![Okay, This Is Epic Okay, This Is Epic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/026/692/epic.jpg)
Okay, This Is Epic
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About
Okay, This Is Epic refers to a tweet by American conservative political commentator and writer Ben Shapiro. It has been used on sites such as 4chan and Reddit to agree with or mock a post.
Origin
On December 20th, 2017, Ben Shapiro tweeted "Okay, this is epic"[1] in response to a Yahoo News tweet regarding the U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft United Nations resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
![Ben Shapiro Epic Ben Shapiro @benshapiro ( Follow ) Okay, this is epic Yahoo News@YahooNews Trump threatens to cut aid to countries that oppose his Jerusalem decision: 'Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care' yhoo.it/2p0jGcT 5:14 PM - 20 Dec 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/397/f5c.jpg)
Spread
After the tweet was posted, the phrase became a common way to mock Shapiro on Reddit. For example, a post pairing Shapiro with Nyan Cat in /r/okbuddyretard gained over 900 points (shown below, left). A July 14th, 2018 post to the same subreddit using an image of Shapiro and multiple other memes gained over 300 points (shown below, right).
![Nyan Cat SHAPIRO NYAN CATE OKAY, THISIS EPIC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/402/a5b.jpg)
![Wow Ben his meime was made with IBTRAD TEARS WNED IKE and SHAR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/403/b9f.jpg)
The phrase has also seen use with non-Shapiro-related memes, usually as sarcastic commentary about cringeworthy political memes. For example, an April 16th, 2018 post to /r/dankmemes using a This Is So Sad meme had the title "Okay, this is epic," and gained over 3,200 points (shown below, left). A Retrowave Text Generator parody posted to /r/gamersriseup posted July 7th, 2018 gained over 2,700 points (shown below, right).
![This Is So Sad Posted by u/Kanye_test 3 months ago 2k Okay, this is epic SYRIAN REFUGEES TO THE U.S. 2016 15,479 2017 3,024 2018 U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT This is so sad Can we hit 0 refugees](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/404/f0d.jpg)
![Gamers Rise Up Posted by u/lennantuffy 13 days ago 27k Okay, this is epic. rte ns BOTTOM TEXT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/406/07c.jpg)
Various Examples
![My Sand Castle Okay this is epic by nonaregone Jun 8 Next Post Shapiro DESTROYS my sand that I spent all day making Ben castle 74 views 4 0 Share Download Add to](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/408/e02.jpg)
![Weird Thanos Thing Study Time Game Time okay, this is epic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/410/0fd.jpg)
![From /r/okaybuddyretard WHEN SUDDENLY BE ME EPIC GAMER CH EPIC BACON Okay, this is epic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/393/485/fce.png)
![Libtard troled epic style YES BATMAN HEY SHOE M FUU YOU POOD UR PANTS!! lol epic prank Wow. Ok, this is epic. especialy for gamers. can I just say that in order to like this image, please comment ur credit card number and social security number? Thanks guys, relly appriciate it. dont forget to](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/393/760/ffb.png)
![*SNAP* OKAY. THIS IS EPIC. SNAP OKAY. THIS ISEPIC.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/393/633/839.png)
![Peter Stewie Lois Ben Shapiro @benshapiro Okay, this is epic Yahoo News ● @YahooNews 1:14 AM Dec 21, 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/394/414/941.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – Twitter post
Top Comments
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