About

Fuck Cringe Culture, I Love U is a series of memes using the phrasal template, "Fuck cringe culture, I love U X," with "X" being a fandom or subject that some people might consider cringeworthy. The format is based on an image macro uploaded by Instagram user chieffiras in February 2022 featuring the caption, "Fuck February 14 I love u every day." The meme first became the subject of edits in February 2025, spreading over the following months.

Origin

On February 14th, 2022, the Instagram^[1] meme page chieffiras posted an image macro using a photo of Chief Keef throwing up a hand signal in front of a building captioned, "Fuck February 14 I love u every day," garnering over 36,000 likes in three years.

On April 5th, 2024, the meme was reposted to the /r/hopeposting^[2] subreddit to over 1,400 upvotes in a year.

On February 15th, 2025, X^[3] user @fa4ryji posted an edit of the meme reading, "Fuck cringe culture I love u K-pop," garnering over 166,000 likes and 39,000 reposts in eight months. This is the earliest known edit of the meme.

Spread

On February 17th, 2025, the Instagram^[4] page trapicalbitchh reposted the @fa4ryji meme, garnering over 45,000 likes in eight months.

On February 22nd, X^[5] user @kikokokaa posted a version of the meme about loving Kiriko from Overwatch, garnering over 3,100 likes in the same span of time.

On May 12th, Instagram^[6] user lilcasper.v2 posted a version of the meme about loving the movie Spider-Man 3, garnering over 18,100 likes in five months.

On June 6th, 2025, the Facebook^[7] page yandere psycho femcel girlfriend grippy sock jail posted a version about Magical Girls, gaining over 1,400 reactions and 2,300 shares in four months.

On June 8th, X^[8] user @wwxwashere posted a version of the meme reading, "Fuck cringe culture I love u fanfiction," garnering over 76,000 likes and 18,000 reposts in four months.

Various Examples

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