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Me at 12 vs. Blue Ivy at 12 / Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down? refers to a school class picture of a 12-year-old girl wearing a black shirt in front of a blue background, seen with her hands resting in front of her. The photo was of Twitter / X user brit does it all (@britsalterego) who posted it in a viral December 2024 tweet, in which she compared herself at 12 to a photo of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughter, actress Blue Ivy Carter, at 12 on the red carpet for the premiere of her film Mufasa: The Lion King.

@britsalterego was lambasted for the tweet because she was shaming the appearance of a minor when she was much older. Heading into 2025, her class picture was used as a reaction image and exploitable. It was often posted without context to represent being petty and jealous.

Origin

On December 11th, 2024, X^[1] user @britsalterego tweeted, "Me at 12 vs. Blue Ivy at 12 / Are you picking up what I'm putting down?" attaching a class photo of herself at 12 and a then-recent photo of actress Blue Ivy Carter at 12 on the red carpet for her film Mufasa: The Lion King.^[10] Over four months, the tweet received over 27.8 million views and 3,800 likes (shown below).

The school picture of @britsalterego showed her wearing a black shirt in front of a blue background. She has her arms and hands resting in front of her as she smiles (shown below).

Spread

The tweet amassed a slew of quote tweets and replies in the following days. Many reactions were negative, as many people believed that @britsalterego was being weird for comparing herself to a 12-year-old and criticizing the appearance of a minor.

For instance, on December 11th, 2024, X^[2] user @MilesDoesntCare quote tweeted the post, writing, "Yes. You were poor with poor parents and her mom is Beyoncé and she's at a movie premiere," gaining over 4,200 likes in four months (shown below).

A minute later on December 11th, X^[3] user @PullUpPanda quote tweeted the post, writing, "You look like somebody mama at 12 LMAO IDK if this did what you wanted it to," amassing over 58,000 likes in four months (shown below).

On December 11th, 2024, X^[4] user @blessthebeautyy quote tweeted it, writing, "This old ass bitch tryna be a Pick Me against a child, Millennials are so cooked." The post received over 62,000 likes in four months (shown below).

The photo of @britsalterego spread outside of the original tweet's orbit, heading into 2025. For instance, on April 4th, 2025, X^[5] user @lovelysbelair tweeted a new photo of professional wrestler Bianca Belair, receiving over 8.5 million views in nine days. Viral quote tweets^[6] joked that Belair looked like Blue Ivy Carter at a quick glance.

The perception led to a reply shared by X^[7] user @Rare_Breduh4 on April 4th, who just attached @britsalterego's photo, gaining over 1,000 likes in nine days (shown below).

Also on April 4th, 2025, X^[8] user @isadorenoir replied to a similar post, attaching the class photo and writing, "She will be here shortly," gaining over 8,300 likes in nine days (shown below).

On April 14th, X^[9] user @Shanice_Gemini posted the class photo, writing, "When that demography wakes up and see blues nails 🤣😭," gaining over 4,100 likes in a day (shown below).

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