# Blue Eyes Slander Blue Eyes Slander is a running series of X and TikTok jokes mocking people with light-blue eyes for supposedly angling their selfies to show them off. The format built up between 2018 and 2023 around a piercing 2008 photo of Miley Cyrus and catchphrases like 'we see them damn' and 'buy her brown contacts PLEASE.' ## Overview Blue Eyes Slander is an ongoing joke format on X and TikTok where users mock people with light-blue eyes for the supposedly attention-hungry way they show them off in selfies and videos[7]. The bit leans on the stereotype that blue-eyed people angle photos so the color catches the light, or caption posts in ways that pull the reader's eye straight to their irises[1]. Recurring pieces of the format include a piercing 2008 photo of Miley Cyrus, a crude MS Paint cartoon with folded hands drawn by @Pubby_Kat, and catchphrases like 'Okay girl we see them damn'[2]. The tone is teasing rather than hostile, and the target is almost always someone the poster thinks is a little too pleased with their own eye color[4]. ## How It Spread The catchphrase side of Blue Eyes Slander started building around 2020. On April 8, 2020, iFunny user @sad_payable_tygenki_2020 shared a screenshot of a now-deleted X post using the phrasing 'Okay damn, we see them,' which turned into shorthand for calling out light-eyed posters[6]. The wording stuck. On March 22, 2023, X user @islandthembo posted 'Damn we see them' and collected more than 12,000 likes within four months[4]. Visual entries kept appearing alongside the catchphrases. On November 12, 2022, X user @Yokiter posted their own illustration riffing on blue-eyed people, pulling over 3,000 likes in a year[3]. In April 2023, a screenshot from a TikTok of a brown long-haired dachshund with uncommonly blue eyes attracted the comment 'I'm literally shaking buy her brown contacts pls,' which Tumblr user @heartheater then reshared, locking in 'buy her brown contacts' as another go-to punchline[5]. ## How to Use People typically use Blue Eyes Slander by quote-tweeting or replying to a selfie, pet photo, or video where the subject's blue eyes are the focal point, then adding a line like 'okay girl we see them damn' or 'buy her brown contacts PLEASE'[6]. Static image versions often pair the Miley Cyrus photo or the @Pubby_Kat MS Paint cartoon with a caption calling out the perceived attention-seeking[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Blue Eyes Slander? Blue Eyes Slander is a running joke format on X and TikTok that mocks people with light-blue eyes for supposedly angling their selfies to show them off[7]. ### Where did Blue Eyes Slander come from? It traces back to a 2008 Miley Cyrus Grammy photo that X user @brianlunn reposted on October 18, 2018 with a caption ridiculing blue-eyed people, gaining around 38,000 retweets[1]. ### What does Blue Eyes Slander mean? The term covers a body of teasing posts and catchphrases like 'Okay girl we see them damn' aimed at anyone the poster thinks is showing off their light-blue eyes too hard[4]. ### How do you use Blue Eyes Slander? Quote-tweet or reply to a photo of a person or animal with striking blue eyes, then add lines like 'we see them damn' or 'buy her brown contacts PLEASE'[6]. ### Is Blue Eyes Slander still popular? The format was most active from 2020 through 2023, with the 'buy her brown contacts' dachshund screenshot reshared on Tumblr in April 2023 as one of the last big viral entries in the source record[5]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/brianlunn]() 2. [https://x.com/Pubby_Kat]() 3. [https://x.com/Yokiter]() 4. [https://x.com/islandthembo]() 5. [https://heartheater.tumblr.com/]() 6. [https://ifunny.co/user/sad_payable_tygenki_2020]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/blue-eyes-slander]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/blue-eyes-slander Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library