About

Oh No! Anyway is a memorable quote from the British television series Top Gear in which host Jeremy Clarkson feigns concerns before immediately moving on. Online, people use a two-panel reaction image macro of Clarkson saying the line to express a lack of sympathy.

Origin

On June 29th, 2008, the second episode of the eleventh season of Top Gear aired.^[1] During the news segment of the show, co-host James May announced that the Dacia Sandero supermini automobile was delayed. Co-host Jeremy Clarkson reacted to the delay with a shocked “oh no,” then he dropped the subject to discuss a signpost campaign from the previous week (shown below).

On May 13th, 2020, Redditor Mormislaw posted the meme in the /r/teenagers^[2] subreddit as a reaction to school responding to bullying. The post received more than 8,100 points (99% upvoted) in less than three months (shown below).

Spread

The format would later spread to other subreddits. On May 29th, Igazgato submitted a post /r/HistoryMemes^[3] about the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt, where it received 21,000 points (99% upvoted) and 90 comments in less than three months (shown below, left). On June 8th, MrPancakes submitted a post to /r/memes^[4] of a hypothetical alien invasion occurring the following month where it got 11,000 points (98% upvoted) in less than three months (shown below, center). On July 16th, thehsitoryguy submitted a post to /r/PrequelMemes^[5] of Obi-Wan Kenobi reacting to the destruction of the droid R4-P17 during the opening scene of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The post received 29,200 points (98% upvoted) and 200 comments (shown below, right).

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