The Absolute Madman

About

The Absolute Madman refers to a Facebook post that shows an image of two boys who told their friend named Dean to lay down on the floor. The image is often mocked by users for being boastful over a simple feat and has since spawn edits and fanart with other known situations from various events, shows and video games.

Origin

Though the origin of the post itself is unknown, The earliest examples of it was posted in Funnyjunk on May 27th, 2014 by user superstephtime as part of his compilation post titled “Cringe Comp”. As of April, 2015, the compilation has gathered more than 58.000 views and 1698 upvotes^[1] . On the very same day, a standalone image which was followed by the Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction image was posted on Cepcerk^[2].

Spread

On June 1st, 2014, Imgur user TurtleThatCanStrut reposted the image and as of April, 2015, has gathered more than 54.000 views^[3]. On July 3rd, 2014, reddit user hyug_5 posted the image on /r/4chanMeta which as of April, 2015, has gathered 861 points (99% upvoted) and 37 comments^[4]. On October 22nd, 2014, Twitter page Year 9 Banter tweeted the image which as of April, 2015, has gathered more than 2.300 favorites and was retweeted more than 2.700 times^[5].

On May 28th, 2014, Funnyjunk user CrushOrange upload an edited image which shows Dean in the fashion of a Super Smash Bros 4 character announcement as a reply to the Cringe Comp post^[6]. As of April, 2015, the reply has gathered 451 upvotes. On September 19th, 2014, Funnyjunk user teranin posted a drawn image titled “HAHAHA oh wow!” which replaces the three people in the original with veteran figures from Nintendo. As of April, 2015, the post has gathered more than 12.000 views^[7].

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