The saying “the fridge always protects the snacks” has gained popularity among social media influencers and pickup artists with people wanting to know the meaning of the now viral meme
With the caption, “The fridge protects the snacks,” u/Jesse_Killz uploaded a meme to /r/dankmemes on May 15, 2023, depicting a plump Yoshi shielding a woman at the bar and TikToker @bklayman shared a video on September 23, 2024, in which he tries to make out with a girl but is stopped by her buddy.
What is ‘the fridge always protects the snacks’ aka ‘fridge protecting snacks’ meme and its meaning explained as it goes viral on Twitter/X
“It’s always the fridge that’s protecting the snacks,” he shouts at the woman in the video, which has since received over 3 million views in only three months and become a viral catchphrase to call out overweight women stopping their attractive female friends from flirting with men.
THE FRIDGE ALWAYS PROTECTS THE SNACKS pic.twitter.com/wk1wN0ht4P
— voló🧣⋆ ˙⋆ (@divinecoup) December 23, 2024
It’s Always the Fridge protecting the snacks or the Fridge Protects the Snacks refers to an overweight, overly protective friend of a woman, which basically means the overweight buddy constantly obstructs the man’s advances on the more arguably gorgeous woman.
The phrase is being used to call the overprotective friend overweight and unattractive, comparing her to a fridge and the first woman as attractive, comparing her to snacks inside a fridge. The overprotective friend, who men find unattractive and girls who are usually fat, often get in the way of her more desirable friend making connections with people when men flirt with her.
Since its first usage on TikTok in November 2022, the phrase has grown in popularity, particularly among pickup artists and manosphere influencers.
Using the description, “whatever you do don’t bring the friend that’s overprotective of you…,” TikToker @yaoet reposted a video of a TikToker dancing on November 23, 2022. Her companion, who looks to be overweight, then danced onto the screen. “Nah bro we all know the fridge protects the snacks,” is the caption of the film, which has received over 120,000 views in just two years. Although it might not be the phrase’s actual first use, this is the earliest instance of its use that is known to exist.
Over the ensuing years, the phrase gained popularity. TikToker @deo/71696 used it in the description of a video that was posted on November 24th, 2022.
it’s always the fridge protecting the snacks 😒 pic.twitter.com/SvoEHiT5vP
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) December 20, 2024