Rizz Em With The Tism Girl
Also known as: Rizz 'Em With the 'Tism · Tism Girl · Rachel bbno$
"Rizz 'Em With the 'Tism Girl" is a viral meme from June 2025 based on a blonde woman named Rachael Lerman who appeared on YouTuber David Alvareeezy's blind dating video featuring rapper bbno$. After clips of her dorky pickup lines and confident energy circulated for months, an X user reposted an edit captioned "Rizz em with the tism!" and it exploded to over 103 million views in four days, sparking heated debate over whether Rachel was genuinely awkward, strategically charming, or unfairly labeled autistic.
Overview
The meme centers on Rachael Lerman, credited as "Rachel" in a YouTube blind dating video where seven women competed for rapper bbno$'s attention. Rachel, a blonde woman in a grey hoodie, opened by fixing bbno$'s hair and delivering a string of endearingly corny pickup lines2. Her style hit a specific frequency: too confident to be awkward, too goofy to be smooth. She told bbno$ she broke a state record for blocked shots in high school, adding, "So, good luck to everyone trying to shoot their shot." She followed up with, "Are you a Twitch streamer? 'Cause I'd be your sub"2.
When the clip went mega-viral months later under the caption "Rizz em with the tism," it kicked off one of mid-2025's biggest internet debates. Was she cringe? Was she a genius? Was calling her autistic a compliment, an insult, or just wrong? Everyone had an opinion.
On March 16, 2025, YouTuber David Alvareeezy uploaded a video titled "Blind Dating A Famous Rapper," featuring seven women blind dating rapper bbno$ (also known as bbnomoney)2. The full video picked up over 2 million views in its first three months.
Rachel enters at the 4:21 mark. Alvareeezy also cut standalone clips of her segments. A YouTube Short of her opening pickup lines, posted on March 20, 2025, pulled in over 10.5 million views within three months2. The same clip earned over 1.5 million plays on TikTok and 3.8 million views on Instagram2. Rachael Lerman posts on Instagram under the handle @rach_lerman2.
So the character of "Rachel" was already well-known in dating content circles before the meme label ever attached itself.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
The meme works on several levels:
As a caption format: Post a clip or image of someone using awkward-but-effective charm and caption it "Rizz 'em with the 'tism" or a variation. The humor comes from framing socially unconventional behavior as a secret weapon rather than a liability.
As discourse fuel: Quote-tweet or duet a clip of Rachel (or someone like her) with your take on whether the behavior is genuine awkwardness, calculated manipulation, or "pick me" energy. The meme is as much about the debate as the original video.
As a reaction template: Use clips of Rachel fixing bbno$'s hair, delivering her pickup lines, or singing to react to situations where someone is being confidently cringe in a way that somehow works.
The tone typically lands somewhere between admiration and bewilderment. Most uses carry a "I can't tell if this is genius or unhinged" energy.
Cultural Impact
Fun Facts
Rachel's YouTube Short of just her opening pickup lines got 10.5 million views before the meme even existed, making her arguably famous twice from the same footage2.
The @sailaunderscore "level 999 shadow vizier" tweet used RPG terminology to describe Rachel's flirting, and it became almost as quotable as the original meme itself2.
The meme trended alongside a New York Times interview with Peter Thiel about technological stagnation and the Antichrist, leading to surreal "summary of the internet right now" posts pairing the two12.
Rachael Lerman's Instagram repost of the meme got 464,000 likes in two days, outperforming many of the original clip posts from March2.
Frequently Asked Questions
References (2)
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- 2Rizz 'Em With the 'Tism Girl - Know Your Memeencyclopedia