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Computer, Turn X into Y or Computer Guy, also known as Computa Guy or Computa, Make This Guy X, refers to a series of viral videos posted to TikTok by user Julius Mondragon (@okjuskiii) starting in January 2026. The video skits and pranks are notably filmed using the Ray-Ban Camera Glasses.

The videos typically involve Mondragon approaching random people in Chicago and invoking his "computa" to perform various "programming" instructions aimed at the person, following a "command line" prompting the target to do or become something, such as, "‘Computa, make this girl have a smile on her face,” or "Computa, make this man gay." The catchphrase came to be widely used in content posted by other users on TikTok in early 2026 as his quotes and delivery style became a meme format.

Origin

TikTok^[1] user @okjuskiii, real name Julius Mondragon, began posting videos in this format in early January 2026, with the first being posted on January 10th, 2026. In the skit, Mondragon approaches a stranger in Chicago and announces, "Computer, activate CBT" to the prank's target. The video did not receive high engagement, receiving about 19,000 views and 980 likes in about two months.

Mondragon continued posting prank videos in this format over the course of the month, with one TikTok^[2] video posted on January 19th, 2026, receiving over 621,900 views and 118,200 likes in less than two months, becoming among the first to garner viral attention.

In the video, Mondragon compels his computer to turn various customers in a supermarket gay, which would become a common theme in his earlier videos.

Spread

Julius Mondragon continued posting additional videos to his TikTok account, okjuskiii, performing the computer pranks around Chicago in the following weeks as he continued garnering virality on the platform.

On January 20th, 2026, Mondragon posted a TikTok^[3] video approaching customers in a cafe with computer commands like "activate rapid-fire typing" and "computer, activate intense focus session." The video received over 2.9 million views and 430,000 likes in less than two months.

Notably, the computer "programs" Mondragon employs in the video take on a much lighter, friendly tone, rather than the trolling and rage-baiting prominently featured before (though this element remained present in following videos).

Two days later, on January 22nd, 2026, Mondragon posted another TikTok^[4] video, this time approaching strangers and apologizing before asking his computer to "dematerialize this man's balls" and similar commands. The video received over 3.5 million views and 464,200 in less than two months.

Videos in this format continued to be posted on a daily basis by Mondragon. On January 26th, 2026, the TikTok^[5] user, now branded as the "Computer Guy" or "Computa Guy" by other users on the platform, posted another video commanding his computer to improve the lives of others, this time on a commuter train.

In the video, Mondragon prompts the computer to "activate infinite joy programming" to ensure other riders feel "infinite joy for the rest of their life," before asking his computer to "activate hair follicle reactivation" for a bald rider. The video received 4.4 million views and 457,400 likes in less than two months.

Mondragon's videos continued to garner attention on TikTok, with many reaching over a million views in the following weeks.^[6] As the videos continued to be made at a near-daily frequency, in addition to their newfound virality, many Chicago residents began to recognize (and actively avoid) the Computer Guy, who had become somewhat of a local legend in the area.

In a profile piece for the Chicago Tribune,^[7] journalist Christopher Borrelli wrote that Mondragon is "often talked about with a faux-folksy solemnity -- as if he were an urban legend, or Bigfoot." Mondragon also commented^[7] on the effectiveness of trolling vs. being positive to prank targets, stating, "The joy-based (videos) do better. People like them more, I think, as corny as that sounds."

As Mondragon's videos became popularized on TikTok in February and March 2026, other users began using the format to make similar videos.

For example, TikTok^[8] user @urmomsajoe69 posted a video on March 8th, 2026, asking his computer to "turn random straight guys super gay for each other," which received over 255,000 views and 49,200 likes in just one day.

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