Yemen/Oman

Yemen/Oman

Yemen/Oman memes are an exploitable based upon the names of countries of Yemen and Oman sounding like 'Yeah man' and 'Oh man respectively'. The images of the countries on a map are used in conjunction with each other to show a reaction to initially good information then bad information or bad information then good information. The two Images can be used Seperately to show one reaction to information

Origin

The First reference to Yemen and Oman sounding like 'Yeah Man' and 'Oh Man' was a polandball comic uploaded to Know your meme on the 16th of May 2012. It has gotten nearly 5,000 views since then.

Spread

The first instance of the the homophonic nature of the countries names for a meme was on the 13th of December 2017 when Imgur user patelroy883 uploaded.

it has subsequently spread and been used to comment upon Covid-19 home schooling, College courses, seating locations in memes posted on r/dankmemes.

Various Examples

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