The House Hunters meme satirizes the long-running HGTV reality series by highlighting the often-ridiculous contrast between a couple's niche, seemingly low-paying professions and their multi-million dollar housing budgets. Originating from internet forums and Twitter, the format typically presents a fictional couple with absurd jobs—like a 'part-time hamster groomer' or 'cloud watcher'—who somehow possess an astronomical budget for a dream home. It has become a viral staple for critiquing wealth disparity and the clearly scripted nature of reality television, allowing users to invent the most nonsensical financial situations for comedic effect.