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Henry Cavill Building Gaming PC

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Henry Cavill Building Gaming PC refers to a viral video of actor Henry Cavill constructing a gaming PC (similar to Gamer Henry Cavill).

Origin

On July 16th, 2020, Cavill posted a video of his build on Instagram. The post received more than 3.4 million views and 807,000 likes in less than two days (shown below).



Precursor

On December 18th, 2019, NME[1] YouTube channel posted an interview with actor Henry Cavill about the upcoming The Witcher Netflix series. In the interview, Cavill talked about playing The Witcher game series and being a fan of the franchise and admitted to being an avid PC gamer, launching the Gamer Henry Cavill meme.

Spread

The video quickly went viral, appearing on various platforms. That day, Redditor[1] originalClown shared the video on the /r/pcmasterrace subreddit. the post received more than 50,000 points (94% upvoted) and 1,900 comments in less than 24 hours. Redditor[3] GuitarXxX shared a screenshot of the video in the /r/Amd subreddit, where the image received more than 16,000 points (94% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

The following day, Redditor[2] GarooSama shared a variation of the Geralt's "Fuck" meme about the build. The post received more than 570 points (98% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).


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Some posted memes about the build. For example, the Facebook [4] account for Tierra Gamer posted a meme of the Dragon Ball character Master Roshi watching the build. The post received more than 2,700 reactions and 1,300 shares in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Several media outlets reported on the video, including the New York Post,[5] the Verge,[6] Vulture,[7] CinemaBlend[8] and more.


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Henry Cavill nos enseña cómo montar un PC Gamer. logi TID ALAN 2Hay algo que este joven no haga bien? Me watching Henry Cavill build his gaming PC Learning that he's a Symmetra main
Parris @vicious696 WERT all these ladies swooning over Henry Cavill building a PC, well what about me? I build PC's too! Natiqral Puit 7:54 AM · Jul 17, 2020 from French Valley, CA · Twitter for iPad OBlackThundero @BT_BlackThunder Henry Cavill: *builds pc* The internet : OBlackThundero 6:50 AM · Jul 17, 2020 · Twitter for Android > Nerd Girl Says @Rachael_Conrad Glad we all agree that the video of Henry Cavill building a pc in a tank top is NSFW 9:31 AM · Jul 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone


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