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Never Do It For Free
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About
Never Do It For Free refers to an exploitable comic from the webcomics According to Devin. The comic shows a father telling his son "If you're good at something, never do it for free." The comic then imagines the son years later charging for a mundane or self-deprecating task.
Origin
On August 24th, 2016, According to Devin uploaded the original comic.[1] In the original comic, the boy charges for "Overanalyzing Everything."
![Overanalyzing Everything BUDDY, IF YOU'RE OOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! OVER ANALYZING EVERYTHING S$S om 0n a-ccordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/825/910.jpg)
Precursor
"If You're Good At Something Never Do It For Free" is an expression that has existed long before the webcomic. For example, in the 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight, the character The Joker uses the expression. The film was released on July 18th, 2008 (shown below).
Spread
The comic saw light spread as an exploitable in the following year. Some early examples include an edit featuring Lightning McQueen from Cars that was posted in an Imgur thread on January 10th, 2017[2] (shown below, left). Another referencing the musical Hamilton was posted to Imgur on November 21st, 2016 (shown below, right).
![Lightning McQueen BUDDY, IF YOU'RE OOOD AT SOMETHING,NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! R----- Donald Trump $S ccordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/829/510.png)
![Hamilton BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHINO, NEVER DOIT FOR FREE! HAMILTON: one man show $10 02 accordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/832/4a4.png)
One of the most popular examples of the exploitable was posted to /r/me_irl on December 1st, 2017, turning the task into "Stolen Memes." The post gained over 25,000 points (shown below, left). After that post, more edits began to appear. A popular example posted May 4th, 2018 to /r/animemes gained over 350 points (shown below, right).
![Stolen Memes BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! stolen memes 串5 02](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/835/b8b.png)
![Anime Tiddies Listen to me son, if you are good at something never do it for free ANIME TIDDY EXPERT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/837/1bb.jpg)
Various Examples
![MLP Hentai BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! Drawing My little pony Hentai $S 02 rm m, accordingtodev¡л](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/839/9c2.jpg)
![Dab buddy, if youre good at something never do it for free! m2 Dab on them haters $5 per dab em,](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/840/e60.jpg)
![Hating Liberals buddy f youre good at something never do it for freel hating liberals $5](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Future Bass BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! generic future bass $5 02 accordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/843/791.jpg)
![Farming Karma BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! FARMING KARMA 串5 02 accordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/844/436.jpg)
![Dinosaur BUDDY, IF YOU'RE GOOD AT SOMETHING, NEVER DO IT FOR FREE! 串5 om ccordingtodevin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/368/845/c57.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Tumblr – According to Devin
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Top Comments
Jack the Dipper
May 04, 2018 at 04:55PM EDT
Nedhitis
May 06, 2018 at 12:04PM EDT