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Blinking White Guy
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About
Blinking White Guy, also known as Drew Scanlon Reaction, is a GIF of Drew Scanlon, video editor and podcaster at video game website Giant Bomb. The GIF of Scanlon is used as a reaction image to express incredulity. In August 2019, a multi-panel format based on the GIF known as First Guy To gained popularity.
Origin
On December 6th, 2013, an episode of GiantBomb series "Unprofessional Fridays" premiered.[5] In the episode, Drew Scanlon performs a "double take" reaction when Jeff Gerstmann says "farming with my hoe" while playing Starbound (shown below).
The earliest known post to use the GIF of Scanlon was a comment by Tokubetsu responding to a comic about Kanye West and Future posted to a NeoGAF thread on July 27th, 2015.[1]
![NeoGaf Screenshot Originally Posted by IrishNinja Ya'll throwin' contracts at me? Ya'll know that n----- can't read! F--- you and your corporation R.A.P is overrated des where that future review at doe can't control mg canall n----- 60 Well, I figured out why I never Ya'll n----- can't f--- with Ye!Future years ago on one of Gu Ya'll n----- can't f--- with Ye! compared to Gucci's verses (g Future up until now. As I watch copout, and that he was just u dude who couldn't make it in t keep him alive in the industry change my mind about him. It heard DS2. I'm bout to wild the f--- out! I'm goin' BOBBY BOUCHER!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/223/202/9e0.png)
Spread
The GIF had been around for nearly two years, but it was not until February 2017 that it spiked in popularity on Twitter. On February 5th, user @eksbl[2] used it in a tweet describing his reaction in biology class, gaining nearly 50,000 retweets.
me: ill take a biology class, im smart enough for this just watch me
— iniro🐔 (@eskbl) February 5, 2017
teacher: cells
me: pic.twitter.com/fHJJsPLioO
In the coming week, several other tweets employing the GIF would gain tens of thousands of retweets, turning the GIF into a meme. Meanwhile, fan threads on GiantBomb's forums[3] and NeoGAF[4] discussed the transformation of Scanlon into a meme.
First Guy To
In August 2019, Blinking White Guy regained popularity in memes as a multi-panel format, also known as First Guy To, usually illustrating the passage of a short amount of time in a similar vein to some of the Surprised Joji meme (examples shown below).
![First time FIRST GUY TO RIDE A ROLLER COASTER WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/351/c64.jpg)
![It’s free The first guy to discover free real estate must have been like](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/332/c97.jpg)
![Must have been crazy The first guy to ever get glasses must have been like](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/343/e91.png)
Various Examples
![White People Follow @sincerelyjexi white people: I'm 38% german, 35% swedish, 25% danish, 2% milk me: I'm puerto rican not mexican white people:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/210/816.png)
![Easy Test? Half Inch Punisher @Yahiam Follow , Me: this tests is gonna be so easy, Ima get a 100 Test: Name GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/211/c9c.png)
![TFW Yr Ugly chanel @hslaurent + Follow ﹀ me: "knows im ugly' someone: youre ugly me: GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/213/085.png)
![Genetics FRAN DAMNED + Follow でー@franisademon @eskbl teacher: genetics me: GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/214/f1b.png)
![KKK and Christians Follow + ﹀ @MosDebt Christians: separate the KKK from Christianity!! Muslims: separate ISIS from Islam. Christians:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/215/f01.png)
![Slavery Supreme Khairy @OMG ItsKhairy Follow v White People: I can't believe that people keep animals chained up Me: almost like slavery White people: slavery?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/223/218/65f.png)
Search Interest
External References
[3] GiantBomb – Drew/Jeff meme pictures
[4] NeoGAF – Giant Bomb #26 | search white man blinking gif
[5] GiantBomb – Unprofessional Fridays
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