Just Fell to My Knees In A Walmart
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About
Just Fell to My Knees in a Walmart Parking Lot is a catchphrase often posted in the comments section of TikTok, in which participants make videos falling to their knees or use the phrase to signify that someone is attractive or express disappointment that their celebrity crush is taken.
Origin
The earliest known viral use of the phrase "Just fell to my knees in a Walmart parking lot" emerged from a Tweet posted on October 25th, 2021 where Twitter[1] user @whynotaddy reacted to news about You costars Victoria Pedretti and Dylan Arnold are dating. The tweet gathered over 150,000 likes in nearly a year (seen below).
Spread
The phrase began to infiltrate TikTok and comment sections, with TikToker[2] @unfriendlybisexual posting a video on January 9th, 2022, with the caption "just fell to my knees in walmart," and gathering over 7 million plays and nearly 2 million likes in ten months (seen below, left). TikToker[3] @scrubnumberone posted a video reacting to one such thirst comment on January 19th, 2022, gathering nearly 500,000 views and 50,000 likes in nine months (seen below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7051398208475385093
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7055021876372065583
The trend continued on Twitter[4] as well, with user @roramdin posting a tweet about Serena Williams making a Bored Ape using the tweet format on January 20th, 2022. The tweet gathered over 170,000 likes and 11,000 retweets in nine months (seen below).
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7060128098439859502
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7027444975528873221
![101 + Answered What is up with everyone falling to their knees in a Walmart? (self.OutOfTheLoop) submitted 7 months ago by DeusOff I'm so sorry if this has already been asked about, I had a quick search but didn't see anything! Very sorry if I missed something. Lately I've seen so many people saying different variants of "just fell to my knees in a Walmart", where did it come from?! I feel like literally everyone knows but me and it must be super obvious, I don't get it :( Here's an example of what I mean[¹] 13 comments source share save hide give award report crosspost hide all child comments all 13 comments navigate by* sorted by: top subscribe](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/454/051/a5a.png "Reddit fell to my knees")
![♡☆ [-] ChrispVisuals 139 points 7 months ago Answer: There was a Tik Toker with a really impressive mustache (sorry I don't remember his name) and in one video he decided to shave it off. People were upset by this and someone commented "I just fell to my knees in a Walmart parking lot" which got pinned by the creator & now it's a joke to repeat this comment or say a variation of it. permalink source embed save save-RES report give award reply hide child comments [-] DeusOff [S] 30 points 7 months ago THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Sorry I'm new to the sub, do I just have to reply with "answered" to change the flair or do I have to manually change it myself? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award reply [-] DeusOff [S] 17 points 7 months ago oops nvm that did it lol thank you again!! permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award reply [-] badabababaim 11 points 7 months ago It started well before that video that you're talking about. The Joe bartzolzizolziz I assume. It just started as a comment trend that was clever and funny and just gained steam permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award reply hide child comments [-] Visual_Concentrate40 5 points 7 months ago Clever and funny permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/454/041/f07.png "Reddit fell to my knees")
