The 'You Met Me At A Very Chinese Time In My Life' meme is a surrealist play on the iconic closing line from the 1999 film Fight Club. While the original quote refers to a 'strange time,' internet subcultures replaced the adjective with 'Chinese' to signify a period of deep immersion in niche Chinese internet culture, Douyin aesthetics, or ironic 'social credit' memes. This variation often pairs the cinematic gravity of the Fight Club finale—where buildings collapse in the background—with absurdist, non-sequitur cultural references. It is widely used to describe a chaotic or bizarre personal phase defined by global internet irony and the 'core' aesthetic movement.