About

Hey Man You See That Guy Over There is an exploitable image series based on a webcomic by Facebook artist Florkofcows, featuring two illustrated socks discussing a third character in the distance. Since its creation in late April 2017, various edits of the comic have been creating referencing people and characters from anime, video games and other media.

Origin

On April 25th, 2017, the Facebook page Florkofcowsofficial posted the original comic,^[1] featuring an MS paint illustration of a sock puppet saying "Hey man you see that guy over there / He thinks Sword Art Online is the best anime ever" (shown below). Within two months, the post gained over 7,600 shares and 4,500 reactions.

Spread

On April 27th, 2017, Redditor Fakkon submitted a version of the comic mocking "cropped yiff" to the /r/furry_irl^[5] subreddit (shown below, left). On May 19th, Redditor sode_pary_euw submitted a post titled "Reddit in a nutshell," in which a sock representing the social news site becomes aggravated at someone who "likes a thing you don't" (shown below, right). Within one month, the post received more than 1,200 points (88% upvoted) on /r/funny.^[6]

On June 6th, 2017, Redditor PapaFreshnez submitted an edited version of the comic referencing the video game Skyrim to the /r/gaming^[4] subreddit (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post gained over 70,000 points (85% upvoted) and 930 comments. The following day, a comic mocking people who like Intel processors was submitted to /r/pcmasterrace, where it received upwards of 4,800 points (94% upvoted) and 450 comments within 24 hours (shown below, right).

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