Jacob Batalon Saying Things / You Seem Chill / CEO of Sex
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About
Jacob Batalon Saying Things, also known as You Seem Chill and CEO of Sex, refers to a series of ironic memes based on a photograph of the American actor Jacob Batalon dressed in a grey suit and smiling. Memes in which the photograph is paired with humorous captions gained popularity in ironic communities in early August 2019.
Origin
Before July 31st, 2019, an unknown user made a CEO of Sex meme using a photograph of American actor Jacob Batalon in a grey suit made at the premiere of superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (shown below). On July 31st, 2019, Redditor Juanisimo1999 reposted the meme to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit,[1] where it gained over 200 upvotes in one month, with more reposts made in the subreddit in the following days.[2][3]
Spread
In the following weeks, the photograph, paired with humorous quotes, has been used for ironic memes on Reddit, iFunny and Instagram. For example, an August 11th, 2019, post by Instagram user salad.snake gained over 44,200 likes in two weeks (shown below).[4]
Various Examples
Template
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit β HE IS THE THE CEO OF SEX
[2] Reddit β The CEO of premarital sexπ‘π‘
[4] Instagram β salad.snake's Post (private account)
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