Is He /Our Guy/?
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About
"Is He /Our Guy/?" is a question asked by members of various 4chan boards to determine if someone represents the community's core beliefs and values, or is a user of the website. On the /pol/ (politics) board, it is often used when questioning if someone secretly holds alt-right or "red-pilled" political beliefs.
Origin
On June 13th, 2016, a 4chan user submitted a post titled "Is he 'our guy'?" to the /v/ (video games) board, featuring the profile avatar of YouTube video game reviewer Matthewmatosis (shown below).[7]
![Original /v/ thread Anonymous 2016-06-13 17:28:01 Post No. 341067965 [Report] Is he "our guy"? Anonymous 2016-06-13 17:29:29 Post No.341068286 [Report] 스341067965 Yea why not Anonymous 2016-06-13 17:29:43 Post No.341068328 [Report] I like him but he's a total weeb and him only doing J-- games is getting tiring Anonymous 2016-06-13 17:30:15 Post No.341068452 [Report] 2341067965 not mine. You can keep the australian f-----.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/227/097/c37.jpg)
Spread
On July 31st, 2016, a 4chan user submitted a photograph of video game reviewer Joe Vargas asking if he was "'our' guy" (shown below).[8] Over the next several months, an additional 15 posts were submitted to /v/ asking if Vargas was "our guy."[9]

On August 12th, 2016, Redditor PhantomTicTacs asked "Where did the 'our guy' meme on /tv/ come from?" on /r/OutOfTheLoop.[6] In the comments section, Redditor freddy_francesco cited the Joe Vargas threads on /v/ as the origin, claiming they subsequently began "to infect other boards." On October 7th, a 4chan user submitted a photograph of Bill Burr to the /tv/ board along with the message "Meme's aside, he's /our guy/, right?" (shown below).[1]
!["Meme's aside, he's /our guy/, right?" Anonymous 2016-10-07 08:13:29 Post No. 75075287 [Report] Meme's aside, he's /our guy/, right? Anonymous 2016-10-07 08:15:30 Post No.75075319 [Report] 3507528 >black wife sure Anonymous 2016-10-07 09:19:03 Post No.75076203 [Report] >hates Trump Another one for the ovens. Anonymous 2016-10-07 09:20:05 Post No.75076222 [Repor] of course Anonymous 2016-10-07 09:41:09 Post No.75076483 [Report] 275075287 >Family and friends love him >Has interests and isn't racist You f------ wish.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/227/116/4d8.jpg)
On February 19th, 2017, a 4chan user submitted a screenshot from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with the question "is he our guy?" to the /a/ (anime & manga) board.[3] On February 25th, 2017, a 4chan user submitted a thread about PewDiePie to /pol/,[4] claiming he "is confirmed for /our guy/" (shown below).

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External References
[1] 4archive – /tv/ thread
[2] FunnyJunk – Is Bill Burr /Our Guy/?
[3] Archive.is – Is her our guy?
[4] Archive.is – PewDiePie confirmed our guy
[5] Fireden – Is he our guy
[6] Reddit – Where did the our guy meme on /tv/ come from?
[7] 4archive – Is he our guy
[8] Fireden – is he our guy
[9] Fireden – archived Joe Vargas our guy posts
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