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He Has That Sadness In His Eyes That You Only See In X refers to a viral Tumblr post and subsequent snowclone meme that originated from a text post that read, "He has that sadness in his eyes that you only see in Eastern European gay porn." While the original Tumblr post was made in December 2014, it inspired a phrasal template meme that has maintained popularity well into the early 2020s.

Origin

On December 3rd, 2014, Tumblr^[1] user @itsvvhatever made a text post that read, "He has that sadness in his eyes that you only see in Eastern European gay porn," gathering over 70,000 notes in nearly nine years (seen below).

Spread

On September 10th, 2022, Twitter user @rhanerys posted an image of Jeremy Allen White, the protagonist in HBO's The Bear, with the caption, "he has that sadness in his eyes that you only see in eastern european gay porn." The post gathered an unknown number of likes before @rhanerys's account was suspended (seen below, left). On September 16th, Twitter^[2] user @slingatpride made a similar post about Taylor Swift, gathering over 13,000 likes in a year (seen below, right).

On October 14th, 2022 Twitter^[3] user @pastapilled posted a tweet that read, "he has that sadness in his eyes that you only see in grad students," gathering over 12,000 likes in a year (seen below, left). On April 26th, 2023, Twitter^[4] user @sirfrederiq posted the meme in a tweet about Flounder from the 2023 Little Mermaid movie, gathering over 12,000 likes in three months (seen below, right).

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