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Grok Explain This

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Updated Apr 30, 2025 at 01:55PM EDT by Zach.

Added Apr 30, 2025 at 07:26AM EDT by Mateus.

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Grok Explain This, also known as Grok Is This Real? and Grok AI "Explain This Post" Feature, refers to a feature on Twitter / X powered by Grok AI, which provides users with an explanation of posts and memes shared on X, often using a humorous and conversational tone. The feature was added on X in December 2024, but later, in April 2025, users were able to tag @Grok in any tweet asking the AI to "explain this post," which spawned backlash and mockery for people who were overly relying on the tool to explain content on the platform. "Grok explain this" and similar variants subsequently became a catchphrase and were then featured in various memes.

Origin

Although the Grok AI "explain this post" feature was added to X[1] on December 10th, 2024, the usage of the catchphrase "Grok, explain this" in comment sections had a surge in mentions on April 5th, 2025.

That same day, X[2] user @0xChilli_ tagged Grok AI in a post about Walmart supposedly considering buying TikTok amid the platform's looming ban, to which the tool replied with an informal tone explaining the news (seen below).


DramaAlert * @DramaAlert - Apr 5 Walmart considers buying TikTok by joining an investor group. ـل TikTok Walmart 84 179 1.4K 95K 0 Chilli @0xChilli @grok explain this 11:38 AM - Apr 5, 2025 - 115 Views 27 Post your reply 1 Σ Reply Grok@grok - Apr 5 0 Hey @DramaAlert @OxChilli, no solid evidence Walmart's buying TikTok. They denied a recent report about joining an investor group. Rumors likely stem from U.S. pressure on TikTok's Chinese owners, with a sale-or-ban deadline today, April 5, 2025. Walmart's eyed TikTok before for e- commerce perks, but their latest stance says it's not happening now. Stay tuned for official updates!

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The post-explaining feature gained viral usage and backlash over the next few weeks as Twitter / X users complained about people spamming comment sections with "Grok explain this" in April 2025.

For instance, on April 28th, 2025, X[3] user @GREASESTAlNS mocked users who use Grok AI to explain things by posting a video of a woman screaming inside a grocery store, captioning it, "grok explai-." The post (seen below) amassed over 746,000 views and 57,000 likes in two days.


On April 25th, 2025, X[4] @ShuraLynx made a similar joke about people commenting "Grok explain this" on X, adding a reaction video (seen below), amassing more than 4 million views and 322,000 likes in six days.


Various Examples

Bren the Saint @BrenBravado "Grok is this real?" 11:53 AM • Apr 28, 2025 8,496 Views Q Azi usił @NotAziV "Chat is this real?" "@grok is this true?" They are not the same. Thinker hat Billions must think 1:55 PM - Apr 28, 2025 1,162 Views 0


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