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The Unemployed Friend at 2pm On a Monday
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About
The Unemployed Friend at 2pm On a Monday, among other variations changing the time or day, is a catchphrase used in a series of image caption memes depicting the unemployed friend having an adventure in the middle of a weekday since they don't have a job. The original meme was posted to Twitter in September 2022 and uses a Lord Of The Rings image of Gandalf to represent the unemployed friend, inspiring new variations (especially on Twitter and TikTok) over the following weeks.
Origin
On September 21st, 2022, Twitter[1] user @alexsmokesmid posted a piece of artwork depicting Gandalf from Lord Of the Rings wandering through the woods, captioned, "the unemployed friend at 2pm on a Monday," garnering over 1,600 likes and 220 retweets in two weeks (shown below). It was screenshotted and reposted by Instagram[2] users midi.um on September 22nd, garnering over 9,800 likes in two weeks. On September 23rd, Twitter[3] user @alexsmokesmid then posted another variation on the meme, writing, "the unemployed friend at 1:40 pm staring at the apex legends lobby" over another piece of Gandalf artwork, garnering over 2,500 likes and 200 retweets in two weeks.
![the unemployed friend at 2pm on a monday alex @alexsmokesmid the unemployed friend at 2pm on a monday ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/303/551.jpg)
Spread
On September 25th, 2022, Instagram[4] user obsessedwithcatboys reposted the original meme, garnering over 21,000 likes in two weeks. On September 28th, TikToker[5] @benjaminsburn posted a video using a similar caption over Red Dead Redemption 2 footage, garnering over 1.7 million views in a week (shown below). On the same day, Instagram[6] user moistbuddha reposted @alexsmokesmid's original version of the meme, garnering over 141,000 likes in a week. That day, it was also posted to Tumblr[8] by evildilf2, garnering over 24,000 notes in a week. On September 30th, TikToker[7] @danicooldragon00 posted a video using the phrase, garnering over 245,000 views in five days (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7148084923667188998
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7148927431989087494
On October 4th, Twitter[9] user @charleyonhere posted, "The unemployed friend at 3:00 pm on a Monday" over an image of Tom Cruise sitting on top of the Burj Khalifa, garnering over 218,000 likes and 15,000 retweets in a day (shown below).
![The unemployed friend at 3:00 pm on a Monday Kale @charleyonhere The unemployed friend at 3:00 pm on a Monday tecnic www](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/319/670.jpg)
Various Examples
![the unemployed friend at 1:40 pm staring at the apex legends lobby alex @alexsmokesmid the unemployed friend at 1:40 pm staring at the apex legends lobby www](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/321/aaa.jpg)
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![the unemployed friend at 2pm One Million Pounds of Rat Meat Sold in America @79hfg3n3948rhf0 the unemployed friend at 2pm ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/330/a25.jpg)
![the unemployed friend at 2pm asking you to get on discord: jzl! S.s.? @imsoquirkyniche the unemployed friend at 2pm asking you to get on discord: ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/331/c36.jpg)
![seinfeld is the unemployed friend at 12am THE UNEMPLOYED FRIEND AT 12AM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/333/736.jpg)
![the unemployed friend at 2:30 on a wednesday dilly @arbysmozzstick the unemployed friend at 2:30 on a wednesday ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/453/332/8fa.jpg)
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External References
[1] Twitter – alexsmokesmid
[3] Twitter – alexsmokesmid
[4] Instagram – obsessedwithcatboys
[5] TikTok – benjaminsburn
[6] Instagram – moistbuddha
[7] TikTok – danicooldragon00
[9] Twitter – charleyonhere
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