About
Me IRL is a phrase used online to signify a person’s connection with a particular image. The phrase is also often used in an ironic sense by using a strange or cringeworthy image.
Origin
The phrase was originally used by furry writer and artist Jurann Foxtail in 1997. Foxtail’s website’s “About” page has a description of the artist’s fursona in which it describes how the character “even looks like me IRL”.[3]
Spread
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On October 26th, 2012, a dedicated subreddit was created.[2] As April 22nd, 2015 it has over 113,000 suscribers.
Search Interest
External Links
[1]Archieve.moe – Search for me irl
[3]Jurann’s Mirror Page of Art and Writing – About Jurann Foxtail