The low taper fade joke grew into a TikTok meme built around streamer Ninja and his famously unchanging hairstyle, with creators imagining how different he would look with the popular cut. Short edits, parody songs and mashups spread the phrase across TikTok and YouTube, often pairing it with other internet characters such as Skibidi Toilet for maximum absurdity. Its simple, repeatable hook made it easy to remix, and it is still used as shorthand for a sudden, overhyped transformation or a joke about taking a meme too seriously.