![Don't Say You're a Fan If You Don't Know Who This Is Don't Say You're a Fan If You Don't Know Who This Is](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/022/958/dont-claim-you-know-if-you-rocknroll-dont-know-who-4819476.png)
Don't Say You're a Fan If You Don't Know Who This Is
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Don'tπClaimπ Toπ Beπ aπ Fan πIfπYouπDon'tπKnowπWhoπThisπIs is a phrasal template or snowclone, captioning an image of a fictional character performing the activity, expressing that one cannot be true fan of said field without knowledge of the image subject.
Origin
On August 8th, 2016, Twitter user @antoniodelotero[1] posted the earliest known iteration of the meme (shown below): an image of SpongeBob SquarePants doing an olympic dive with the caption, "don't π claim π to π be π a π fan π of π the π olympics π if π you π don't π know π who π this π is." As of May 2017, the tweet has received more than 17,200 retweets and 23,100 likes.
![don't ππ½ claim ππ½ to ππ½ be ππ½ a ππ½ fan ππ½ of ππ½ the ππ½ olympics ππ½ if ππ½ you ππ½ don't ππ½ know ππ½ who ππ½ this ππ½ is antonio @antoniodelotero of U the olympics e if you don't knoww who thisis](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/254/087/b5c.jpg)
Spread
The following day, on August 9th, Twitter user @kysbaker[5] posted a variation of the meme with different color emojis, receiving more than 320 retweets and 430 likes (shown below). On August 20th, Twitter user @memeprovider reposted the image and received 4,700 retweets and 8,500 likes.[4]
![don't π claim π to π be π a π fan π of π the π olympics π if π you π don't π knowπ who π this π is jack @kysbaker . don't . Claim to be a fan of< the\. olympics Ulf youdon't knowwhothisis](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/254/089/b4f.jpg)
On October 22nd, 2016, Twitter user @garyfromteenmom[2] posted an image of a dog wearing sunglasses with the center of a paper towel roll on its mouth with the caption, "don'tπclaimπyouπlikeπjazzπifπyouπdontπknowπwhoπthisπisπ." The post received more than 14,000 retweets and 30,000 likes in seven months. Redditor roshane69[3] posted a screencap of the tweet on the /r/me_irl subreddit on October 29th, during its Meme Renaissance period. The post received more than 3,600 points (98% upvoted) before archived.
![Don't Claim You Like Jazz If You Don't Know Who This Is don't>claim>you> like) jazzBiγ youdont knowwho this Sis ISIS](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Various Examples
![Don'tπclaimπtoπknowπaboutπpoliticsπifπyouπdon'tπknowπwhoπthisπisπ dont es claim hjΗ toe. know e' about politics- you e dont e know who thisi](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/254/090/edd.png)
![dont π claim π you π know π politics π if π you π don't π know π who π this π is π dont claim' you know politics ifyou don't know who thisis](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/878/581.png)
![ππΌ don't ππΌ claim ππΌ to ππΌ be ππΌ a ππΌsmooth ππΌ jazz ππΌ fanππΌ if ππΌ you ππΌdon't ππΌ know ππΌ who ππΌ this ππΌ is don't claimto bea smoothazzfan ifdon't know who this is](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/254/095/450.png)
![don't π claim π to π know π about π baseballπ if π you π don't π know π who π this π is don't U claim to know ( about baseball if you who this don't know GO HUSKEYS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/254/093/0b8.png)
![Not a true DBZ fan Don't .δΈ, call yourself a o, Dragon know this scene](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/868/7c3.png)
![Robbie Rock N' Roll Rotten dont claim to knowabout rock androllifyou dont knowwho this is](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/253/864/5c9.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter β don't π claim π to π be π a π fan π of π the π olympics π if π you π don't π know π who π this π is
[2] Twitter β don'tπclaimπyouπlikeπjazzπifπyouπdontπknowπwhoπthisπisπ
[4] Twitter β @memeprovider's Tweet
[5] Twitter β @kysbaker's Tweet
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