# >tfw no gf ">tfw no gf" started as 4chan greentext shorthand for "that feel when no girlfriend," first archived on the /jp/ board in September 2010 as a one-line sign-off for posts about loneliness. Paired with the watery-eyed That Feel Guy wojak, it spawned a dedicated submission site, YouTube edits set to sad music, and a 2020 SXSW documentary by filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer. ## Origin Archive records show ">that feel when no gf" first surfaced in a thread on 4chan's /jp/ board (Otaku culture) on September 23rd, 2010[3]. A few months later, on February 23rd, 2011, the line was paired with the That Feel Guy wojak in a post to the /a/ (anime and manga) board, which locked in the visual pairing that later edits reused[3]. - **Platform:** 4chan /jp/ (origin) / YouTube and TfwNoGF.com (spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview In practice, ">tfw no gf" sits as the closing line of a 4chan greentext story, where each line opens with ">" and sets up some lonely scenario before landing on the tag. Posters attach the That Feel Guy wojak, with watery eyes and a wobbly frown, so the drawing carries the emotion without any extra text[3]. Variations run from quiet confessional posts to photoshopped edits where That Feel Guy strums a guitar, sits alone in a bedroom, or stares out a rainy window[1]. Tone wavers between actual loneliness and a self-aware performance of it, which is why the tag outlasted most other 4chan feel-posts and attracted outside documentary attention a decade later[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is >tfw no gf? It is an abbreviated 4chan greentext line meaning "that feel when no girlfriend," posted to describe loneliness or lack of companionship, often alongside the That Feel Guy wojak[3]. ### Where did >tfw no gf come from? The earliest archived use appeared in a thread on 4chan's /jp/ board on September 23rd, 2010[3]. ### What does >tfw no gf mean? An Urban Dictionary entry filed on August 11th, 2012 by user Anonymous8223 defined it as a "statement of sorrow" over being single[5]. ### How do you use >tfw no gf? Posters typically drop it as the final line of a greentext story and pair it with That Feel Guy, as Bernd Meier did in his April 2012 guitar edit on YouTube[1]. ### Is >tfw no gf still popular? The tag is a classic 4chan reference, and it reached a wider audience when Alex Lee Moyer's documentary TFW NO GF screened at SXSW and on Amazon Prime Video in 2020[6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ltkyqfMjCg]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mgglsalul8]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tfw-no-gf]() 4. [https://thespool.net/festivals/2020/03/sxsw-tfw-no-gf-review-documentary-incel/]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tfw+no+gf]() 6. [https://deadline.com/2020/04/amazon-prime-video-sxsw-why-i-opted-in-alex-lee-moyer-director-1202913055/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/tfw-no-gf Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library