High Expectations Asian Father

High Expectations Asian Father

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Added May 08, 2010 at 06:59PM EDT by eddie M.

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About

High Expectations Asian Father is an advice animal image macro series based on stereotypes and cliches about first-generation Asian parents pushing their children to excel in academic fields in an overbearing manner.[21] TCentered around a photograph of a middle-aged Asian man with glasses and grey hair, the captioned image series also went on to inspire a female counterpart advice animal known as Tiger Mom in January 2011.

Origin

High Expectations Asian Father was launched as a single topic blog[1] by friends and Tumblr users Chris[10] and Bryant[11] on March 18th, 2010. The original instance used the caption “I dun care you got A+ in English, Math, History; you got A- in art. / You fail life.” A Memegenerator watermark is present on the image, but it remains unclear when the page[2] was actually created on the site.


I DUN CARE YOU GOTA+ IN ENGLISH,MATH,HISTORY: YOU GOT A-INART YOU FAIL LIFE memegenerator.net

Identity

The photo used in the series is South Korean actor Jeon Mu-Song[15], who is known for playing father figures in Korean films and television shows. Found by Tumblr user akane-x[13] in 2012, the still image was originally taken from a still shot from the 2007 Korean horror film Epitaph[14] (shown below), in which Mu-Song played the character Professor Park Jung Nam.


Ye s, but your mother and al .

Spread

One of the most common tropes used in the series is the wordplay on character's demanding standards for academic grades. The series reached the "top tier" on MemeGenerator in July of 2010, alongside Technologically Impaired Duck, HAHA Guy and Hnnnnnng. One of the earliest archived instances on 4chan[16] was captioned with "Hory shet / Impossibru" on November 10th, 2010.


□ Anonymous 11 10 10Wed)10:19:2 No.286182048 >> File :1289402360547 ipg-(61 KB, 407x405, high-expectations-asian-father-HORY SHET-MBOSSIBRU.jpg) HORY SHET IMBOSSIBRU

Compilations of the image macros were posted on blogs and user-generated platforms like Urlesque[3], MemeBase[4], Buzzfeed[5] Smosh[22] and Asylum[6], as well as pop culture blogs like MTV's Iggy[7] and Pop Hangover.[8] On February 23rd, 2011, an oil painting inspired by the series was uploaded to deviantArt[20] by user AnoobisEido.



Addtional derivatives can be found on Memebase[18] under the "high expectations asian dad" category and on Tumblr[19] under the "#asian father" tag. As of September 2012, the Quickmeme[17] page has received more than 20,400 submissions, the MemeGenerator[2] page has received more than 28,308 submissions and a Facebook[12] page has accumulated 7011 likes.

Notable Examples


Program in C++ NO Program in A++ IGANHASCHEEZBURGER.COM " 完ら YOU GOT BEADS AT MARDI GRAS? WHY NOT... NEVERMIND, BEADS ARE FINE quickmemec B+9 GET IN CROSET AGAIN! memegenerator.net A-SIANS NOT B-SIANS memegenerator.net YOU WANT GO MUSIC SCHOOL WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE? RADY GAGA? eremy Lin why you play in NBA? i send you HARVARD to be DOCTOR oure b years old? When Was your age,L was 6. quickmeme.com ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK... ..HOME! WE CHANGE LOCKS! quickmeme.com YOU FAILED DRIVERS TEST!? THATS OKAY ME TO0 quickmeme.com

The Asian Dad E-mail Reminder

In January 2011, single serving site The Asian Dad[9] was created, where users could provide information about a goal they would like to achieve, signing up for periodic emails and text messages from the High Expectations Asian Father to "encourage" them in pursuing the goal.


email password Login the Asian Dad Remembere you doctor yet? you talk to me when you doctor! 2. Sign Up with a goal to make Asian Dad proudyou once in a while to see if you are still Achieve your goal and let Asian Dad live vicariously through you! Asian Dad will text (optional) and email his biggest shame

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