My Brother in Christ
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About
My Brother in Christ is a recaption meme trend using "my brother in Christ" as a slang term put on top of words, most often replacing the N-word, in other meme captions to enhance the original meaning by adding a flair of polite Christianity for humorous effect. The trend is mostly used as an enhancement on existing images where meme creators replace the text with the phrase but also spread to become a standalone catchphrase or punchline on Twitter in early 2022.
Origin
The first recorded instance of a meme replacing a caption with the N-word to "my brother in Christ" comes from Twitter user @etherxeno,[1] who on February 18th, 2022, recaptioned the Dudes Be Like 'Subway Sucks' meme (shown below, left). The tweet received over 5,700 retweets and 42,700 likes in one month. The original meme was posted in January 2019 and has been widely circulated and recaptioned since (shown below, right).
![subway DUDES BE LIKE O GESUBWAY SUCKS YOU MADE THE MY BROTHER IN CHRIST SANDWICH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/645/fa8.jpg)
![Dudes be like "subway sucks" n---- you made the sandwich DUDES BE LIKE G"SUBWAY SUCKS N---- YOU MADE THE SANDWICH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/259/483/395.jpg)
Spread
The concept continued to grow as more memes recaptioned with the catchphrase "my brother in Christ" spread online. For example, the Tumblr account teathattast[2] uploaded a version that was similar to the Subway one from cherriesandpomegranates, but instead references the game Elden Ring, leading to significant discussion and proliferation of using the phrase in a more casual sense (shown below).
![elden ring DUDES BE LIKE "EVERYTHING ONE-SHOTS ME WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" YOU MADE THE BUILD MY BROTHER IN CHRIST](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/646/e7c.jpg)
On March 11th, 2022, the phrase began to show up more on Twitter with people using it in place of other words while describing a trend that people claim to hate but is considered to be the fault of the person for not enjoying it. An example of this was posted by the Twitter account[3] JarrettMoore18, which uses the phrase to say that people who don't enjoy TikTok did it to themselves by ruining their own algorithm (shown below).
![christ John Maus' Reddit AMA @JarrettMoore18 "Tiktok is toxic!" My brother in Christ you cultivated the algorithm](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/650/114.jpg)
Related Memes
Dudes Be Like "Subway Sucks"
Dudes Be Like 'Subway Sucks,' continued Nigga You Made The Sandwich, is the caption on an image macro of a Subway sandwich joking that you can't complain that your Subway sandwich sucks since the customer chooses what goes on it, meaning they technically made their own sandwich and it's their own fault if it isn't good. The image macro became popularized as an exploitable over the course of 2020 and 2021, particularly on Instagram, where the text was altered via recaptioning.
Various Examples
![brother Jalen 'Head Empty, 80s Goth Rock Inside' Todd @stygianscribe ... but my brother in christ, you forgot the candle sticks](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/651/ed2.jpg)
![brother my brother in christ you are the sandwich](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/655/825.jpg)
![brother i cant stop calling people my brother in christ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/654/d3d.jpg)
![brother "I don't get pronouns!" my brother in christ, explain this. he Crusader 22002700 10 TUndead Eyet. 7yet. Deburt on TascotUDDrdeb ol. Cagdari, Siowbeans 70 2578 tarsen *57 M a <Protecion o derakinga V Tane Adimi 21 3356 [Shedunit) Clearcang 21 Ounage Done RadWanny lehad Pi <Deady Boss Mods Vike Twins te Shock Eye of the Broodmother S NTTO E Lava Burst 2 ( AEN N ONE ng Eydis Dat Vake Twins Debulf on Triscu dn Siowbeans Shaft han gone offise Level](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/653/f2c.jpg)
![brother in christ this game isn't funny “, my brother in christ you wrote the responses](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/326/652/636.jpg)
Top Comments
No!!
Mar 12, 2022 at 09:23AM EST
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Mar 12, 2022 at 02:14AM EST