# Student Athlete Student Athlete / STEM Major is a 2017 Twitter dialogue meme where someone says something ordinary and a cartoonishly self-obsessed athlete answers by twisting the subject back to grinding, workouts, and training, all loaded with emoji. Twitter user @beyonseh posted the first example on February 26th, 2017, which drew nearly 19,000 retweets within two weeks[2]. By late March, the same joke was redirected at STEM majors, with December 2017 variations targeting journalism and music students[4]. ## Origin On February 26th, 2017, Twitter user @beyonseh tweeted 'me: hi / student athlete: yo 🤔 tf you complaining for 😤😂 i grind 24/7 💯☝🏽🤣 you don't see 👀 me crying 😳👌🏾‼️ foh lil bitch 😛🅱️🤣'[2]. The post drew nearly 19,000 retweets and over 39,000 likes within two weeks[4]. Follow-up tweets from meme-aggregator accounts @memeprovider and @memearea put the format in front of larger audiences within the first week of March[4]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @beyonseh - **Date:** 2017 ## Overview Each Student Athlete post follows a tight two-line script. The first line reads 'me:' followed by something mundane, a greeting, a complaint, a question about the time. The second line, labeled 'student athlete:', piles on gym-bro clichés like 'I grind 24/7', 'pain is weakness leaving the body', and 'stay grinding', with emoji wedged between almost every phrase[3]. NY Mag's SelectAll described the format as 'Instagram-caption-worthy phrases stolen from a fitspo Pinterest board, and add a handful of emoji'[3]. The STEM Major spin keeps the same template but swaps the vocabulary for lab coats, calculus, and smug talk about 'real majors'[4]. Both versions mock a specific social type: the person whose identity is so fused with one activity that they cannot answer a casual question without turning it into a lecture. Daily Dot argued the joke worked because student athletes had 'turned us into documenters of our own hustle' on Twitter and Instagram[1]. ## How to Use A post typically opens with a 'me:' line stating something mundane, a greeting, a parent reminder, a casual observation. The follow-up line labels a social archetype (student athlete, STEM major, journalism major) and crams their response with braggy clichés specific to that identity, dotted with emoji after almost every phrase. The common convention is to make the response wildly disproportionate to the opening line, so that saying 'hi' earns a tirade about grinding. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Student Athlete? Student Athlete is a 2017 Twitter dialogue meme in which a mundane 'me:' statement gets answered by a hyperbolic, emoji-heavy reply from someone obsessed with working out and competing[4]. ### Where did Student Athlete come from? Twitter user @beyonseh posted the first known version on February 26th, 2017, which drew close to 19,000 retweets within two weeks[2]. ### What does Student Athlete mean? The joke mocks student athletes who turn every conversation into a brag about grinding, training, and never backing down, using fitspo clichés and heavy emoji use[3]. ### How do you use Student Athlete? Users post a two-line tweet: 'me:' plus a casual statement, then 'student athlete:' plus a stream of fitness slogans and emoji[1]. ### Is Student Athlete still popular? The format peaked in March 2017 and faded by the end of that year, with the STEM Major spinoff lasting longer than the original Student Athlete version[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/student-athlete-meme/]() 2. [https://twitter.com/beyonseh/status/835910402336768000]() 3. [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/03/stay-grinding.html]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/student-athlete-stem-major]() 5. [https://twitter.com/memeprovider/status/840250426016616448]() 6. [https://twitter.com/TwoZeroSixGod/status/838539989252108288]() 7. [https://twitter.com/beyonseh/status/842201131229024257]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/student-athlete-stem-major Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library