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Don't Be Shy, Go Ahead And Try refers to a clip from the Cryptoland press release video where an anthropomorphic piece of cryptocurrency shows a man a pool filled with Bitcoins and tells him to "go ahead and try" swimming in it, playing into the comedy trope of rich characters swimming in their money. The clip became an exploitable and the subject of edits on YouTube in late January and early February 2022, often adding clips of characters swimming in money from other media properties after the line is spoken.

Origin

On November 4th, 2021, a promotional video for Cryptoland, a virtual island on the blockchain where crypto owners can buy land, was uploaded to YouTube. It has since been deleted and reuploaded.^[1] The video is largely animated, showing a piece of cryptocurrency touring a man around the island. At the 3:41 minute mark, the coin leads the man into a giant vault and shows him a pool full of crypto, asking him to dive in and "go ahead and try" swimming in it (shown below).

On January 30th, 2022, YouTuber^[4] xX_peter_Xx posted an edit of the scene adding a clip of Peter Griffin from Family Guy diving into a pool of coins and getting hurt, gaining over 340,000 views in three days (shown below).

Spread

The scene increasingly became the subject of edits over the following days. For example, on January 30th, 2022, YouTubers^[2][3] SingNO2 and Rrubhu Videos posted edits of the clip, the former featuring Wario in the pool and the latter a Pawn Stars edit, gaining over 10,000 views each in three days (shown below, left and right).

On February 1st, 2022, YouTuber^[5] Eduardo PP posted a version of the meme adding a scene of Scrooge McDuck diving into his coin pool followed by pained screaming, gaining over 68,000 views in a day (shown below). On February 2nd, Lessons In Meme Culture posted a video to YouTube^[6] explaining the meme, gaining over 155,000 views in a day.

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