I Never See You at the Club

About

I Never See You at the Club refers to a series of memes using the phrasal template, "I never see you at the club," followed by, "Ok? I never see you at X," X being another, often comedic, location. Versions of the meme have been used online since as early as 2015, but it was popularized on TikTok and X / Twitter in late 2024, with examples of the meme also occasionally going viral on sites like Instagram and Reddit.

Origin

The exact origins of the meme are unconfirmed. It is possible that the memes are inspired by a hustle culture image macro reading, "People always say 'I never see you at the club.' I reply, 'I never see you at the bank,'" which was posted by X^[1] user @BudgetsAreSexy on June 26th, 2015. The meme is a repost from the Instagram account exclusiveluxuryinc, which no longer hosts the meme.

On December 14th, 2021, X^[2] user @tonyhawktruther posted what seems to be a parody of this phrase, writing, "Them: I never see you at the club. Me: I never see you at the lever that gives you a food pellet when you press it," garnering over 860 likes in three years. This is the earliest known comedic version of the meme.

Spread

The meme continued to spread over the next few years. For example, on March 2nd, 2022, a version of the meme was posted to /r/DDLC^[3] referencing the game Doki Doki Literature Club that garnered over 1,300 upvotes in two years.

On September 17th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @ODDOBODY posted a version of the meme in which they film a pond under the caption, "'I never see you at the club,' I never see you by the pond," garnering over 180,000 views in two months.

The trend became increasingly popular on both TikTok and X in the latter half of 2024. On October 22nd, TikToker^[5] @lordcolleen posted a version of the meme about never seeing someone at the babbling brook, garnering over 3 million views in three weeks.

On October 25th, X^[6] user @ramenrams posted, "'I never see you at the club' ok I never see you at an art exhibit," garnering over 42,000 likes in the same rough span of time.

On October 26th, X^[7] user @weiss_hadas posted, "i never see you on the shared doc," garnering over 112,000 likes in two weeks. On October 27th, X^[8] user @yassambassador posted, "i never see you at the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest live stream," garnering over 15,000 likes in the same span of time.

On October 28th, TikToker^[9] @dontblamyy posted a version of the meme about enjoying going to see a movie, garnering over 1.1 million views in two weeks. On November 3rd, a screenshot of the video was posted to /r/Letterboxd,^[10] garnering over 320 upvotes in 10 days.

On November 10th, TikToker^[11] @jell0z_ posted a version of the meme about never seeing someone at "the hole," garnering over 820,000 views in three days.

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