About

Guy Refusing Cigarette While Holding One is an object-labeling meme that shows a man holding his hand up to refuse a cigarette being offered to him while holding a smoking cigarette by his side with his other hand. The image gained virality on Reddit in 2021 after first being posted to /r/blursedimages.

Origin

While the origin of the image is currently unknown, the earliest accessible post of the image was on July 12th, 2021 by Redditor^[1] /u/Notiness to /r/blursedimages, where it gathered over 25,000 upvotes in two years (seen below).

Spread

On July 14, 2021, the image was reposted to /r/pcmasterrace by Redditor^[2] /u/tmr-z, where it gathered over 9,000 upvotes in two years (seen below, left). On July 18th, 2021, Redditor^[3] /u/SatanProUltraMax posted the image with a new caption to /r/memes, where it gathered over 25,000 upvotes in two years (seen below, right).

On July 25th, 2021, Redditor^[4] /u/Hosen47 posted an object-labelling version of the meme to /r/LeagueOfMemes, gathering over 10,000 upvotes in two years (seen below, left). On July 27th, 2021, Redditor^[5] /u/GA4G posted a version of the meme to /r/memes, where it gathered over 8,500 upvotes in two years (seen below, right).

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