“What Do You Do?” Meme Sends Twitter’s Head Spinning

“What do you do?” People twist this question into a hilarious meme on Twitter.

What's the latest trend on Twitter?

Just ask someone ‘What do you do?’

Why you ask? Because, that is the long and short of the latest Twitter trend!

‘What do you do?’ At first it may seem like a harmless question. How hard could it be to answer? A look on Twitter and it proves to be pretty hard.

This tweet by Twitter user @Chemjobber has been retweeted over 2000 times and has over 10,000 likes. The initial response is to the viral question is 'Chemistry' but the following dialogue is hilarious.

"What do you do?"

"Chemistry"

"Really? What kind of chemistry?"

"Organic synthesis"

"Oh, what's that?"

"It's making new molecules that are mostly made of carbon"

"Uhhh, what?"

"Drugs - I make drugs. I live in a RV. I am Walter White"

— Chemjobber (@Chemjobber) June 1, 2018

The Breaking Bad reference did not go unnoticed, and instead sparked a thread of similar tweets. The initial tweet, it turns out, was inspired by the previously viral meme "Where are you from?"

for the record, the initial tweet wasn't meant to condescend. It was meant to riff on the "where are you from" meme: https://t.co/Pf0N3s4Hiw

— Chemjobber (@Chemjobber) June 3, 2018

The meme spread like wildfire with Twitter users taking on the challenge of answering "What do you do?" Here's a collection of tweets which will get you wondering what these Tweeple actually do.

“What do you do?”
“I’m a sportswriter.”
“You get all those free tickets?”
“Well, it’s like ...”
“Can you get me free tickets?”
“No, it’s ...”
“Can you get two for me and my brother?” https://t.co/CzGtADukFZ

— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) June 5, 2018

“what do you do?”

“i’m a doctor”

“REALLY! a GP?”

“no, a psychiatrist”

“can you read my mind?” https://t.co/gmn1uADeWF

— trash baby (@daddy_snack) June 5, 2018

“What do you do?”
“I’m a director of social media.”
“So you tweet all day?”
“Well no, there’s way more to...”
“What’s your favorite Vine?”
“See we spend a lot of time strateg...”
“Can you get me verified?”
“*blank stare*” https://t.co/M0EssOG9Ug

— Justin Karp (@jskarp) June 5, 2018

“What do you do?“

“I’m a psychology professor“

“Oh, so you can like, read minds and stuff“

“No, not really, I am mostly a researcher.“

“Oh, so what do you research?“

“Pornograph…. You know what, yes, yes I do read minds. Let’s talk about that.“ https://t.co/3XwY8MVZGo

— 𝙹𝚘𝚜𝚑 𝙶𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚜 (@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) June 3, 2018

"What do you do?"

"I work at a bookstore."

"You must love meeting authors and reading books all day!"

"Actually, I often deal with potential theft, 'Code Brown' calls, and so on..."

"Oh. *pause* I didn't see [title] on the shelf when I was there. It's in the back, right?" https://t.co/AnaXb9k5kO

— Bettina (@HiddenSky) June 5, 2018

"What do you do?"
"Answer questions sarcastically."
"I meant for like work..."
"That too."

— Bounty Hunter (@OneCritWonder) June 6, 2018

Who knows what Twitter will come up with next? Till then let's Eat, Sleep, Tweet and Repeat.