A catchphrase meme where X users pretend they have an annoying Chud son and attribute embarrassing images, videos or opinions to him.

Where did My Chud Son come from?

X user @FoldableHuman coined 'chud sons' in a September 13, 2018 quote tweet, but @ViagraPussy's January 14, 2023 tweet 'this a picture of my chud son that I hate' started the actual format.

What does My Chud Son mean?

Chud is online slang for a reactionary, loud or unpleasant man, so a Chud son is a made-up child cast as that type of person for comic effect.

How do you use My Chud Son?

Caption any image or video you want to mock as something your imagined Chud son did or sent, often using wording like 'my chud son that I hate' or 'my chud son sent me this'.

Is My Chud Son still popular?

Chud Son posts were still getting large engagement through 2024, with @fallenchungus's August 2024 webcomic version reaching over 7,100 likes.

My Chud Son

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Published November 14, 2026

My Chud Son is a catchphrase meme where X posters invent an imaginary Chud son and attach the label to annoying or embarrassing content. X user @FoldableHuman coined the phrase in a September 2018 quote tweet, but it stayed dormant until @ViagraPussy revived it in January 2023. By February 2024, @chronakey's version earned over 25,000 likes on X.

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Overview

Posts in the Chud Son style typically caption a photo, meme image or video as the imagined son's handiwork, with the parent expressing disgust, exhaustion or defeat2. A common opener uses the exact wording 'my chud son that I hate,' or variants like 'my chud son sent me this' and 'me being forced to play with my chud son,' then displays whatever the poster finds dumb enough to warrant the disavowal5.

The Chud reference draws on the online insult 'Chud,' describing a reactionary, loud or terminally online man, so the joke works by attributing that identity to a made-up child who the poster then rejects on camera7. My Chud Son also leans on older X 'son' bits, especially Weird Twitter's Large Adult Sons style associated with @dril, where posters would narrate an absurd family dynamic as if filing a report about their adult offspring7.

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Origin & Background

Platform

Twitter / X

Creator

@ViagraPussy; earlier coinage by @FoldableHuman in 2018

Date

2023

The earliest known use of 'chud son' came from X user @FoldableHuman on September 13, 2018, in a quote tweet mocking a graphic about alleged left-wing bias at American universities1. The joke read, 'I spend my time discouraging my chud sons from studying Theatre, Music, Sociology, or English, but I'm still going to pretend to be surprised when none of my chud sons are studying the things I told them not to bother studying.' That post reached around 360 likes over six years but did not spark immediate imitation.

Widespread Chud Son posting began on January 14, 2023, when X user @ViagraPussy tweeted 'this a picture of my chud son that I hate,' which earned about 30 likes but set the template2. That phrasing became the baseline other posters copied through the rest of the year.

How It Spread

Through 2023, Chud Son posts gained traction on X. On March 12, 2023, @blephin_ captioned a photo of YouTube personality Daniel Larson sitting in a restaurant booth with 'My chud son,' earning around 120 likes3. Later that year, @blephin_ landed better engagement, with a December 29, 2023 Chud Son post reaching over 1,500 likes4.

My Chud Son broke out in early 2024. On February 26, 2024, X user @chronakey quoted an anime image of a girl destroying 'Western Twitter' with the caption 'My chud son sent me this image after I told him to wash the dishes,' earning more than 25,000 likes5. That summer, on August 11, 2024, @fallenchungus posted a webcomic captioned 'injecting concentrated AI fluid into my chud son so he leads a miserable life and dies,' which reached over 7,100 likes6.

The catchphrase kept recurring through the second half of 2024 in video form, including clips framed as 'a disappointed mother and her annoying loud dumb idiot chud son' and 'me being forced to play with my chud son that I hate,' which circulated on X in September 20247.

Timeline

2018-09-13

X user @FoldableHuman uses 'chud sons' in a quote tweet mocking a university-bias graphic, the earliest known appearance of the term[1].

2023-01-14

@ViagraPussy tweets 'this a picture of my chud son that I hate,' establishing the format other posters later copy[2].

2023-03-12

@blephin_ captions a photo of Daniel Larson with 'My chud son,' earning about 120 likes[3].

2023-12-29

@blephin_ posts a late-year Chud Son entry that reaches over 1,500 likes[4].

2024-02-26

@chronakey's 'wash the dishes' version with an anime image reaches over 25,000 likes, the biggest hit for the format to date[5].

2024-08-11

@fallenchungus posts a webcomic Chud Son entry about 'concentrated AI fluid,' earning over 7,100 likes[6].

How to Use This Meme

Creating a Chud Son post typically starts with any image, meme or video the poster wants to mock, then captioning it as something the imagined son did, made or sent. Common wordings include 'my chud son that I hate,' 'my chud son sent me this' or a line about being forced to interact with him. The joke lands when the attached image is self-evidently stupid, cringeworthy or reactionary.