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Hey, Look at Us is a quote from actor Paul Rudd while appearing on the First We Feast series Hot Ones. The clip has been taken out of context in numerous parodies that grew popular on Twitter.

Origin

On October 17th, 2019, Paul Rudd appeared on Hot Ones to promote his new Netflix series Living With Yourself. While talking to host Sean Evans, Rudd says "Hey, look at us!" in a way implying "Wow, look how far we've come!"

Spread

Shortly after the video aired, Twitter users began taking the clip out of context and adding various humorous captions. The day the episode aired, Twitter user @EpomanClassics posted it with the caption, "Me smoking with my friends who said we’d never touch a drug in our lives," gaining over 36,000 retweets and 112,000 likes (shown below, top). On October 20th, Twitter user @Mr_Tweeets gave the clip the caption, "When you make next morning brunch plans when you’re hammered and then actually follow through with them," gaining over 53,000 retweets and 260,000 likes (shown below).

Other popular edits include a post by @Dznyella, who wrote, "me & my mentally ill friends when we complete small tasks like getting up before noon & completing an assignment," gaining over 77,000 retweets and 297,000 likes (shown below, top), and a post by @mademgal referencing Pride and Prejudice that gained over 1,600 retweets and 6,000 likes (shown below, bottom). The memes were covered by Mashable.^[1]

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