Dabbing Dude

Added • Updated about a year ago

Added by Don • Updated about a year ago by Y F

Category: Meme Status: Confirmed Origin: Region:

Type: Character, Image Macro,

Tags: goldeagle1123, stonernation, jebbinara,

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About

Dabbing Dude is an object labeling two-panel image macro series featuring a photograph of two women fighting in the foreground and a shirtless man smoking a concentrated form of cannabis colloquially known as "dab" out of a bong in the background.

Origin

On September 18th, 2017, the @StonerNation^[1] Twitter feed posted the original two-panel image along with the message "Hold up, I need to get high for this shit" (shown below). Within one year, the tweet gained over 2,200 likes and 870 retweets.

Hold up, I need to be high for this s---"

Spread

On June 3rd, Redditor Goldeagle1123 submitted a World War III-themed image macro to /r/MemeEconomy,^[4] where it gathered upwards of 10,900 points (96% upvoted and 1,100 comments within four days (shown below).

On June 5th, Redditor Jebbinara submitted a libertarian-themed version of the image to /r/Libertarian^[2] (shown below). On June 6th, 2018, Vice^[3] published an article about the meme, highlighting several notable examples posted on Twitter and Reddit.