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This Person Is 100 Km Near Your House
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About
This Person Is 100 Km Near Your House refers to an exploitable GIF and video meme format which warns the viewer that a certain person or character is approaching their house. The GIF stars with a countdown of 100 kilometers, with the number rapidly going down to zero, with a jumpscare sometimes edited in at the end. Spawned by a TikTok posted in February 2022, the format saw frequent use on Discord and on social media.
Origin
On February 11th, 2022, TikTok[1] user @steve_grasoso posted a video of Paw Patrol dog character Zuma together with a countdown reading, "this person is 100 km near your house", with the number rapidly going down from 100 to 0 as the video goes dark and a flashlight effect appears, with the video ending with a loud door knock. The upload (shown below) accumulated over 1.5 million views and 184,000 likes in three years.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7063522769874455814
Spread
In the following weeks, the video saw spread online as it was reposted on other sites, including reposts on iFunny[2], YouTube[3] and, as an edited GIF, on Tenor.[4]
On February 19th, Instagram[5] user @pampam.v.1.2 (post no longer available) and TikTok[6] user romgo_fm posted the earliest found derivative memes based on the video. A February 24th, 2022, YouTube[7] reupload of @pampam.v.1.2's meme, a Kanye's Blank Stare edit, received over 30,000 views in three years (shown below).
On February 22nd, 2022, X[8] account @KFC_ES posted a version featuring a Momo version of Colonel Sanders which received over 1,900 reposts and 19,000 likes in three years (shown below).
Ten cuidado pic.twitter.com/9PDaz32die
— KFC (@KFC_ES) February 22, 2022
In the following years, the format maintained an active presence in the form of both videos and GIFs, with users editing in various people and characters.
Related Memes
I Am 100 Meters From Your Location And Approaching Rapidly!
I Am 100 Meters From Your Location And Approaching Rapidly! shortned as I Am 100 Meters From Your Location refers to a viral video of Team Fortress 2 character Scout saying that he is 100 meters from your location and rapidly approaching. The quote became popular on YouTube and TikTok in late 2020 and early 2021.
Various Examples
— uub (@uubfelino) April 1, 2022
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External References
[1] TikTok – @steve_grasoso
[2] iFunny – DoppioGarden_2020
[3] YouTube – this person is 0km near your house
[4] Tenor – Jumpscare 100km GIF
[5] Instagram – floatingpants
[7] YouTube – this person is 100 km near your house
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