![Correction Guy Correction Guy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/017/834/23837073.jpg)
Correction Guy
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About
Correction Guy, also known as Grammar Guy, is a reaction image series using a black-and-white illustration of a man in a suit making a "stop" gesture with his hand. The image is often accompanied with captions correcting some sort of mistake.
Origin
On October 8th, 2011, Flickr[7] user Tabata Petunia uploaded an illustration of a suit-wearing man with the caption "Chill out slut" (shown below).
![Chill out slut Chill out slut.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/951/876/b00.jpg)
Spread
On January 19th, 2012, Redditor hok9 submitted a version of the comic with the caption "Off is the general direction in which I wish you would fuck" to the /r/funny[5] subreddit (shown below, left). In the next four years, the post gained over 1,300 votes (85% upvoted) and 50 comments. On April 13th, One of the first example of the image macro which is used for grammar correction was uploaded to the Internet humor site Troll Memegenerator[1] under the title "Grammar Correction Guy (shown below, right).
![Off Is in the general direction in which I wish you would f--- Off is the general direction in which I wish you would f---.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/951/854/334.jpg)
![You're YOU'RE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/919/348.jpg)
On May 9th, a template image was submitted to Meme Generator[2] under the name "Grammar Guy." On June 20th, the image was resubmitted to Meme Generator[3] under the name "Correction Guy." On June 28th, Reditor Biglos079 resubmitted Redditor hok9's image macro with the title "Pretty much how I feel everyday at work" to /r/funny,[6] where it gathered more than 1,300 votes (86% upvoted) and 25 comments prior to being archived.
On an unknown date, 9Gag[4] user WARFX uploaded an image titled "Grammar guy's had enough," which garnered upwards of 27,000 points as of April 2015 (shown below).
![Grammar Guy has Enough A VILLAGE NEWHERE IN KENIA Is SSING THERE *KENYA *THEIR KILL YOURSELF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/928/c15.jpg)
Various Examples
![They're THEY RE memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/906/17b.jpg)
![Violets are red.... STOP VIOLETS ARE NOT BLUE, THEY ARE memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/907/3a0.jpg)
![*Than I WOULD RATHER SHOOT SOMEONE ELSE THEN SHOOT MYSEL THAN memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/909/0c8.jpg)
![*Lose LOSE UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER momegeneres br.net generator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/911/52c.jpg)
Template
![Kill Yourself Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/508/918.jpg)
Kill Yourself
A version of the Correction Guy image with the caption "kill yourself" is often used in two-panel images to mock poorly-worded messages found on social media.
![Kill Yourself KILL YOURSELF memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/827/e9f.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Troll Memegenerator – Grammar Correction guy
[2] Meme Generator – Grammar Guy
[3] Meme Generator – Correction Guy
[4] 9Gag – Grammar guy's had enough
[5] Reddit – How I feel about 90% of people
[6] Reddit – Pretty much how I feel everyday at work
[7] Flickr – Chill out slut
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Top Comments
arzion50000
Apr 20, 2015 at 07:13AM EDT
Sadistic Pillow
Apr 20, 2015 at 07:58AM EDT