FlightReacts Tongue Out / How I Stare At X

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About

FlightReacts Tongue Out or How I Stare At X refers to a series of image macro memes using an image of FlightReacts sticking his tongue out while staring into the camera. The image was first used as a meme on TikTok in April 2024 captioned, "How I stare at my son through his window after my wife kicked me out the house." It garnered viral spread over the following months on sites like Instagram and Reddit, inspiring photoshops in which the caption is altered and Flight is edited into a character.

Origin

On April 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[1] @backboxed posted a meme consisting of a still image of FlightReacts taken from a currently unknown video in which he is sticking his tongue out and staring at the camera. The meme is captioned, "How I stare at my son through his window after my wife kicked me out the house." The video gained over 6.1 million views in seven months.

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♬ original sound – eyesore

Spread

The meme garnered viral spread over the following months, inspiring edits. On April 26th, 2024, Instagram^[2] user
triggered.memes reposted the meme as an image macro, garnering over 36,000 likes in seven months. On May 1st, an edit of the meme was posted to /r/Jujutsufolk^[3] that garnered over 100 upvotes in six months.

On May 24th, X^[4] user @crackeremotions posted a version of the meme edited to read, "How I stare at my friends when the hangout is so fun." A screenshot of the post was reposted by Instagram^[5] user _______bagel_______ that day, garnering over 41,000 likes in six months.

On July 28th, the "friends" version of the meme was reposted by X^[6] user @weirddalle, garnering over 26,000 likes in four months. On September 25th, an edit of the meme referencing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was posted to /r/ShitPostCrusaders,^[7] garnering over 3,000 upvotes in two months.