Fourth-Wall-Breaking White Guy
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About
Fourth-Wall-Breaking White Guy refers to a three-panel version of Blinking White Guy meme which utilizes an additional frame of Drew Scanlon looking directly at the camera. The format received spread on Reddit in late September 2019.
Origin
On September 28th, 2019, Redditor garfieldiwoulddie4U posted a three-panel version of Blinking White Guy meme with the last image showing Drew Scanlon starting directly at the viewer (shown below).[1]
The meme utilized an additional frame from the Unprofessional Fridays episode[2] which spawned the Blinking White Guy meme (frame can be seen at 1:49:06 mark, video shown below).
Spread
In the following days, the format received significant spread on Reddit and Instagram. On September 29th, 2019, Redditor Thoomaaass posted a First Guy To version of the meme with additional panels showing the back of an unknown person's head which gained over 17,400 upvotes in one day (shown below, left).[3] On the same day, Redditor mytoenailsareyellow posted an animated version of Thoomaaass's meme, gaining over 77,300 upvotes in one day (shown below, right).[4]
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External References
[1] Reddit – I'm late to the meme but
[2] QL Crew – Unprofessional Fridays: 12/06/2013
[3] Reddit – Animated u/Thoomaaass/ 's meme
[4] Reddit – Animated u/Thoomaaass/ 's meme
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