We Saw the Block, Don't Worry Bro

About

We Saw the Block, Don't Worry Bro is a meme catchphrase based on a viral video from TikTok showing a high school basketball player blocking someone and then looking into the camera recording him. His quick look while trash-talking made the moment emasculating and therefore humorous because it seemed like he needed to know that the block was documented for his social media presence. The player in the original video was named Stan Rajkovich. After it went viral on TikTok, it was paired with the aforementioned catchphrase and people reenacted the video to joke about it. The phrase also became a phrasal template as people replaced the word "block" to match other scenarios depicted in their video skits.

Origin

On June 30th, 2024, Instagram^[1] user @takeoverhoops_ posted a Reel that showed high school basketball player Stan Rajkovich blocking another player, gaining over 42,200 likes in three months (shown below).

In the video's comment section, many joked about the way Rajkovich looked at the camera after the block. For instance, one user wrote, "Why he looking around like that," gaining over 5,500 likes in 11 weeks. Another said, "Bro looking around for the cameras 😭," gaining over 15,000 likes in eight weeks (shown below).

A few months later, on September 8th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @firstpagesocial posted an edited version of the video with a caption reading, "We saw the block don't worry bro😭🙏🏽," gaining over 10.6 million plays and 1.3 million likes in 10 days (shown below).

Spread

In the following days, the video was reenacted by others on the app. For instance, on September 10th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @shshshshhshshsh13 posted a reenactment video that received over 18.5 million plays and 2.5 million likes in eight days (shown below).

Variations on the phrasal template then surfaced, such as on September 16th, TikToker^[4] @mario.mixes posted a different basketball edit with a caption reading, "We Saw The Tough 3, Dont Worry Bro😭🙏🏾," gaining over 1.3 million plays and 202,700 likes in two days (shown below).

On September 14th, 2024, the original We Saw the Block hooper, Stan Rajkovich, went viral on his TikTok^[5] account @stan.rajkovich for a video that read, "POV: the we saw the block kid can rlly hoop," receiving over 2.2 million plays and 131,500 likes in four days (shown below).

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