How People View Me After I Say I'm...

How People View Me After I Say I'm...

Updated Mar 24, 2015 at 03:51PM EDT by Brad.

Added Jun 06, 2011 at 12:08PM EDT by Ivyks.

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"How people view me after I say I'm X" is a two-pane cartoon series illustrating various ethnic, religious or professional stereotypes. The first panel shows a modest cartoon drawing of the creator with the caption "How people view me" Or "How people see me". The second panel shows a stereotypical image representing an ethnicity, religion, profession or hobby with the phrasal template "How people view me after I say I'm X." The series is often used to comment on how people's first impressions are influenced by various cultural and ethnic stereotypes.

Origin

The earliest known instance can be found on 9gag with a two-pane illustration of "how people view me after I say I'm Russian," which was posted on June 1st, 2011. The same image was uploaded in a personal gallery by Flickr user Igor Ryabushkin[9] the following day.


Hou people view me How people view me after lsau ImRussian: You are not on 9GAG.COM

Spread

Days later on June 4th, 2011, Redditor LibraryBouncer posted a derivative titled "How people view me after I say I'm Russian"[3] that was voted to Reddit's front page receiving 2,123 upvotes prior to being archived. The same day, Redditor ledledled posted a thread titled "How people view me after I say I'm Brazilian"[2] that reached the front page as well.


How people view me after I say I'm Russian (.imgur.com submitted 8 months ago by LibraryBouncer 609 304 comments share top 200 comments show all 304 sorted by: best ▼ 个[-] jon819 44 points 8 months ago How people view me when I tell them I'm British permalink [-] [deleted] 40 points 8 months ago How people view me when I tell them I'm Amerian permalink parent ↑ [-] SomeArmenianGuy 49 points 8 months ago How people view me when I tell them I'm Armenian permalink parent ↑ [-] demon-ix 35 points 8 months ago How people view me when I tell them I'm Israeli permalink parent [-] betobonix 27 points 8 months ago how people view me when I tell them I'm Brazilian permalink parent [-] zhyl 35 points 8 months ago" How people view me when I say that I'm Belgian permalink parent Tronaxious 22 points 8 months ago How people view me when I say that I'm an Arab permalink parent

The single topic blog Howpeopleviewme.net[4] was created on June 6th, 2011. The series remains popular on Reddit[5] and 9gag[6], while derivatives of "how people view me" have spread across other internet humor blogs and communities including FunnyJunk[7] and Tumblr.[8]

Notable Examples


How people view me How people view me after I say I'm a programmer Share your fun on 9GAG.COM How people view me: How people view me after I say I play WoW: Get cheered up on 96AG.COM How people view me: How people view me after I say I'm Japanese HOHPEOPLEVIEHHE.NET How people view me before I tell them I'm Irish How people view me after l tell them I'm Irish HOHPEOPLEVIEHME.NET
How people view me How people view me after I tell them I'm a Muslim How people view me How people view me after I say that I like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: How people vie w me ow people view me after J chat with them You are not on 9GAG.COM How people view me: How people view me after I say I'm American: Oh wait, that is what I look like, because I am awesome. You are not on 96AG.COM


Search Interest

Search queries for "how people view me" saw a significant increase in June 2011, the same month that the first known derivative was posted.

External References

[1] 9gag – Views / 6/1/2011

[2] Reddit – How People View Me After I Say I'm Russian / 6/4/2011

[3] Reddit – How people view me after I say I'm Russian / 6/4/2011

[4] Howpeopleviewme.net

[5] Reddit – how people view me

[6] 9gag – how people view me

[7] FunnyJunk – how people view me after=

[8] Tumblr – #how people view me

[9] Flickr – How people view me after I say I'm Russian!

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