The Thirsty Hamster Sunroof Thing
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About
The Thirsty Hamster Sunroof Thing, also known as The Hamster Thing or Sunroof Hamster Trend, refers to a humorous sexual act in which a man lays across the roof of a car with his penis hanging through the sunroof while his partner gives him oral sex, resembling the act of a hamster drinking from a sipper water bottle. The slang term went viral in February 2024 after it was posted to X / Twitter, inspiring several viral videos on TikTok using the caption, "When he won't lay over my sunroof and let me act like a thirsty hamster."
Origin
The earliest known reference to the "thirsty hamster sunroof" was posted by X[1] user @Keegan199159 on February 19th, 2024, writing, "Oh you a freak? Let me lay over your sunroof and you can act like a thirsty hamster. Talk about it, be about it," garnering one like in two days. Later that day, X[2] user @marzmisa posted, "when he wont lay over my sunroof and let me act like a thirsty hamster 😔💔," garnering over 130 likes in the same span of time (shown below).
Spread
On February 20th, 2024, TikToker[3] @caleystarkes posted a video using the same caption as X user @marzmisa, garnering over 7.1 million views in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker[4] @amelia_weiss posted a similar video referring to the act as "the hamster thing," garnering over 4 million views in the same rough span of time (shown below, right).
@caleystarkes i cant stop laughing at the visual 🫠😂😂😂😂 #hamsters #fyp #humor #texas #summer #jk ♬ Complicated – Avril Lavigne
@amelia_weiss woof woof
Various Examples
@sydneevice_ cant stop laughing at the visual 🫠😂😂😂😂 #hamsters #fyp #humor #texas #Summer #ik #florida ♬ Complicated – Avril Lavigne
@geoffbuilds This is why we have three kids together #Lamborghini #sunroof #bambo #twinturbo #mtv #hamster ♬ som original – moon✮
@aaron__thrash If you know, you know. 😂 #iykyk #hamstersunroof #fyp #thirstyhamster ♬ som original – moon✮
@nerdynordy Probably all the way open. Don’t want to accidentally close it 😬 #sunroof #hamster #thirstyhamster #booktok ♬ I dont know what it isssss – daisy