![I'm Going to Tell You a Great Story I'm Going to Tell You a Great Story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/282/Screen_Shot_2017-06-23_at_3.27.50_PM.jpg)
I'm Going to Tell You a Great Story
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About
I'm Going to Tell You a Great Story refers to an exploitable 3-panel comic in which the poster imagines themselves as a grandfather who is approached by their grandson asking about something of the grandfather's he found, usually a video game or an anime. The grandfather in the image then tells his son to sit down and tears up as he says a variant of "I'm gonna tell you a great story."
Origin
The earliest known post of the format was posted by Papakurtz on June 26th, 2014, on Be-troll.com (shown below).
![Naruto French Papi, j'ai trouvé ça dans tes vieilles afiaires, qu'est-ce que c'est? Viens tasseoir, bonhomme BE-TROLL COM .Je vais te raconter une magnifique histoire.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/268/394/143.jpg)
On August 28th, 2015, a variation of the image was uploaded to Reddit in /r/lewronggeneration[1] and featured the boy holding a copy of Super Smash Brothers Melee (shown below). The post bears a Melee Hell watermark, suggesting it came from the popular Facebook community. This was likely the start of the meme's wider spread.
![Melee Original Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is melee? Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story ORIGINAL HELL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/268/381/01f.jpg)
Spread
Over the coming years, variations would appear with different video games and subcultures such as Grand Theft Auto and Assassin's Creed. On September 7th, 2015, Southernboyj uploaded a version with Runescape to /r/runescape[3] that gained 1,150 points (shown below, left). On June 30th, 2016, Sizzle[2] scraped a post referencing Grand Theft Auto from Instagram that had gained over 1,600 likes, though the post has since been deleted (shown below, right).
![Runescape Me in 50 years Grandpa i found this in your old stuff. What is it lurn your computer on you lil fgt. I'm going to show you the best game ever facebook.com/lvl3noob](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/268/384/a10.jpg)
![GTA Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story Me in 50 years gta](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/268/383/7b1.png)
On June 23rd, 2017, the format was posted to /r/MemeEconomy with Naruto and gained 27 points,[4] suggesting the template may be on the rise (shown below).
![Naruto In a few decades... Grandpa! I found this in your old store what is it? Sit grandson I will tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/268/387/e86.jpg)
Various Examples
![Will Gone but not forgotten Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/013/587/d6c.jpg)
![Kancolle: me in 50 years Me in 50 years. hey grandpa-kun i found thisin your old stuff. what is it? sit down you low-tier teitoku im going to tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/262/132/c97.jpg)
![Assassin's Creed Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? 4 As Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/268/386/8db.jpg)
![Goku Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story ㄟ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/268/388/d82.jpg)
![Dark Souls Me in 50 years... Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/268/389/25f.jpg)
![Fallout 4 Grandpa i found this is your old stuff... what is it? 90 Sit down you little fagget. I'm going to tell you a great story](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/268/390/284.jpg)
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External References
[1] /r/lewronggeneration – Thanks grandpa but I'd rather play my 8k virtual reality Smash Bros.
[2] Sizzle – Me In 50 Years
[3] Reddit – Me in 50 years
[4] Reddit – I will tell you a great story memes seem to be on the rise, worthwhile investment?
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I am AHO Right?
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