About
I’m Literally the Guy in the Pic, also known as Why Can’t I Find a Guy Like This?, is a series of photoshopped[1] tweets based off a Twitter[2] exchange between users @reganslatic and @McCartyConnor, in which the latter claims to be a person seen in a photograph posted with the message “Why can’t I find a guy like this ugh.”
Origin
On December 21st, 2014, Twitter user @reganslatic tweeted “Why can’t I find a guy like this ugh” followed by a photo of a young man with hearts photoshopped by his head. On September 6th, 2016, Twitter[3] user @McCartyConnor replied to the tweet with “hey,” @reganslatic replied with “no” and @McCartyConnor responded, “I’m literally the guy in the pic” (shown below).
Spread
On July 16th, 2017, a screenshot of the exchange was submitted to FunnyJunk[4] by user rustledjimmie, where it garnered more than 2,200 points and 100 comments over the next year.
On July 18th, another screenshot reached the front page of /r/Cringe[5]Anarchy, gathering upwards of 3,300 points and 100 comments prior to being archived. On August 10th, a screenshot of the tweet was submitted to /r/2meirl4meirl[6].
On February 12th, 2018, Twitter user @blackmidgetguy replied to a tweet asking “Why can’t I have a guy like this for Valentine’s[7]” with the message “I’m literally the guy in the pic” (shown below). Within two months, the tweet gained over 5,000 likes and 1,400 retweets.
On February 23rd, Redditor[8] Nick_1007 posted a photoshopped version of the original exchange featuring a picture of Elon Musk[9] to /r/DeepFriedMemes[10] (shown below, left). On February 27th, Redditor mrbonershark11 posted a “You Can’t See Me”[11] variation of the image (shown below, right).
On March 24th, @reganslatic tweeted the None of You Are Free of Sin[12] comic along with the message “me every time a random person tweets me ‘hey’ or ‘I’m literally the guy in the pic'” (shown below).
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References
- ^ photoshopped (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Twitter (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Twitter (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ FunnyJunk (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Cringe (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ /r/2meirl4meirl (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Valentine’s (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Redditor (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Elon Musk (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ /r/DeepFriedMemes (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ “You Can’t See Me” (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ None of You Are Free of Sin (knowyourmeme.com)