These Shrimp Fresh

About

"These Shrimp Fresh" is a memorable quote from the video game Cyberpunk 2077. The phrase became a popular catchphrase used by streamer Vinesauce Vinny, which became a meme among his fanbase.

Origin

On December 10th, 2020, CD Projekt RED released the video game Cyberpunk 2077. Several weeks later, on December 19th, YouTuber Vinesauce posted the video "These Shrimp Fresh" in which the in-game character asks a seafood dealer, "These shrimp fresh." The post received more than 124,000 views in less than six months (shown below).

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Roughly one month after posting the original video, on January 21st, 2021, Vinesauce followed-up with an explanation for his interest in the line. The post, "Vinny's addiction to fresh shrimp," received more than 19,000 views in less than six months (shown below, left).

Three days later, on January 24th, YouTuber HunterKane posted a compilation of "Every Shrimp moment from parts 3 to 7 of Vinny's cyberpunk streams." The post received more than 3,000 views in less than six months (shown below, right).

Over the next few months, fans of Vinesauce began posting images on various websites with the phrase as the caption. For example, on March 20th, Twitter ^[1] user @Perinoodle69 recreated the scene in the video game Splatoon 2, posted a screenshot and captioned the image, "These shrimp fresh?" (shown below).

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