Lonely Computer Guy / Net Noob
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About
Net Noob (also known as “Lonely Computer Guy”) is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a smiling man sitting at a laptop with clenched fists. The captions typically depict the character as a naive Internet user similar to Technologically Impaired Duck and Internet Surprise Grandma, who reacts with enthusiasm to famous videos, shock sites, ads and spam.
Origin
The original stock photo that has been used on various promotional webpages including Paperblog[7], Sodahead[8], My Ark Park[9] and WikiNoticia[10] (shown left). On July 30th, 2011, the first “Lonely Computer Guy” Quickmeme[15] submission was uploaded with the caption “That horse / is so amazing” (shown right), which referenced the Amazing Horse flash animation.
Spread
On August 2nd, 2011, an image macro titled “Net Noob” with the caption “He said my story was cool and called me bro” (shown left) was posted on the Cheezburger site Memebase.[14] On August 5th, a Net Noob Quickmeme[5] page was created with the first submission captioned “Buys a new laptop / keeps all preloaded software” (shown right).
On August 12th, a thread titled “Net Noob (NEW MEME)” was posted to the Body Building Forums[18] by user Jyeatbvg, which included several example images. On August 18th, the Internet humor blog Smosh[16] published several notable examples in a post titled “The Best of the ‘Net Noob’ Meme.” On August 23rd, YouTuber MemeW0rld uploaded a slideshow of image macros (shown below), which received over 13,500 views within nine months. On January 1st, 2012, a Net Noob compilation was submitted to the Internet humor site FunnyJunk[17] by user dubzero.
The meme has continued to spread on sites like Memebase[2], Tumblr[3], Ranker[4], Quickmeme[5] and Reddit.[11] As of May 7th, 2012, the “Net Noob” Quickmeme[5] page has over 250 submissions, the “Lonely Computer Guy” Quickmeme[13] page has over 750 submissions, a Facebook[22] page for “Net Noob” has over 1,250 likes and a “Lonely Computer Guy” and a Facebook[23] page for “Lonely Computer Guy” has over 300 likes.
Notable Examples
Template
Search Interest
External Links
[1] Meme Generator – Lonely Computer Guy
[4] Ranker – Lonely Computer Guy
[6] Google – reverse image search
[7] Paperblog – To Check or not to Check
[8] Sodahead – After a hard day at work, how do you relax?
[10] Wikinoticia – Emotions Twitter Posts
[11] Reddit – lonely computer guy
[12] Reddit – Lonely Computer Guy gets a blog comment
[13] Quickmeme – Lonely Computer Guy
[14] Memebase – Net Noob This “Anon” Is My New Best Friend!
[15] Quickmeme – that horse is amazing
[16] Smosh – The Best of the Net Noob Meme
[17] FunnyJunk – net noob comp
[20] The High Definite – Lonely Computer Guy is Awesome
[21] Ranker – Very Best of Lonely Computer Guy
[23] Facebook – Lonely Computer Guy
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Top Comments
Mister J
Aug 09, 2011 at 03:15PM EDT+121
Hackenbacker
Aug 06, 2011 at 01:46PM EDT+56
This guy is like a few people I know.
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