What If We Kissed

What if we kissed is a cliché phrase meme, that revolves around the fantasy of kissing in an unconventional place.

The meme format usually involves emojis, to express shyness, as well as a photo of the place in question.

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It is not known where the meme comes from.

What would you do if we kissed was a precursor meme, especially prevalent among manga and anime communities, being shared on Twitter and Reddit around 2015.

One of the earliest “what if we kissed” meme appeared on Reddit’s r/me_irl thread on September 15^th, 2018, after u/h0bbez reposted it, asking “what if we kissed in the battle bus?”

The meme spread onto other online platforms in 2018, including Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, with people wondering about the outcomes of a kiss in various strange or unreal environments.

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