- Last month, a trend called “girl math” went viral, where women humorously justified indulgent spending by breaking it into fractions or wearing outfits multiple times.
- Now, a new trend called “boy math” has emerged, where people joke about embarrassing or gross male behavior.
- Boy math has become so popular that even politicians are participating in the trend.
First there was “girl math”: The humorous trend saw women justifying indulgent purchases by breaking the payment into fractions or saying it’s worth it because they’d wear an outfit multiple times. It took off in August and a hashtag for it has reached over 490 million views on TikTok.
Now, behold, “boy math.” Instead of finance or decadent spending, this craze centers around joking about some of men’s most ridiculous habits — for example, the particular relatable and perennial problem of guys saying they’re six feet tall when they’re actually only 5’10. While some posts reference actual math, the overwhelming majority are a bit more abstract.
Some internet users have pitted “boy math” and “girl math” against each other, and many say the women are winning.
Boy math scenarios date back to at least mid-August, per the meme database KnowYourMeme. But they didn’t become popular until this week when the trend exploded on X (formerly Twitter). Excited internet users have reshared the best examples on TikTok, and some creators have come up with their own.
Some of the most popular boy math hypotheticals call out hypocritical things a man might do, like “being afraid of gold diggers when you only have 3 pairs of socks to your name,” as one X post with over 80,000 likes opined. “Boy math is when YOU cannot cook or clean but it’s the women who refuse to do it for you who are ‘lazy and dirty,'” another much-hearted post reads.
There are also meta boy math posts that mock how the original girl math trend was met with backlash and hijacked by some men online: “Boy math is claiming women aren’t funny or creative but hopping on every fucking trend we do for ourselves and then whining when you don’t get it,” one X post goes.
While girl math was mostly lighthearted, with women teaching others the nonsense logic of the trend, boy math jokes have, in the last few days, taken on a more pointed tone. Some of the most popular posts reference Follow Google News
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