In late June and early July 2021, the format maintained notable prominence online. Another repost, made by Twitter user received over 100 retweets and 1,400 likes in the same period. On June 23rd, 2021, Twitter user posted made the earliest found repost of the meme, with the tweet gaining 10 retweets and over 420 likes in six months. The format first achieved widespread use in late June 2021 after an explicit version created by an unknown author gained virality. On May 14th, 2021, the author of the comic, AlexMaestro, posted an alternative version of the meme to /r/memes, where it received over 23,400 upvotes prior to being removed (shown below, right). The post received over 13,500 upvotes in /r/teenagers in six months (shown below, left). On May 12th, 2021, Redditor eligo_xv3 posted the earliest known meme based on the comic, pairing the image with a Shrek reaction image. The couple in the image are anthropomorphic versions of Reddit's Snoo. The post (shown below) received over 57,400 upvotes in /r/teenagers in six months. In an additional panel, the conversation between the characters is shown. In the third and the fourth panel, but the boy and the girl put their phones away and then lie in their beds smiling and blushing. On May 12th, 2021, Redditor AlexMaestro posted a four-panel meme depicting a boy and girl texting each other while laying in their beds.

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