Tom Scott "I Am At X"

About

Tom Scott "I Am At X" (or "I am just outside X") is a catchphrase by the YouTuber Tom Scott introducing places as part of his "Amazing Places" series. In the fall of 2020, the catchphrase was parodied in a series of image macro parodies which featured Scott in front of bizarre places.

Origin

The earliest parody of Scott's content was posted to YouTube on July 27th, 2020 by user Chris Spargo. The video is a compilation of Scott introducing numerous locations using his catchphrase, gaining over 52,000 views (shown below).

Spread

On October 11th, 2020, Twitter user @MatttGFX^[1] posted a parody in which Scott introduces a location from Minecraft, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 100,000 likes (shown below, left). Over the following several days, multiple variations were posted to social media, particularly Reddit. For example, on October 13th, 2020, a variation posted to /r/okbuddyretard^[2] by user ow333n gained over 7,700 points (shown below, right).

In fact, the popularity of Scott on /r/okbuddyretard got to the point where members are predicting the meme being banned. This led to meta variations about Scott being banned on the subreddit (shown below).

Various Examples

Templates

Tom's Reaction

Tom Scott posted a Twitter thread detailing how he felt about the meme but later deleted the thread. Below is a screenshot of said thread.

Search Interest

External References