Perplexed Bill Nye
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About
Perplexed Bill Nye is a photoshop meme featuring a cutout image of Bill Nye walking down a street while holding a cigarette, which is often photoshopped on to various action film and television posters.
Origin
On October 17th, 2015, National Geographic[1] published a photograph of Bill Nye, taken by photographer Chris Cassel, walking down the middle of a road while smoking a cigarette (shown below). The picture was meant to illustrate Nyeβs feelings of despair when confronted with evidence about climate change.
![National Geographic Photo Photograph by NG Studlos/Chris Cassel THE FIVE STAGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE GRIEF WHY IS BILL NYE SMOKING? (HINT: CLIMATE CHANGE GRIEF) Bill Nye's climate depression is only compounded by his visit to a doom-saying environmental scientist named Guy McPherson in the wilderness of Southern New Mexico. Guy's analysis of the latest geological data has him convinced the planet will be unable to sustain life by the year 2030. After spending the day with Guy, Bill Nye is tempted to believe death is imminent.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/977/ddb.jpg)
Spread
On November 4th, Redditor avemae10 posted the photograph to the /r/pics[2] subreddit, where it gained over 5,000 votes (90% upvotes) and 1,200 comments in five days. The same day, Redditor Chipper_chap submitted the picture in a post titled "Perplexed Bill Nye" to the /r/photoshopbattles[3] subreddit, where several users posted photoshopped images of Nye in scenes from various films and television shows (shown below).
![Nye Hard](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/968/826.jpg)
![Walking Dead ".FULL-THROTTLE SUSPENSE AND TERROR..." THE WALKING DEAD SPECIAL SEASON PREMIERE SUNDAY OCT 169/8claM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/981/944.jpg)
![Reservoir Dogs](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/982/bbb.png)
On November 5th, a compilation of images from the /r/photoshopbattles submitted to 9gag,[4] where it gathered upwards of 11,800 points and 230 comments. The following day, UpRoxx[5] published an article about the Bill Nye photoshops. The same day, Redditor phc_me submitted a post asking about the Bill Nye photoshopped movie posters to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[7] subreddit.
Various Examples
![The Dark Nye Rises RUSE THE DARK NYE RISES THE LEGEND ENDS JULY 20](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/974/325.jpg)
![Nye Fall 007 7 NYEF ALL 007 COMING SOON NIMAX](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/972/e46.jpg)
![Some men just want to watch the world learn EMERGENCY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/978/dd0.png)
![Quantum of Nye QUANTUM OF NYE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/975/b92.jpg)
![Emperor Palpanye](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/980/093.jpg)
![Bill Kill KILL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/039/973/8cd.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] National Geographic β Why is Bill Nye Smoking?
[2] Reddit β Bill Nye looks like hes dropping the hottest mix tape
[3] Reddit β Perplexed Bill Nye
[4] 9gag β Perplexed Bill Nye
[5] UpRoxx β The Internet Is Having A Ball Photoshopping Bill Nye
[6] Reddit β Why all the Bill Nye movie poster posts?
[7] Reddit β Why all the Bill Nye movie poster posts?
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Nov 09, 2015 at 03:47PM EST
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