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Wgat It Is or Time Traveller What It Is is a series of ironic brainrot memes popularized by Instagram Reels user timetravellerwhatyouplaying in which the phrase "wgat it is," an intentional misspelling of "what it is," is edited into a variety of memes in nonsensical ways. The account began posting variations of the same time traveler image macro, which features the phrase "what it is," daily starting in May 2024 and in early December, started posting more ironic memes using the misspelled word "wgat" and phrase "wgat it is." Some of the memes went viral and began to see use by other social media users. The meme also became associated with the Chopped Chin meme.

Origin

On May 7th, 2024, Instagram[1] user timetravellerwhatyouplaying posted an image macro to Instagram Reels featuring an image of Kevin Hart captioned, "Time Traveller: What You Playing? Me: Minecraft 2 Time Traveler: Minecraft 2 what it is," garnering around 450 likes in eight months.

An image macro of Kevin Hart looking surprised. The meme reads, "Time Traveller: What You Playing? Me: Minecraft 2 Time Traveler: Minecraft 2 what it is."

The user continued to regularly post the exact same meme to Reels, sometimes changing the game named in the meme from "Minecraft 2" to something else or editing Kevin Hart in some way. On December 2nd, the same Instagram[2] user posted an absurd meme depicting a giant smiley face getting squished by two walls, one wall labeled "your left thigh" and the other "your right thigh." The top text reads, "this could be us what 8 it is," garnering over 5.7 million views in a month. This is the earliest known meme to use the phrase "wgat it is."

A meme showing a smiley face crushed between two walls labeled "left thigh" and "right thigh." The top text reads, "This could be us wgat 8 it is."

Spread

The account timetravellerwhatyouplaying continued to post brainrot memes, including many that use the phrase "wgat it is" or simply the word "wgat." For example, on December 5th, the account posted a reel to Instagram[3] reading, "There's a Lake in Finland that looks like Finland wgat it is Finland," garnering over 1.2 million views in a month.

An image macro of a lake in Finland. The top text reads, "There's a Lake in Finland that looks like Finland wgat it is Finland."

The phrase "wgat it is" became a popular catchphrase among Instagram Reels users as a referential comment. On December 9th, X[4] user @jo333ny posted the original "time traveler" meme, with numerous commenters posting versions of the "wgat it is" meme in the comments, garnering over 1,100 likes in a month.

The meme became associated with other brainrot memes, like Chopped Chin, in January 2025. For example, on January 1st, 2025, Instagram[5] user choppedchinsister posted a Chopped Chin meme using the phrase, garnering over 1,600 likes in a week.

On January 8th, X[6] user @D00dlerEthan posted an image of Friday Night Funkin characters, writing, "#fridaynightfunkin wgat it is," garnering over 1,400 likes in under a day.

An image of Friday Night Funking characters. The tweet text reads, "Fridaynightfunking wgat it is."

Various Examples

Nicolas: What it is wgat bro Nicolas:wgat is wgat POPBEL
An image macro of a skeleton. The caption reads, "POV: My boyfriend at my funeral be like he wgat."
An image macro. The caption reads, "Buy a house with my lunch moneywgat."
Night people when morning people are asleep: Say what Morning people when night people are asleep: Say wgat
An image macro showing a scene from Ratatouille. The caption reads, "Unpopular opinion: Skinner wasn't evil. He was just a chef that didn't want a rat in his kitchen wgat is it rat."
An image macro of a man and his girlfriend in priest and nun costumes. The caption reads, "colepm She usually calls me daddy, but last night she called me Father wgat."

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Wgat It Is / Time Traveller What It Is

Wgat It Is / Time Traveller What It Is

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About

Wgat It Is or Time Traveller What It Is is a series of ironic brainrot memes popularized by Instagram Reels user timetravellerwhatyouplaying in which the phrase "wgat it is," an intentional misspelling of "what it is," is edited into a variety of memes in nonsensical ways. The account began posting variations of the same time traveler image macro, which features the phrase "what it is," daily starting in May 2024 and in early December, started posting more ironic memes using the misspelled word "wgat" and phrase "wgat it is." Some of the memes went viral and began to see use by other social media users. The meme also became associated with the Chopped Chin meme.

Origin

On May 7th, 2024, Instagram[1] user timetravellerwhatyouplaying posted an image macro to Instagram Reels featuring an image of Kevin Hart captioned, "Time Traveller: What You Playing? Me: Minecraft 2 Time Traveler: Minecraft 2 what it is," garnering around 450 likes in eight months.


An image macro of Kevin Hart looking surprised. The meme reads, "Time Traveller: What You Playing? Me: Minecraft 2 Time Traveler: Minecraft 2 what it is."

The user continued to regularly post the exact same meme to Reels, sometimes changing the game named in the meme from "Minecraft 2" to something else or editing Kevin Hart in some way. On December 2nd, the same Instagram[2] user posted an absurd meme depicting a giant smiley face getting squished by two walls, one wall labeled "your left thigh" and the other "your right thigh." The top text reads, "this could be us what 8 it is," garnering over 5.7 million views in a month. This is the earliest known meme to use the phrase "wgat it is."


A meme showing a smiley face crushed between two walls labeled "left thigh" and "right thigh." The top text reads, "This could be us wgat 8 it is."

Spread

The account timetravellerwhatyouplaying continued to post brainrot memes, including many that use the phrase "wgat it is" or simply the word "wgat." For example, on December 5th, the account posted a reel to Instagram[3] reading, "There's a Lake in Finland that looks like Finland wgat it is Finland," garnering over 1.2 million views in a month.


An image macro of a lake in Finland. The top text reads, "There's a Lake in Finland that looks like Finland wgat it is Finland."

The phrase "wgat it is" became a popular catchphrase among Instagram Reels users as a referential comment. On December 9th, X[4] user @jo333ny posted the original "time traveler" meme, with numerous commenters posting versions of the "wgat it is" meme in the comments, garnering over 1,100 likes in a month.

The meme became associated with other brainrot memes, like Chopped Chin, in January 2025. For example, on January 1st, 2025, Instagram[5] user choppedchinsister posted a Chopped Chin meme using the phrase, garnering over 1,600 likes in a week.



On January 8th, X[6] user @D00dlerEthan posted an image of Friday Night Funkin characters, writing, "#fridaynightfunkin wgat it is," garnering over 1,400 likes in under a day.


An image of Friday Night Funking characters. The tweet text reads, "Fridaynightfunking wgat it is."

Various Examples


Nicolas: What it is wgat bro Nicolas:wgat is wgat POPBEL An image macro of a skeleton. The caption reads, "POV: My boyfriend at my funeral be like he wgat." An image macro. The caption reads, "Buy a house with my lunch moneywgat." Night people when morning people are asleep: Say what Morning people when night people are asleep: Say wgat An image macro showing a scene from Ratatouille. The caption reads, "Unpopular opinion: Skinner wasn't evil. He was just a chef that didn't want a rat in his kitchen wgat is it rat." An image macro of a man and his girlfriend in priest and nun costumes. The caption reads, "colepm She usually calls me daddy, but last night she called me Father wgat."

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