It's the disconnect between the expected method of doing a vibe check (saying 'hmm, you give off bad vibes today', or whatever) and the 'method' that ends up being used in the memes (bludgeoning the other person, implicitly to correct their bad vibes). ShindanMaker, a Japanese website that lets people create their own fortune teller-like tests, has a new test among its ranks specifically for conducting vibe checks. It doesn't have anything to do with vibes. The phrase became super popular, though, with the advent of a meme where one person declares 'vibe check' and then beats the other person up. The earliest known use of the phrase comes to us from a relatively trippy Urban Dictionary post from April 18, 2011, which defines it as: A process by which a group or individual obtains a. The original, literal meaning is getting a reading on someone's 'vibe', or the aura/feeling they give off. In the memes, its used as the new Open Chest (what gen are you Its not as popular now but before, somebody would yell OPEN CHEST' at random times and whoever didnt have their chest covered up somehow, theyd get hit in their chest). Often, these memes make fun of the somewhat new-agey way in which people talk about vibes. Irl, vibe check is checking in on someone to see how theyre doing. The basis of this meme is a joke about simply checking the vibes that a person is giving off.
It's very hard to explain because it's sort of an absurdist, surreal internet meme that, by now, is used more often ironically than genuinely. Like the term vibes, the vibe check phrase is a ubiquitous and vague reference to intangible auras and atmospheres.
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