I Am a Grown Man, I'm a Big Adult, I Can Do This
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About
I Am a Grown Man, I'm a Big Adult, I Can Do This refers to an exploitable comic of a man hyping himself up, telling himself he can "do it" because he's an adult, then sitting at a computer, watching something sad, and crying.
Origin
On June 29th, 2018, bananatwinky posted the original comic to their Tumblr[7] page, garnering over 15,800 notes in roughly 2 years (shown below, left). On September 10th, 2019, Banana Twinky shared another version of the comic to their Twitter[8] page (shown below, right).
Spread
On October 9th, 2018, History Memes PH uploaded a version of the meme to Facebook[1] referencing a film titled "Heneral Luna," garnering over 1,000 reactions and 850 shares in 2 years (shown below).
On October 15th, 2018, ONE PIECE Fanpage posted another version of the image to Facebook,[2] this time using a scene from the anime One Piece in place of the "Heneral Luna" footage, garnering over 15,000 reactions, 4,400 shares, and 2,200 comments in 2 years (shown below, left). On the same day, /u/madhavimonogatari uploaded a blank template of the image to /r/MemeTemplatesOfficial.[3] On October 16th, VandelayIndustriesSalesMan uploaded a version of the meme featuring a sad scene from Scrubs to imgur,[4] garnering over 1,800 vies and 60 upvotes in 2 years (shown below, right).
On July 31st, 2019, /u/Punisher2003 uploaded a version of the image referencing the opening scene in the Disney Pixar film "Up" to /r/memes,[5] garnering over 23,000 upvotes in a year (shown below, left). On December 15th, 2020, /u/drm8825 uploaded a version of the meme to /r/me_irl[6] using a sad comic about a dead baby duck in place as the source of the tears, garnering over 1,400 upvotes in 21 days (shown below, right).
Template
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Facebook – Legit umiyak ako ng kaunte sa scene na to
[2] Facebook – ONE PIECE Fanpage
[3] Reddit – Im a grown man meme template if anyone is looking.
[4] imgur – Every time…
[5] Reddit – Enough to make a grown man cry
[7] Tumblr – bananatwinky
[8] Twitter – BananaTwinky
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Ten Shadows
Jan 05, 2021 at 03:00PM EST
Pun
Jan 05, 2021 at 03:54PM EST