I Was Just Wondering If You Wanted to Hang Out With Me and Smoke Weed and Fill Our Bellies With Diet Soda and Play "Burnout Revenge" for the PS2

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I Was Just Wondering If You Wanted to Hang Out With Me and Smoke Weed and Fill Our Bellies With Diet Soda and Play Burnout Revenge for the PS2 refers to a scene from Smiling Friends in which Allan's landlord, Mr. Landlord, comes to his door and asks if he wants to hang out, smoke weed, drink diet soda and play the racing game Burnout Revenge on the PlayStation 2. The scene comes from season two, episode three, which aired on May 19th, 2024, and became the subject of memes over the following days as an exploitable format using the phrasal template, "I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and smoke weed and fill our bellies with diet soda and play X," with "X" being a video game besides Burnout Revenge that's typically photoshopped or edited into the original clip.

Origin

On May 19th, 2024, Smiling Friends season two episode three aired on Adult Swim. At the start of the episode, Allan's landlord, Mr. Landlord, comes to his door and asks if he wants to hang out, smoke weed and drink diet soda with him while they play Burnout Revenge on the PS2.

On May 20th, X^[1] user @EMP_Obama posted a photoshop of the scene replacing Burnout Revenge with Marvel vs. Capcom 3, garnering around four likes in three days. This is the earliest known meme to use the format (seen below).

On May 21st, 2024, X^[2] user @MonkeyBallTweet posted a version replacing the game with Monkey Ball on the GameCube, garnering over 17,000 likes in two days and marking the first notably viral version of the meme (shown below).

Spread

The meme spread over the following days on X and Reddit, inspiring further variations. On May 21st, 2024, X^[3] user @komaedajr posted a version with the game Metal Gear Solid 2, garnering over 5,600 likes in two days (shown below, left).

On the same day, Redditor u/ChemyChems posted a version of the meme to the subreddit /r/SmilingFriends^[4] that gained over 380 upvotes in two days (shown below, right).

On May 22nd, X^[5] user @TheYakuzaGuy posted a version of the meme replacing the game with Yakuza 0, garnering over 3,800 likes in a day (shown below). That same day, X^[6] user @airbagged posted a version of the meme about Bloodborne, garnering over 5,500 likes in a day. It was then reposted to /r/bloodborne^[7] the next day, garnering over 200 upvotes in under 24 hours.

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