Meet Alex. He works at Target. And he's the internet's newest viral meme.
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:
Honestly this is probably gonna happen worldwide?? #alexfromtarget #AlexFromTargetFollowParty pic.twitter.com/r5vgBwConA
- Luke Not From Target (@LukeSiperly) November 3, 2014
Buzzfeed found some great ones, and by Monday morning, the teen's face had made it to CNN.
I DONT WANNA LOSE MY CHANCE #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/aH6k4xBPqz
- cynthia so sleep (@rushameezy) November 3, 2014
Even moms know about him!
even my mom is talking about alex from target wtf
- ? (@_nicolepalermo) November 3, 2014
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.
Am i famous now?
- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 2, 2014
Already fake accounts of me ??
- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 3, 2014
After he blew up on social media, he gained hundreds of thousands of followers.
Now i have to change my number...
- DGM_Alex (@acl163) November 3, 2014
Here's what Target had to say:
We heart Alex, too! #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/LvA7qc5RfS
- Target (@Target) November 3, 2014