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Guy Who Made the Joke vs. Guy Who Said It Louder

Guy Who Made the Joke vs. Guy Who Said It Louder

Updated Apr 08, 2019 at 02:02AM EDT by Philipp.

Added Mar 14, 2019 at 10:44AM EDT by Philipp.

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About

Guy Who Made the Joke vs. Guy Who Said It Louder refers to a trope popularized by 2013 sketch "High on Potenuse" by the comedy duo Key & Peele. In March 2019, an influx of jokes based on the trope took place on Reddit.

Origin

On November 7th, 2013, Comedy Central uploaded sketch " High on Potenuse" by comedy duo Key & Peele to their YouTube channel.[1] In the sketch, a student shares a joke with his classmate, who then repeats it loudly, making the entire class laugh.



- I wish I were high on potenuse.
- *laughs* I WISH I WAS HIGH ON POTENUSE!

Spread

The sketch gained significant internet attention, gaining over 27 million views in five years, while the word "potenuse" has since become a popular reference to the trope. On April 21st, 2016, Redditor[2] threecoolcats uploaded a still image from the sketch to /r/me_irl subreddit where it gained over 21,300 upvotes in six months. On May 14th, 2016, Redditor[3] DrDraculaConstantine posted a screenshot of a tweet supposedly made by Twitter user @CHlLDHOODRUINER[4], titling their post "I wish i was high on potenuse" and gaining over 7,300 upvotes in six months.


when u say the right answer in class and then the person beside you says it louder and gets credit for it @britneyspheres

On July 30th, 2018, actor Cole M. Sprouse made a referenced a trope to describe meme culture.[5] The tweet gained over 61,000 retweets and 396,000 likes in seven months.



On December 22nd, 2018, Redditor[6] therealjustinjr posted a meme utilizing the trope to /r/BikiniBottomTwitter subreddit, where it gained over 41,300 upvotes (shown below, left). On March 11th, 2019, Redditor[7] mfatah007 made a post containing captioned photographs of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs to /r/dankmemes subreddit, where it received over 79,600 upvotes in three days (shown below, right).


Cooln't boy: *makes a funny joke* The class: Cool bov: *makes the same joke* The class: O? 0 Guy who made the joke Guy who said it louder infront of the whole class

Following mfatah007's post, multiple submissions utilizing the same format were posted by Reddit users to /r/dankmemes,[8] /r/HistoryMemes,[9] /r/Animemes[10] and other subreddits.

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When your friend steals your joke in class and gets a few laughs so you steal his meme and get 10k orange arrows Oh you're a villain alright, just not a super one! The guy who made the joke Guy who said it louder in fron of the whole class
Guy who said the joke Guy who said the same joke but louder u/doxr Myiok idwho repeated i but!oüder-

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