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🩵 When Facebook Fridays Belonged to The Inbetweeners

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Picture it: early 2010s Britain. School’s done for the week, you’ve inhaled a microwave meal, and you’re counting down the minutes till The Inbetweeners comes on. 🍛📺

Every episode was an event — and the real chaos began the moment the credits rolled. Because within seconds, Facebook turned into a national quote board.

Your entire feed?

“Ooh, briefcase w*nker!”
“FWENDS!! 😂😂😂”
“Completed it, mate.”
“Bus w*nker 🚐💨💥”

Every. Single. Week.

Everyone was trying to be the first to post the funniest line — like we were all competing in a nationwide meme Olympics before memes were even a thing. The comment sections were feral:

  • “Jay is literally you, mate 😂”
  • “Nah I’m more of a Simon.”
  • “Tag ur Inbetweener.”

Meanwhile, someone’s mum would always reply, “Do you have to swear on Facebook?” and ruin the vibe immediately 😭

The Monday after, the corridors were just a chorus of quotes — and somehow, we never got sick of it. It was our version of a communal watch party: four awkward lads, one legendary show, and a Facebook feed that lived rent-free in our brains for years.

Friday nights belonged to Will, Simon, Jay, and Neil… and to every teen who thought they were the funniest person on Facebook.


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