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Alex From Target is the Twitter meme that confused a nation and delighted a hoard of tweens beginning yesterday. It's a story of minimum wage romance, starring a Justin Bieber lookalike in a red uniform and a creepy photographer with a single monosyllabic all-caps caption.
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This is how it began:
YOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/eknsxBlx38
— rims (@auscalum) November 2, 2014
Which led to this:
I fell in love with him the way he scanned my items, slowly and then all at once #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/8UqSBSoGj7
— Down South Prep (@DownSouthPrep) November 3, 2014
And a lot of confusion, so here's a helpful Wikipedia entry:
Lmao hahah #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/7qd6MxKIQ7
— argnesa (@thesassymatt) November 3, 2014
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Also, a ton of memes:
Remember #alexfromtarget ? Well this is him now .. Feel old yet? pic.twitter.com/oQ3RCJA1Qu
— Do You Feel Old? (@DoYouFeeIOld) November 3, 2014
When #alexfromtarget starts his shift pic.twitter.com/gnfSZjo9Pd
— #AlexFromTarget (@thatgirlclxire) November 3, 2014
Forget a bout #alexfromtarget It's all about #daquanfromstaples pic.twitter.com/Cm3b00uno1
— Saavvyy. (@_DAForLife_) November 3, 2014
OMG!! THERE IS EVEN A PLEDGE TO HIM ALREADY HAHAH #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/SEWfMB4NHU
— Alex (@ObeyMendes_) November 3, 2014
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WTF indeed:
Wtf is going on its was just #alexfromtarget now it's just random hot boys I'm so confused with this Fandom hahah pic.twitter.com/CWD8EQ3fyf
— payton (@ahsftkian_) November 3, 2014