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This Teenager Who Works At Target Is The Internet's Newest Viral Meme

Nov 4, 2014, 03:21 IST

Meet Alex. He works at Target. And he's the internet's newest viral meme.

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It all started when a Twitter user posted this photo on Sunday. It wasn't her photo, she explains, but she wanted to share it. Soon, the tweet started picking up retweets and favorites.

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A star is born."Alex from Target" is your run-of-the-mill good looking teen; and he was catching the approving eyes of everyone who saw his photo.

The meme started to pick up:

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Buzzfeed found some great ones, and by Monday morning, the teen's face had made it to CNN.

Even moms know about him!

So who is Alex from Target? Gawker reports that "Alex is a cute teen from Texas." He works at Target. His Twitter handle is @DGM_Alex. He is aware of his fame.

After he blew up on social media, he gained hundreds of thousands of followers.

Here's what Target had to say:

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