My Weekend as a 28-Year-Old Living in Chicago

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About

My Weekend as a 28-Year-Old Living in Chicago is a Day In the Life Vlog parody documenting the weekend of a 28-year-old guy living in Chicago, Illinois, which becomes increasingly absurd as the video progresses, involving a hyperbolic slew of activities, notably including so-called "marg towers." The man in the viral video skit is a white man with tattoos, seen wearing a white tank top and grey pants. The video stars Judd Crud who posted it to his Twitter / X account @snotwurst420 in mid-2022. In the following years, the video resurfaced multiple times in internet discourse when people routinely praised it, proving its lasting effect on the cultural consciousness. People made "marg tower" memes, among other references and homages.

Origin

On August 29th, 2022, X^[1] user judd crud (@snotwurst420) posted a video called, "My weekend as a 28-year-old living in Chicago," which spoofed influencer "Day in the Life" vlogs. The video received over 171,000 likes in two years (shown below).

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The video received numerous quotes in the days following its upload. For instance, on August 30th, 2022, X^[2] user @realteaemoji quoted the post, writing, "when did it dawn on you? for me it was the dog," gaining over 49,000 likes in two years (shown below).

Also on August 30th, 2022, X^[3] user @chrisecrowley quoted the post, praising it by saying, "have watched like 6 times. it might be the greatest work of art of the biden era…" receiving over 82,000 likes in two years (shown below).

Over a year later, on December 31st, 2023, X^[4] user @MeganBitchell quoted the video and said, "This really changed everything," gaining over 9,000 likes in eight months (shown below).

The video resurfaced multiple times in viral X^[5]^[6] posts in 2024, leading to further memes. For instance, on July 30th, 2024, X^[7] user @ali_sivi tweeted, "kamala harris made the clutch move of ordering yet another marg tower," gaining over 2,000 likes in a month (shown below).

On August 16th, 2024, X^[8] user @lethalrejection tweeted a screenshot of the video's first frame, captioned, "how it feels to have multiple plans in one day," receiving over 12,000 likes in five days (shown below).