If You Don't Play Duke Nukem 3D, You Like Men
![If You Don't Play Duke Nukem 3D You Like Men ad and meme format.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/040/604/Screen_Shot_2022-05-24_at_11.06.45_AM.jpg)
Type: Exploitable, Advertisement,
Tags: recaption, duke nukem, video game ad, if you don't play duke nukem 3d you like men ad, exploitables, duke nukem 3d, video games, gaming, advertisement,
![If You Don't Play Duke Nukem 3D You Like Men ad and meme format.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/040/604/Screen_Shot_2022-05-24_at_11.06.45_AM.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
If You Don't Play Duke Nukem 3D, You Like Men refers to an unearthed, edgy advertisement for the 1996 video game Duke Nukem 3D that attempts to appeal to straight men's fear of being homosexual by telling them if they don't play the game, they "like men." After it was uncovered by the Twitter account @weirdgameads in May 2022, the ad became an exploitable meme format where users altered the ad and text via recaptions in numerous ways for humorous effect.
Origin
On May 22nd, 2022, gimmick Twitter account @weirdgameads[1] posted an old print ad for Duke Nukem 3D that read, "If you don't play Duke Nukem 3D, you like men." The tweet gained over 6,300 retweets, 980 quote tweets and 57,000 likes in two days (shown below).
![Original Duke Nukem ad DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th GRING FuncoLand Bring Home The Fam IF YOU DON'T PLAY DUKE NUKEM 3D YOU LIKE MEN! 3 READS http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Spread
In the replies to the post on May 22nd, 2022, several Twitter users then edited the ad's text to change the meaning. For example, Twitter user @TheMulletBird[2] posted an edit that gained over 300 retweets and 4,000 likes in two days (shown below, left). User @pongsifu[3] also posted a more nonsensical edit of the ad, gaining over 120 retweets and 2,400 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).
![The Illusion Of Choice DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th FuncoLand Bring Home The Tam IF YOU DON'T PLAY DUKE NUKEM 3D YOU LIKE MEN! IF YOU DO PLAY DUKE NUKEM 3D YOU LIKE MEN! YOU LIKE MEN! READS http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Men DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th SRING FuncoLand Bring Home The Em MEN! REALM http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
The following day on May 23rd, voice actor and YouTuber Gianni Matragano posted a video in which he read many of the edits as the character Duke Nukem. The post gained over 4,400 retweets and 63,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).
— Gianni Matragrano (@GetGianni) May 23, 2022
Various Examples
![Father I Am Ill F-- Hoove HR Tor TON NO REEEEEEEE IF YOU DON'T PEEPE I WILL MAIM YOU INTO A LITANY OF OFFAL MEAT YOU POOPOO (E FATHER I AM WHY MY PEEPEE LEAKY THO HERE? DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th, tr](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![FEmboy](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Undertale](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![I, Duke Nukem DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th GRING FuncoLand Bring Home The DUKE NUKEM LIKE MEN! READS http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Thanks Duke DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th FuncoLand Bring Home The Tam IF YOU DON'T LIKE DUKE NUKEM 3D PLAY POKEMON! READS http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Maybe, Duke DUKE NUKEM Avaliable April 19th SRING FuncoLand Bring Home The Em YOU LIKE MEN! REALMS http://drealms.com](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
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External References
Entry Editors ( 2 )
Tags: recaption, duke nukem, video game ad, if you don't play duke nukem 3d you like men ad, exploitables, duke nukem 3d, video games, gaming, advertisement,
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