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Nice MayMay Man
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About
Nice MayMay Man, also known as "Le Nice New MayMay," is an exploitable character art illustration of a man looking to the side with a mouth agape. The character is named after a common mispronunciation of the word "meme" and is used within the /r/circlejerk subreddit to mock Internet meme clichés.
Origin
On February 27th, 2014, Redditor xvvhiteboy submitted a post titled "Le New Meme: Nice MayMay Man" to the /r/circlejerk[1] subreddit, featuring an illustration of man's face in front of a yellow and blue color wheel background with the caption "Is maymay / and man" (shown below). In the first four days, the post gained over 3,500 up votes and 180 comments.
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Spread
On February 28th, Reddit rehpotsirhc123 submitted an animated GIF titled "MayMay Intensifies" featuring a man tipping a fedora with Nice MayMay Man's face superimposed to /r/circlejerk[5] (shown below, left). On March 1st, Redditor Literal_Mitteral submitted a version of the Nice MayMay illustration edited with long hair and eyelashes with a title referencing the "strong black woman who don't need no man" copypasta to /r/circlejerk[6] (shown below, right).
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The same day, the Tumblr blog So Brave[3] published an article introducing the satirical altcoin "LeNewMemeNiceMayMayManCoin" as a "cryptocurrency developed entirely by /r/circlejerk."
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On March 2nd, Redditor Eman9871 submitted a post asking for the origin of Nice MayMay Man to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[2] subreddit, to which Redditor Buckfost replied that it is used to satirize the "overuse of memes on Reddit." By March 4th, there were over 250 search results within /r/circlejerk for the keyword "maymay."[4]
Various Examples
The Nice MayMay Man face is often edited to depict other characters in a manner similar to the MS Paint exploitable fsjal.
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – Le New Meme
[2] Reddit – Does anyone know of the origin of the nice maymay man
[3] So Brave – Introducing Lenewmemenicemaymaymancoin
[5] Reddit – MayMay Intensifies
[6] Reddit – Upvote this if you are a strong beautiful maymay who dont need no man
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