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Me, An Intellectual
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About
Me, An Intellectual is a popular dialogue snowclone on Tumblr in which the character "me, an intellectual" uses needlessly formal language to correct well-known colloquial phrases (i.e. calling a "Slim Jim" a "Slender James").
Origin
On June 6th, 2016, Tumblr user wrecknian[1] posted a text post that reads "me, an intellectual: (passing my buddy a slim jim) would you care for this Slender James?" The post has gained over 115,000 notes as of December 15th, 2016.
![Original Post me, an intellectual: *passing my buddy a slim jim* would you care for this Slender James?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/380/7d4.png)
Spread
Over the course of the next several months, posts featuring the "Me, an intellectual" character spread widely on Tumblr, the meme evolving to include a character that "me, an intellectual" would correct. On October 3rd, 2016, Buzzfeed[2] posted a listicle of some of the funnier examples on Tumblr. On October 16th, Reddit user Cryomatic[3] posted a screenshot of an argument about the grammar in "me, an intellectual" to /r/Tumblr in a post that gained 370 points. The dialogue,[4] shown below, has over 114,000 notes on Tumblr.
![Me an Intellectual argument corn-free-awesomesauce The best part of 'me, an intellectual is that the grammatically correct pronoun would be ihamtmus you: me, an intellectual me, an intellectual:, an intellectual kirby-ebooks hi where the f--- do you think that fragment is getting nominative case. listen to me. subjects of transitive verbs in nom-acc languages get nominative case by agreeing with a tense node. are you listening. fragments are accusative in english because that's the default case when there's no case-assigning node meet me in the pit behind the denny's and i will explain this to you. bring a whiteboard wishaming you: The best part of 'me, an intellectual is that the grammatically correct pronoun would be l kirby, a linguist: meet me in the pit behind the denny's and i will explain this to you. bring a whiteboard Source: technicolor-we 74,836 notes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/394/a32.png)
Various Examples
![P----=Feline skippyreturns tumbl Follow you: imma eat that p---- me, an intellectual: i shall dine upon this feline](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/382/38b.png)
![Harry Potter daughtersofthanos tumbl Follow You: LevioSA Me, an intellectual: LeviOsa](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/384/c6f.png)
![F--- Off tentacleauxiliatricks tumbl Follow You: f--- off Me, an intellectual: intercourse away](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/386/9ba.png)
![Later Gator aggressively-awkward tumbl Follow You: later gator Me, an intellectual:the future holds a large reptile](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/388/a9e.png)
![Untidy Josephs themoskabot tumbl Follow You: Sloppy Joes Me, an intellectual: Untidy Josephs](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/389/595.png)
![Moist William kagedyams tumbl Follow someone: wet willy ist william](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/200/391/174.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wrecknian via Wayback Machine – Original Me an Intellectual
[2] Buzzfeed – 20 Times Tumblr Was Intellectual AF
[3] Reddit – Me, an intellectual
[4] Tumblr – All Things Linguistic
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