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"Afraid to Ask" Andy

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About

"Afraid to Ask" Andy is an advice animal image macro series featuring a still image of Andy Dwyer (played by Chris Pratt), one of the main characters from the American TV sitcom Parks and Recreation, captioned with various confessions of one's ignorance in current events or common knowledge followed by the phrase "…and at this point I’m afraid to ask.”

Origin

The caption stems from a memorable quote uttered by Andy Dwyer, who is portrayed as an oblivious but lovable city worker in the fictional town of Pawnee, in Season 6 Episode 16 "A New Slogan"[5] originally aired on March 13th, 2014.

I don't know who Al Gore is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

On October 23rd, 2014, Redditor john_solo76 created a post titled “Afraid to Ask Andy – Reddit is hard to follow sometimes”, featuring a photo of Dwyer with the caption “I don’t know what GamerGate is / And at this point I’m too afraid to ask” (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the post gained over 3,800 upvotes and 2,000 comments on the /r/AdviceAnimals[2] subreddit.

Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec captioned with I don't know what GamerGate is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

Spread

On the same day, Redditor silkysmooth190 submitted an Afraid to Ask Andy image macro expressing ignorance about net neutrality to /r/AdviceAnimals[4] (shown below, left). On October 24th, 2014, Redditor I_Am_Batman_For_Real posted an Afraid to Ask Andy image macro joking about the online fandoms for actor Nicolas Cage to /r/AdviceAnimals.[3] In less than 24 hours, the posts received more than 3,300 votes (87% upvoted).

DONT KNOW IF WE HATE NICOLAS CAGE OR LOVE HIM ANDAT THIS POINT IM TOOAFRAID TO ASK
'DON'T KNOW WHAT NET NEUTRALITY IS ANDATTHIS POINTIM TOO AFRAID TOASK

The same day, the tech news blog Mashable[1] published an article highlighting several notable examples from the series.

Notable Examples

IDON'T KNOW WHAT SHOW THIS IS FROM AND M ATTHIS POINT TOO AFRAID TOASK
I'M NOT SURE WHY WE AREN'T USING AN Rr IMAGE FROM THE SCENE WE ARE REFERENCING Premium AND AT THIS POINT U'M TOO AFRAID TO ASK made on imgur
I DONT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN TEXT INPUT FIELDSANDAT THIS POINTI'M AFRAID TO ASK
IALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO HOLES AFRAID TO ASK memegenerator.net
IDONT KNOW MOST OF MYCO- WORKERS" NAMES AND AT THIS POINT I'M TOO AFRAID TO ASK memegenerator.net
-I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOOGLE AND M ATTHIS POINT TOO AFRAID TOASK

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

[1] Mashable – Afraid to Ask Andy Meme Perfectly Captures Your Insecurities

[2] Reddit – Afraid to Ask Andy

[3] Reddit – Afraid to Ask Andy – Ive been on Reddit awhile and still I still dont know

[4] Reddit – Afraid to ask Andy

[5] SpringfieldSpringfield – Parks and Recreation Episode Scripts – New Slogan

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"Afraid to Ask" Andy

Part of a series on Parks and Recreation. [View Related Entries]

Updated Sep 18, 2019 at 06:00AM EDT by Y F.

Added Oct 24, 2014 at 02:28PM EDT by Don.

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About

"Afraid to Ask" Andy is an advice animal image macro series featuring a still image of Andy Dwyer (played by Chris Pratt), one of the main characters from the American TV sitcom Parks and Recreation, captioned with various confessions of one's ignorance in current events or common knowledge followed by the phrase "…and at this point I’m afraid to ask.”

Origin

The caption stems from a memorable quote uttered by Andy Dwyer, who is portrayed as an oblivious but lovable city worker in the fictional town of Pawnee, in Season 6 Episode 16 "A New Slogan"[5] originally aired on March 13th, 2014.


I don't know who Al Gore is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

On October 23rd, 2014, Redditor john_solo76 created a post titled “Afraid to Ask Andy – Reddit is hard to follow sometimes”, featuring a photo of Dwyer with the caption “I don’t know what GamerGate is / And at this point I’m too afraid to ask” (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the post gained over 3,800 upvotes and 2,000 comments on the /r/AdviceAnimals[2] subreddit.


Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec captioned with I don't know what GamerGate is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

Spread

On the same day, Redditor silkysmooth190 submitted an Afraid to Ask Andy image macro expressing ignorance about net neutrality to /r/AdviceAnimals[4] (shown below, left). On October 24th, 2014, Redditor I_Am_Batman_For_Real posted an Afraid to Ask Andy image macro joking about the online fandoms for actor Nicolas Cage to /r/AdviceAnimals.[3] In less than 24 hours, the posts received more than 3,300 votes (87% upvoted).


DONT KNOW IF WE HATE NICOLAS CAGE OR LOVE HIM ANDAT THIS POINT IM TOOAFRAID TO ASK 'DON'T KNOW WHAT NET NEUTRALITY IS ANDATTHIS POINTIM TOO AFRAID TOASK

The same day, the tech news blog Mashable[1] published an article highlighting several notable examples from the series.

Notable Examples


IDON'T KNOW WHAT SHOW THIS IS FROM AND M ATTHIS POINT TOO AFRAID TOASK I'M NOT SURE WHY WE AREN'T USING AN Rr IMAGE FROM THE SCENE WE ARE REFERENCING Premium AND AT THIS POINT U'M TOO AFRAID TO ASK made on imgur I DONT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN TEXT INPUT FIELDSANDAT THIS POINTI'M AFRAID TO ASK IALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO HOLES AFRAID TO ASK memegenerator.net IDONT KNOW MOST OF MYCO- WORKERS" NAMES AND AT THIS POINT I'M TOO AFRAID TO ASK memegenerator.net -I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOOGLE AND M ATTHIS POINT TOO AFRAID TOASK

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

[1] Mashable – Afraid to Ask Andy Meme Perfectly Captures Your Insecurities

[2] Reddit – Afraid to Ask Andy

[3] Reddit – Afraid to Ask Andy – Ive been on Reddit awhile and still I still dont know

[4] Reddit – Afraid to ask Andy

[5] SpringfieldSpringfield – Parks and Recreation Episode Scripts – New Slogan

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Don is the memegod of the internet. We are all part of his grand design and that is to meme on everything that ever existed, currently exists and shall exist in the future. Only then will the crucible collapse and his ascension into godhood shall be complete!

On his free time though, he is one of the admins on KYM. He has documented many advice animals and some hashtags. People got angry at him for doing that.

I think that now complaining about "Don making an Advice Animal article" has become more tongue in cheek.
(I could be wrong though)

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