햄버거최대 몇개드실수있나요?

Meme Name: How many hamburgers can you eat at most?

The full phrase "햄버거최대 몇개드실수있나요?" can be pronounced as "Ham-buh-guh Chway-dae Myut-gae Deu-shil-soo-eet-na-yo?". The commonly used shortened form, "햄최몇?", is pronounced "Haem-choe-myeot?" (Ham-chway-myut?).

This meme began to spread as an internet catchphrase around 2015 when a middle school girl posted a photo on an online cafe, and a comment asking "How many hamburgers can you eat at most?" was left on it. It gained such widespread public recognition that Lotteria released a 'Haem-choe-myeot Pack' in July 2016, utilizing this phrase. By 2019, derivative phrases like 'Deom-choe-myeot?', inspired by an anime title, also emerged.

"How many hamburgers can you eat at most?" literally asks "What is the maximum number of hamburgers you can eat?", but it is primarily used in its shortened form, 'Haem-choe-myeot?'. The underlying meaning of this meme carries a derogatory connotation, implying, based on someone's appearance, that "one hamburger wouldn't be enough to satisfy them." It is primarily used to mock or disparage the appearance of obese individuals.

This meme was primarily used among younger demographics active in online communities. In particular, YouTubers who create mukbang content on platforms like YouTube sometimes used this expression in situations such as hamburger eating challenges. However, because its origin and meaning began with disparaging someone's appearance, it is difficult to consider it a meme widely used positively by a broad audience.

• "I'm going to stuff myself with hamburgers for dinner tonight. Haem-choe-myeot?"
• When YouTubers do hamburger mukbang challenges, they use it in titles or content, such as "Today, I'm challenging Haem-choe-myeot!"
• It is also applied to other foods, used as "Pi-choe-myeot?" (How many pizza slices at most?), or "Ra-choe-myeot?" (How many ramyeon packets at most?).
• There is also an instance where 'Deom-choe-myeot?' was used as an abbreviation for the anime 'How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?', which aired in 2019.