About

Ginger Man is an image of an overweight ginger man holding a beer and pointing to something unknown. He is used in GET games and in X slapped you GF's ass games. He is often used in scenarios where he is weak, or easy to beat. He was the target of mockery due to his awkward stance and facial expression.

Origin

Ginger Man originated from 4chan's /b/ in late December of 2011. The original thread portrayed a screenshot of a Facebook page with a group of people with an arrow pointing to "Ginger Guy" at the bottom Original Thread-Chanarchive (NSFW) .

Spread

After the original thread Ginger Guy spread rapidly, with new Photoshopped versions being created back to back. An official memegenerator.net was made on January 1st 2012. Unlike other images Ginger Guy was quickly accepted, used and edited.

Notable Examples