You always remember your first time, especially if it’s captured on TikTok.
Perhaps user @brittanyt445 didn’t intend on making an entirely relatable meme out of trying kombucha for the first time, but her reactions translate universally. In the viral clip, she sniffs the can first, remarking that it “really smells like a public restroom.” Then she takes a sip, and the journey begins.
It’s not quite a face journey, not quite a cursed TikTok, but it quickly became a reaction meme for literally any situation. Know Your Meme points to an Aug. 9 re-upload of the video to Twitter as one inciting incident, with the caption, “When I tasted the cum for the first time.”
When I tasted the cum for the first time pic.twitter.com/8HMGkvz1Zz
— d (@twunktrap) August 9, 2019
From there, she became the face of uncertainty and indecision.
Looking at myself naked in the mirror pic.twitter.com/qtAJympbBi
— lil adam (@MaxxAtom) August 11, 2019
Me trying not to text him
— grimes stan account (@almondmilkhunni) August 11, 2019
pic.twitter.com/gD3lB7ac17
https://twitter.com/KaraKempp/status/1160928767365275650
Hanging out with a Capricorn the first 3 times & then the 4th pic.twitter.com/dp1SeoL5fx
— Astro Poets (@poetastrologers) August 12, 2019
The woman, Dallas-based Brittany Tomlinson, tells the Daily Dot that it’s been quite the trip: “Being viral is crazy, dude. You know how there’s like ‘April 2019, May 2019’ memes of the month? I’m deadass August 2019 and it’s blowing my mind.”
Still, she says the reactions and comments have been positive, and that “making people laugh has always been a joy of mine and now I’m literally making the whole world laugh and my heart is FULL.” And yes, she still thinks kombucha is “kinda nasty,” but “in a good way.”
While the kombucha clip went viral, Tomlinson has other relatable TikToks.
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