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haters will see you teleport RE WWW con tres plature and be like he can't afford a car

When you eat outside and get stuck in the seat facing the sun

People who manage to continue the story of their dream after they fall back asleep

person who fell asleep again to continue the story of his dream SIMP

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About

Glowing Man or Glowing Guy refers to the artwork "Lone Light" by artist Quentin Deronzier. Originally posted by in October 2017 to Tumblr, in 2019 the image gained popularity as a meme.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2017, Tumblr^[1] user quentinderonzier (Quentin Deronzier) posted an artwork titled "Lone Light." The artwork depicted a glowing humanoid sitting at a table in a dim restaurant, illuminating his surroundings with his glow (shown below). The post received over 8,260 likes and reblogs in three years.

The image did not see use in memes until on February 25th, 2019, Redditor^[2] JoojToranja posted the image to /r/Bossfight subreddit, titling it "Sunman, lord of light." The post received over 27,600 upvotes in six months.

Spread

In the following days, the image received significant spread online, particularly on Reddit. On February 25th, an SCP Foundation meme was posted by Redditor^[3] MASTER-OF_MOISTURE in /r/DankMemesFromSite19 (shown below, left). On March 2nd, Redditor^[4] JesperNoob posted the earliest known edit of the image, a Minecraft Armor Parody meme that gained over 13,700 upvotes in /r/dankmemes (shown below, right).

SCp-001 has moved from his normal position to a more "casual" position, as well as telling people who come near the usual "kill" zone to "eat with him". further testing has been requested. - 05 council

The format gained further spread online following a viral post by Twitter user @curledbitch^[5] made on March 16th, 2019, that received over 27,700 retweets and 68,400 likes in one year (shown below, left). A June 16th, 2019, meme posted by Twitter^[6] user @BreckinMathias received over 12,300 retweets and 41,500 likes in one year (shown below, right).

lucy, @curledbitch me sitting in public angry as f--- trying to be calm 5:49 PM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

Breckin Mathias @BreckinMathias No one: PS4 controller charging at 3 AM: 7:55 PM · Jun 16, 2019 · Twitter for Android

On April 22nd, 2020, Twitter^[7] user @katloid posted a high-resolution version of the image, with the tweet gaining over 45,600 retweets and 230,600 likes in two days.

Various Examples

*on a date* Guy: for the last time, the fact that I am both Russian and a physicist does not mean i worked at Chernobyl! *power out*

Scientists: Stress can be turned into electricity now! Me: *sees the teacher collecting last night's homework, knowing damn well I didn't do it* u/headxshotx

The Party trying to stealth with the paladin in plate armor

5G USERS BE LIKE YEAH I'M STERILE NOW BUT IT FAST DOE

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External References

^[1] Tumblr – quentinderonzier

^[2] Reddit – Sunman, lord of light

^[3] Reddit – SCp-001 has moved from his normal position to a more 'casual' position, as well as telling people who come near the usual 'kill' zone to 'eat with him'. further testing has been requested. – 05 council

^[4] Reddit – Moths love him

^[5] Twitter – @curledbitch

^[6] Twitter – @BreckinMathias

^[7] Twitter – @katloid

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