My Buddy Eric has dedicated his life to doing everything no matter how obscure and to being the buddy of as many people as possible.
Person 1: hey, my buddy Eric did that!
Person 2: hey, mine too
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The phrase βMy buddy Ericβ originated from a TikTok trend in which users would record themselves doing odd things with the caption, βYβall the first to seeβ or something like that. Eg βYβall the first to see a buzz lightyear action figure be dipped in chic fil a sauce.β This trend then lead to people commenting things like βMy buddy Eric saw this first.β, even though it was very odd. This then became popular in internet culture, and My buddy Eric became a household name.
βNah my buddy Eric saw this firstβ
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It refers to a review of the 2019 film Joker on the platform of Letterboxd, indicating that their friend Eric also had a phase and became like the Joker. It received widespread forwards and shares on social media making it an iconic review with regards to letterboxd.
This happened to my buddy eric is such an overused meme, it's annoying.
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A phrase on tiktok commonly associated with the βtrollface incidentβ memes in December 2020. Often used in response to said memes.
Person 1: *trollface incident meme*
Person 2: This happened to my buddy Eric
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