Professionals Have Standards

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Category: Meme Status: Confirmed Year: 2018 Origin: Team Fortress 2 Region:

Type: Pop Culture Reference, Reaction,

Tags: team fortress 2, sniper, reaction image, reddit, mommaschunkymix, blazing_boi_66, samtheslave, ferato,

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when my brother turned 18 he threw out his favorite anime body pillow that he was super attached to and when i asked him why he said "dont you know? shes 16. this isnt legal anymore" some of u freaks on here could learn a thing or two from him 10/14/18, 8:02 PM 192 Retweets 1,412 Likes imgflip.com Professionals have STANDARDS

There was a Japanese poll that asked *what anime would you like to get a Hollywood live action adaptation for and none was the first answer 1. Nothing/None: 456 votes 2. Demon Slayer: 60 votes 3. Attack on Titan: 48 votes Professionals have STANDARDS

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About • Origin • Spread • Examples •

About

Professionals Have Standards is a quote from a cinematic introducing the Sniper character from Team Fortress 2. It began seeing use as a reaction image on Reddit in late 2018 and early 2019.

Origin

On January 19th, 2009, Valve posted an introductory cinematic for the Team Fortress 2 character Sniper to YouTube. In the video, he says the line "Professionals have standards." The video has gained over 14 million views (shown below).

On October 13th, 2018, Redditor mommaschunkymix made a post to /r/tf2^[1] using the line as a reaction image, gaining over 1,500 points (shown below).

ISIS: *f---- goat* Rest of the world: If you like f------ animals so much why don't you just watch furry p---? ISIS Professionals have STANDAR

Spread

The format began spreading to other subreddits, particularly /r/dankmemes, after that post. On October 27th, 2018, Redditor Blazing_Boi_66^[2] posted the quote as a reaction image on /r/dankmemes, gaining over 9,500 points (shown below, left). On January 6th, 2019, Redditor samtheslave posted another joke to /r/dankmemes that gained over 2,900 points (shown below, right).

When your friend asks why you're still posting tf2 memes and not switching to the new metas Professionals have STANDA

Friends: Why do you prefer p--- with plot? It's just a waste of time. Me: Professionals have STANDA

Other popular posts using the format include a December 4th, 2018 /r/me_irl post that gained over 3,600 points (shown below, left). Redditor Ferato make a post on /r/dankmemes on January 23rd, 2019 that gained over 60,000 points (shown below, right).