About
When You Laughing With Bro is a series of memes using the phrasal template, “When you laughing with bro but realize X,” with “X” being something that stops you from laughing with your friend, the most popular version reading, “When you laughing with bro but realize it’s 5pm on a Sunday.” The original version of the meme was posted by TikToker @lyricalminutemaid in November 2023 and memes using the phrasal template continued to spread over the following years. In 2025, an image macro the phrasal template over a photo of a dog spread as an exploitable meme format.
Origin
On November 21st, 2023, TikToker @lyricalminutemaid posted a meme that shows a Greek statue looking to the left, then looking forward, under the caption, “when you laughing with bro but you realize aint shi to laugh about,” garnering over 2.2 million views in two years. This is the earliest known version of the meme.
@lyricalminutemaid #fyp #fyp #fyp ♬ Goodnight Dad I Love You – Wishing
Spread
Memes using versions of the same caption became increasingly popular over the following years.
On February 26th, 2024, Redditor u/South_Guitar_9786 posted a meme to the /r/memes subreddit featuring the caption, “when you laughing with bro but realize that it’s 5pm on a Sunday” over an image of a terrier, garnering over 6,000 upvotes in a year. The joke is that it’s almost Monday, which signifies the start of work or school.
The dog meme garnered viral spread over the next few months. On March 4rd, it was reposted by Instagram user keefbliffordjr to over 14,000 likes in a year. On June 18th, Instagram user lilcasper.v2 posted a version of the meme adding Lil Twan’s face beside the dog’s, garneirng over 6,000 likes in a year.
On August 1st, 2025, Facebook page Lemme get a uhhhhhhhhh posted a version of the dog meme that alters the caption to read, “when you laughing with bro but realize that it’s 5pm and you got work tomorrow and you’re chopped as fuck,” garnering around 500 reactions in about two weeks.
On August 11th, Instagram users serbian.artillery and negan.feels collaboratively posted a version of the meme reading, “when you laughing with bro but realize he bought the diddy labubu,” garnering over 50,000 likes in two days. It was reposted by X user @seiyaposting on August 12th, garnering over 12,000 likes in a day.
Various Examples
