Yeah Bro I'm Masculine

About

Yeah Bro I'm Masculine is a catchphrase used in a series of memes in which a person claims they are masculine, then reveals that they always pick the female option when given the choice in a video game, or do something else arguably feminine. The memes often feature a female character, representing the character choice, dancing, with some of the most popular examples using a clip of Ikuto Kita from Bocchi the Rock! dancing. The earliest known example of the meme was posted to TikTok in April 2024.

Origin

On April 5th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @merlynkho posted an image macro of an anime cat girl under the caption, "'Yeah bro I'm masculine' also bro as soon as there's a girl option in the game:" garnering around 187,000 views in six months.

Spread

New versions of the meme garnered viral spread over the following months. On June 28th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @merlynkho posted a video set to Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" using the same caption over an image of VTuber Kotoka Torahime, garnering over 1.1 million views in four months.

On September 10th, TikToker^[3] @pahlawangitarsibocchi posted a version of the meme using a video of Ikuto Kita dancing under the caption, garnering over 2.3 million views in a month. On September 14th, a version of the meme was posted to /r/VRchat^[4] that garnered over 1,700 upvotes in the same rough span of time.

On September 16th, YouTuber^[5] c o z y official posted a video where they show the process of making a version of the meme, garnering over 280,000 views in a month. On September 19th, X^[6] user @WitnerLoL posted a version of the meme that gained over 2,400 likes in the same rough span of time.

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