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Dating a GM is a viral video of a woman hugging her partner and calling him handsome under the caption "Pov: Dating a GM," who suddenly walks off, seemingly to confront someone on the street, before returning. In the context of the clip, the meaning of "GM" is unclear, with some of the most popular guesses including "gang member" or "gun man." The video was posted by TikToker @myak.tt in late February 2025 and went viral in early March shortly after, inspiring memes including 99.99% Accuracy Reenactment videos on TikTok.

Origin

On February 26th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @myak.tt posted a video captioned, "Pov: Dating a GM." In the video, she's seen embracing her partner and calling him handsome. He then mumbles something and storms off down the sidewalk, seemingly to confront someone. Afterward, he returns and they continue to embrace. The video gained over 9.4 million views in a week.

The video inspired many comments asking for the definition of "GM." Some of the top comments suggest "gang member" or "gun man," with the latter possibly referring to the slang term "gunman," which is defined as a "person that is solo/single but flirts with many girls" on Urban Dictionary.^[2]

Spread

The video became the subject of 99.99% Accuracy Reenactment memes on TikTok in early March 2025, a trend in which TikTokers recreate a meme with what they claim is nearly 100 percent accuracy. In many of the memes, the man makes exaggerated grunting noises after walking off.

The earliest known video reenacting the meme was posted by TikToker^[3] @tm_privv17 on March 1st, 2025, garnering over 4.2 million views in four days.

On March 4th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @dkoyyy then posted a meme reenacting the video that gained over 3 million views in a day.

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"99.99% Accuracy" Meme Reenactments

'99.99% Accuracy' Meme Reenactments refers to a TikTok trend of recreating viral videos and memes with close to 100 percent accuracy. This involves memorizing the dialogue and perfecting the mannerisms of the original people. Prominent examples include the Jeff Bliss "Friggin' Packet, Yo" video, Luke Belmar's "Johnnie Walker in the War Room With Tristan Tate" video and the Jaden Smith podcast interview, also known as "BROOOO" or "Can We Talk About the Political and Economic State of the World Right Now?" among many others. The trend also manifested in combination reenactments in which the scripts of each viral video were mashed into one transcript by the person talking in a given video. The trend spread en masse in January 2025, predominantly inspired by TikToker Cookie King who started the trend in late 2024.

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