted videos in which they mock the freshman class of 2023. Although the earliest iteration of these videos is unknown, one of the earliest was posted on July 24th by TikTok user @whatsagxndxr (shown below). The video received over 100 likes in three months.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6717266869096697093
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On August 1st, 2019, Redditor Ziptiebois69 posted a copypasta letter from the class of 2023 to the class of 2020,2021 and 2022 to r/copypasta[1] (shown below). The post received over 100 points (96% upvoted) in two months.
Dear😬 all students📚of classes 2020, 2021, and 2022 😡 💀💀💀💀💀 DONT 🙅🏻♂️try to impress us🙄❌, DONT🙅🏻♂️ act cool😴around us🤬❌, DONT🙅🏻♂️ think u run this school😎❌, DONT🙅🏻♂️ try to boss🤨us around 👏🏼❌, because WE🤪run this school now🤑 not you🤮 SKSKSKSK,all ill say is KNOW YOUR PLACE😤. WE ARE THE FUTURE 🤯YOUR THE PAST 🤣WELCOME CLASS OF 2023😘 CUZ PERIODT‼️
with all do respect Sincerely, class of 2023🤑😎🔥💯
PS: JUUL PODS 🚬💨ARE THE FUTURE🌬 PERIODT SKSKSK, AND I OUPP
On August 12th, TikTok user @colie.1 uploaded a popular variation of a Class of 2023 parody video (shown below). The video gained over 37,800 likes and 1,800 shares in two months. The video characterizes the freshman student as a VSCO girl.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6724351373086887173
On August 15th, Redditor seize-the-goat posted an image of crying cat to r/teenagers[2] with a caption about not looking forward to the incoming freshman ruining their fun (shown below).
On August 23rd, YouTuber mooo. posted a compilation of TikTok videos about the Class of 2023 (shown below). The video gained over 6,400 views in two months.
On August 26th, Twitter user @junekimpark[3] shared an official welcome letter given out freshman at their high school from the senior class officers (shown below). The letter includes as section about Hydro Flasks and uses the phrase and I Oop (shown below).
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6723770906889424133
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6718576894477896965
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6726927460216114437
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6727733089491045638
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6723271817731034373
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6728829416346094854
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sborbl
Oct 21, 2019 at 09:59PM EDT