Won't You Shake A Poor Sinner's Hand / Are You Ready TikTok Guy

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About

Won't You Shake A Poor Sinner's Hand or Are You Ready TikTok Guy refers to a viral video of TikToker thatoneguy.tt lip dubbing to "Friends on the Other Side" from The Princess and the Frog while using a face-distorting filter and dark lighting for a creepy atmosphere. The video was posted to TikTok in August and became popularized as an image macro meme format in October.

Origin

On August 29th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @thatoneguy.tt posted a video in his signature creepy style where he lip dubs to "Friends on the Other Side" in shadowy light and with a filter that distorts his face to give him a large smile, garnering over 5.2 million views in three months (shown below, left). On August 30th he uploaded a longer version to TikTok,^[2] garnering over 2.4 million views in roughly the same span of time (shown below, right).

On September 7th, YouTuber^[3] Frank Yang posted a version of the video with a meme caption about engineering, garnering over 240,000 views in two months (shown below).

Spread

TikTokers continued to post memes using the video in the following weeks. On October 16th, 2022, TikToker^[4] @wyatt.williams posted a meme using the video with a top caption reading, "The nuclear bomb in my basement after the FBI raid my house," garnering over 465,000 views in a month (shown below).

On October 16th, TikToker^[5] @@bu11y_maguire_official posted a meme using the video, garnering over 240,000 views in three weeks (shown below). On October 19th, Instagram^[6] user playermisfitv3 posted a meme using the video, garnering over 2,500 views in three weeks.

On October 23rd, TikToker^[7] @_afro_man_ posted a video using the meme, garnering over 770,000 views in two weeks (shown below, left). On October 24th, TikToker^[8] @memelordmondaypodcast posted a meme using the video, garnering over 123,000 views in two weeks (shown below, right). On October 31st, YouTuber^[9] Kaoka Studio posted the full version of the video, garnering over 750,000 views in a week.

On November 8th, 2022, YouTuber^[10] Lessons In Meme Culture posted a video explaining the meme, garnering over 157,000 views in under a day (shown below).