Reginald
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Reginald refers to an exploitable image of a Japanese spider crab paired with the text presenting the animal as "Reginald" who "is only here on alternating Tuesdays". In January 2019, posts featuring Reginald gained popularity in /r/me_irl subreddit in a similar vein to "It Is Wednesday, My Dudes" posts.
Origin
On December 23rd, 2006, Wikipedia user Lycaon uploaded a photograph[1] of Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) made by photographer Michael Wolf as an entry image for the article[2] about the animal on the website.
On January 18th, 2019, Redditor[3] sprongleed_omlet uploaded the image of the crab with a caption presenting the animal as "Reginald" who "is only here on alternating Tuesdays" to /r/surrealmemes subreddit, where it gained over 1,400 upvotes in one week (shown below). On January 22nd, 2019, Redditor[10] WuluKin reposted the image of the crab to the /r/me_irl subreddit, where it received over 43,900 upvotes in one week.
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One week later, on January 29th, 2019, Redditor[4] Vestergaard_GOAT reposted the image, receiving over 19,400 upvotes in one day. In comments, multiple /r/me_irl subscribers pointed out that despite the claim in the image description it was posted one week ahead of the supposed schedule[5][6][7].
On the same day, several /r/me_irl users made posts providing possible explanations for the mishap. Redditor[8] WuluKin, the author of the original Reginald post, claimed that "Reginald has realized his mistake" and would "return again next Tuesday".
On January 30th, 2019, an unlogged Wikipedia[9] user vandalized the entry for the Japanese spider crab on the website, adding information related to the meme to the entry description.
![Japanese spider crab From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Japanese spider crab (タカアシガニtakaashigan, "long-legged crab"), or Macrocheira kaempferi, is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod. it is the subject of fishery and is considered a delicacy. 21 Two fossil species belonging to the same genus have been found, Macrocheira ginzanensis and Macrocheira yabei, both from the Miocene of Japan [314 Japanese spider crab Contents [hide] 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Life cycle Reginald, a popular mascot in the Reddit subreddit me_ir is a Japanese spider crab](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/455/252/23c.jpg "Japanese spider crab entry as of January 30th, 2019")
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[1] Wikipedia – Macrocheira kaempferi.jpg
[2] Wikipedia – Japanese spider crab
[3] Reddit – Here in the void, hospitality is important.
[5] Reddit – notminersebesalt's Comment
[6] Reddit – incayuyo's Comment
[7] Reddit – lucasl665's Post
[9] Wikipedia – Japanese spider crab
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![Japanese spider crab From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Japanese spider crab (タカアシガニtakaashigan, "long-legged crab"), or Macrocheira kaempferi, is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod. it is the subject of fishery and is considered a delicacy. 21 Two fossil species belonging to the same genus have been found, Macrocheira ginzanensis and Macrocheira yabei, both from the Miocene of Japan [314 Japanese spider crab Contents [hide] 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Life cycle Reginald, a popular mascot in the Reddit subreddit me_ir is a Japanese spider crab](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/455/252/23c.jpg "Japanese spider crab entry as of January 30th, 2019")
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