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Hey, I'm Actually Going By They-Man These Days meme.

Hey, I'm Actually Going By They-Man These Days

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Updated Jun 14, 2022 at 04:54PM EDT by Zach.

Added Jun 12, 2022 at 06:37AM EDT by Autumn Able.

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Hey, I'm Actually Going By They-Man These Days is an exploitable image macro that features He-Man and Skeletor from Masters of the Universe standing in front of the trans flag, and the former stating that he's going by "They-Man" these days, with Skeletor saying "oh cool thanks for letting me know." The meme replaces He-Man and Skeletor with different characters from TV, movies, games and more, typically those with "he," "she," "man" or "woman" located in their names.

Origin

The earliest known post of the original image was on February 6th, 2018, by Twitter user LOVESTRUCKBEAR.[1] The image features He-Man standing in front of the trans flag and stating "Hey I'm actually going by They-Man these days" with Skeletor in the lower right corner of the image replying "oh cool thanks for letting me know". The image (shown below, left) received over 45,100 likes and over 10,400 retweets. The image was later printed onto paper, and a photograph of the print (shown below, right) was posted to Reddit on March 30th, 2019, where it received over 56,000 upvotes.[2]


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On September 19th, 2019, Tumblr user abolishice posted an edit using Minecraft characters Herobrine and Alex. The image (shown below) received over 3,800 notes in nearly three years.[3] On June 8th, 2020, Reddit user BestGirlClaire posted an edit using a Jacob's Ladder/Lily of the Valley and Tom Nook from Animal Crossing. The image (shown below, right) received over 1,400 upvotes in two years.[4]


"Hey, I'm actually going by Theyrobrine these days" "oh cool thanks for letting me know "Hey look, it's Jacob's ladder 20 Type Flower Hey I'm actually going by Lily of the Valley these days "oh cool thanks for letting me know"

On August 14th, 2020, Twitter user DaisVeronica posted an edit using Shego and Kim Possible in front of the non-binary flag. The image (shown below, right) received over 30,700 likes and over 4,900 retweets in nearly two years.[5] On June 10th, 2022, Twitter user skunkgender posted an edit of the image using Slender Man and Jeff the Killer. The image (shown below, right) received over 23,000 likes in two days.[6]


"Hey I'm actually going by Theygo these days" "oh cool thanks for letting me know" "Hey I'm actually going by Slenderthem these days" "oh cool thanks for letting me know

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"Hey I'm actually going by Megathem these days "oh cool thanks for letting me know Cannot find original source atm.
Hey actually I'm going by Herdak these days. Oh cool! Thanks for letting me know! T "Hey I'm actually going by Warner Sibling these days" "oh cool thanks for letting us know"
ACTUALLY I'M GOING BY EGG-THEM THESE DAYS. OH COOL! THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW! "I'm actually going by Theycade now" "Oh cool, thanks for letting me know" AND ACCE

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answearingmachine
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this is one of those memes where I find the original funny simply from the absurdity of the pretense and the way it's written, but the main references it uses could be basically anything and it would still be the same essential joke

∴ all of these edits are the same joke

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