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The "Bro Explaining" meme features a photograph of a man in sunglasses and a Houston Astros shirt engaging in an animated discussion with a blonde woman dressed in a white top. This meme is commonly used to portray scenarios where the man appears to be enthusiastically sharing unsolicited knowledge or explanations about particular niches or complex topics. A variation called "Girl Explaining", which surfaced as a gender-swapped variant, started making rounds in August 2022.
The meme originated from a live broadcast on a baseball game between St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros on June 7th, 2011, captured by FOX Sports Midwest. The image shows a Houston Astros fan in a lively conversation with a woman seated next to him. The next day, on June 8th, 2011, the sports blog JoeSportsFan.com archived the image with a humorous caption and also shared it on their Facebook page. Subsequently, the image and article were featured on Lobshots and later included in a meme collection on Piximus. By December 21st, 2011, it had found its way onto the r/funny subreddit here, where it received over 1,300 upvotes. The man in the photograph has been speculated by some to be the former American football quarterback Tony Romo, with suggestions that the woman could be singer Jessica Simpson or model Joy Trimble.
Origin: 2011
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