Internet Celebrity of the Day: Alex From Target

Is "Alex from Target" the new Justin Bieber or Nash Grier?

For reasons which we may never fully understand, the Internet has turned a photo of a boy working at Target into an international meme virtually overnight.

Twitter user @auscalum posted the photo on Sunday, which began trending on Twitter, has already been parodied in various Vines and images, and is even being featured on mainstream media outlets like CNN.

The real Alex now has 300k followers on Twitter as of Monday morning. Because of course he does.

HAHAHA WHO MADE THIS?!?😂😂 #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/KXa0YVnVM4

— alex from target (@tbhcamnash) November 3, 2014