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Fuck X, All My Homies Use Y and Fuck X, All My Homies Hate Y refers to a series of snowclone memes based on a photograph of six men wearing sagging pants and making gang hand signs. The format originated on Instagram in October 2017 and gained widespread popularity in early 2019.

Origin

The exact origin of the photograph showing six African American males in sagging pants and making gang hand signs is unknown. Starting on January 17th, 2011, the photograph was posted in multiple collections of humorous images online, including posts on Urod,^[1] AcidCow,^[2] Trinixy^[3] and Reddit.^[4]

On December 9th, 2017, Instagam user nonhomo posted the photograph with the caption "Fuck Google, All My Homies Use DuckDuckGo."^[5] The post gained over 3,200 likes on the platform in the following days.

Spread

The format did not see significant spread online until early 2019. In early January 2019, the image was reposted on Instagram and Reddit; for example on January 6th, 2019, Redditor darknep reposted the image, with the post receiving over 8,500 upvotes in six months.^[6] Before January 23rd, 2019, an unknown user posted the first recaptioned meme utilizing the snowclone (shown below), with the meme being reposted to /r/PewdiepieSubmissions^[7] and /r/me_irl^[8] in the following days.

In the following year, the format saw spread in meme communities on Reddit, Instagram and iFunny, with the format seeing a surge in popularity in September 2019. For example, a meme posted by Redditor OutSubsystem to /r/DeepFriedMemes subreddit on September 26th received over 17,100 upvotes in one month (shown below).^[9]

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