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Me and the Boys

Updated Jul 30, 2022 at 04:17AM EDT by Aidan Walker.

Added Jan 30, 2019 at 09:13AM EST by Philipp.

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About

Me and the Boys is a snowclone caption used in memes about various activities. Originally popular as a hashtag and a non-ironic caption, in early 2019 the phrase, paired with non-sequitur followups, gained popularity in /r/okbuddyretard subreddit and on Instagram, gaining mainstream attention with 60's Spider-Man villains variations in late May 2019.

Origin

While the exact origin of the phrase is unknown, before 2019 "Me and my boys" has been often used as a title for photograph posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and other social platforms (examples shown below). For example, on Instagram[1] over 26,500 posts tagged with the hashtag #meandtheboys could be found as of January 30th, 2019.


me and the boys making a quick stop (Baghdad 2003) Me and THE BOYS Me and the boys (O cara que bateu a foto cortou o Prompto, tadinho) NFORMATION

Spread

On November 7th, 2018, Redditor[2] calogant reposted an older image of several popular characters holding copies of the Holy Bible in church with a caption "Me and the Boys at bible study" to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit (shown below, left). The post gained over 1,500 upvotes in two months. On January 5th, 2019, Instagram user swaggycreeperguy posted an image of floating figures captioned "Me and the boys in creative mode",[7] with the post gaining over 190 likes in five months (shown below, right). On January 14th, 2019, Redditor _ItsDank_ reposted the image to /r/okbuddyretard, where it gained over 16,100 upvotes in two weeks.[3]


Me and the Boys at bible study O HOLY BIBLE ME AND THE BOVS IN CREATIVE MODE

Within 24 hours, the submission was reposted on /r/memes[4] and /r/me_irl[5] subreddits, gaining over 4,900 and 35,000 upvotes in two weeks, respectively.

On January 23rd, 2019, Redditor[6] RadicalCars posted another version of the meme to /r/okbuddyretard (shown below, left), garnering over 11,600 upvotes in one week. Following the initial posts, more versions of memes featuring the caption appeared in the subreddit and on Instagram in late January 2019.


MEAND THE BOYs DRINKNGTHATP SS ME AND THE BOYS ME AND THE BOYS ARE GOING GOAT KARTING WANT TO COME JAREDE? mematic MEAND THE BOYS ON OURWAY TO DIVERSIFY OUR INVESTMENTS IN JAHCOIN

60's Spider-Man Villains Variations

On May 25th, 2019, Redditor[8] cobe1712 added an image of 60's Spider-Man Rhino to a still image from episode 19 "To Catch a Spider / Double Identity"[9] of 1967 animated TV series Spider-Man showing characters Vulture, Electro and Green Goblin smiling (shown below, left). The post gained over 52,500 upvotes in seven days. On May 26th, Redditor White__Science__Man reused the image for a Me and the Boys meme which gained over 29,700 upvotes in eight days (shown below, right).[10]


12 yo me showing my bovs the word "sex" in the dictionary Me and the boys looking up breasts in the dictionary

In the following days, Me and the Boys memes based on the image gained significant spread on Reddit, with notable examples posted in /r/dankmemes,[11] /r/ShitpostCrusaders[12], /r/me_irl[13] and other subreddits. On June 3rd, a collection of examples was featuring on Ebaum's World.[14]


Teacher:*gets pregnant* Someone in class: Guess what she did? Me and my friends at 5th grade: me and the boys trick or treating in our 30's T Me and the boys when the teacher is picking two teams for PE u/buzin32

Various Examples


MEAND THE BOYS RAIDING HABBO HOTEL MEAND THE BOYS WHEN WE GET CAUGHT EATING BATTERY imgflip.comm ME AND THE BOYS WATCHING THE SPOONS IN THE MICROWAVE SPARKING
Me and the boys in any game with customizable characters Me and the boys getting the teacher to tell us stories instead of work When you keep seeing the "Me and the boys" memes but you don't have any friends

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External References

[1] Instagram โ€“ #meandtheboys

[2] Reddit โ€“ Me and the Boys at bible study ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคฒ

[3] Reddit โ€“ Da boi zz

[4] Reddit โ€“ Where we flying boys?

[5] Reddit โ€“ Me_irl

[6] Reddit โ€“ everyday

[7] Instagram โ€“ @swaggycreeperguy's Post (login needed)

[8] Reddit โ€“ Aye boys, check this

[9] Wikipedia โ€“ List of Spider-Man (1967 TV series) episodes

[10] Reddit โ€“ Hehe boob

[11] Reddit โ€“ Very Interesting Mr. Teacher

[12] Reddit โ€“ SUN DIO

[13] Reddit โ€“ Me irl

[14] EbaumsWorld โ€“ Me and the Boys Memes For You to Look at With the Boys

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