Guy Who Made the Joke vs. Guy Who Said It Louder
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Guy Who Made the Joke vs. Guy Who Said It Louder refers to a trope popularized by 2013 sketch "High on Potenuse" by the comedy duo Key & Peele. In March 2019, an influx of jokes based on the trope took place on Reddit.
Origin
On November 7th, 2013, Comedy Central uploaded sketch " High on Potenuse" by comedy duo Key & Peele to their YouTube channel.[1] In the sketch, a student shares a joke with his classmate, who then repeats it loudly, making the entire class laugh.
- I wish I were high on potenuse.
- *laughs* I WISH I WAS HIGH ON POTENUSE!
Spread
The sketch gained significant internet attention, gaining over 27 million views in five years, while the word "potenuse" has since become a popular reference to the trope. On April 21st, 2016, Redditor[2] threecoolcats uploaded a still image from the sketch to /r/me_irl subreddit where it gained over 21,300 upvotes in six months. On May 14th, 2016, Redditor[3] DrDraculaConstantine posted a screenshot of a tweet supposedly made by Twitter user @CHlLDHOODRUINER[4], titling their post "I wish i was high on potenuse" and gaining over 7,300 upvotes in six months.
On July 30th, 2018, actor Cole M. Sprouse made a referenced a trope to describe meme culture.[5] The tweet gained over 61,000 retweets and 396,000 likes in seven months.
On December 22nd, 2018, Redditor[6] therealjustinjr posted a meme utilizing the trope to /r/BikiniBottomTwitter subreddit, where it gained over 41,300 upvotes (shown below, left). On March 11th, 2019, Redditor[7] mfatah007 made a post containing captioned photographs of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs to /r/dankmemes subreddit, where it received over 79,600 upvotes in three days (shown below, right).
Following mfatah007's post, multiple submissions utilizing the same format were posted by Reddit users to /r/dankmemes,[8] /r/HistoryMemes,[9] /r/Animemes[10] and other subreddits.
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External References
[1] YouTube – Key & Peele – High On Potenuse
[3] Reddit – I wish i was high on potenuse
[4] Twitter – @CHlLDHOODRUINER's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @colesprouse's Tweet
[6] Reddit – I'm still salty about it
[7] Reddit – poser.mp3😤
[8] Reddit – F in the chat for Nikola
[9] Reddit – This is so sad
[10] Reddit – Can I copy your homework?
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Mar 14, 2019 at 01:22PM EDT
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Mar 14, 2019 at 02:59PM EDT