Terry, Are You Reading a Book?

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About

Terry, Are You Reading a Book refers to a line of dialogue from a series of exploitables based on the "Safely Endangered" webcomic by artist Chris McCoy.^[1] In the comic, a bird reads a book and uses that information to request sex from another bird. The memes, however, change the name of the book and/or the information used.

Origin

On June 10th, 2016, the Safely Endangered^[2] posted a four-panel webcomic entitled "The Art of Seduction. The comic features two birds, one of whom reads a book called "The Art of Seduction." In the following panels, the bird sees another bird and says, "Hey, fancy a shag?" That day, Redditor ^[4] jungle-boogie posted the comic in the /r/comics subreddit, recieved more than 680 points (90% upvoted). When posted on the Safely Endangered Facebook, ^[3] the post (shown below) received more than 5,300 reactions, 830 shares and 300 comments in less than a month.

SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BoOK? THE ART OF SEDUCTION" 1 LATER FANCY A SHAG? HEY

Spread

On December 10th, 2016, an anonymous 2chan user posted a variation of the comic in the /b/^[5] messageboard (shown below, left). The following week, on December 23rd, the Facebook account sassysocialistmemes posted a variation that changes the book to "The Communist Manifesto." The bird then asks the third-panel bird if they "wanna seize the means of production?" The post (shown below, right) received more than 9,500 reactions, 1,000 shares and 580 comments.

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SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? THE communist Manifesto i LATER Wanna seize the means of production? HEy

On July 29th, 2017, Redditor^[6] dudewithlettuce posted the comic in the /r/indianpeoplefacebook subreddit. The post (shown below) received more than 600 points (98% upvoted).

Two weeks later, on August 15th, Redditor^[7] jyfnljk posted a variation of the comic in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit, receiving more than 470 points (93% upvoted).

SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? THE ART OF SEDUCTION" LATER milk tru arrive HEY

Various Examples

SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? THE ART OF Sexi " LATER Show vajeen and bobs HEY

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SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? THE ART OF SEDUCTION" LATER Ni l'apremu Na comitiva? HEY

SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY ARE YEAH DUDE. yOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? 'THE ART OF SEDUCTION LATER According to all known laws of aviation.... HEy

TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK?'Mass Effect: Deception SHOP LATER Volus don't need masks, Batarians have an embassy and The Citadel is haped like a star HEY

SAFELY ENDANGERED TERRY, ARE YEAH DUDE. YOU READING IT'S CALLED A BOOK? THE ART OF SEDUCTION" LATER DRCGRMDORE You want HEY sum f--

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Webtoon – Safely Endangered

^[2] Safely Endangered – The Art of Seduction

^[3] Facebook – Safely Endangered's Post

^[4] Reddit – The Art of Seduction

^[5] 2ch.hk – Anonymous Post

^[6] Facebook – sassysocialistmemes' Post

^[7] Reddit – Is this an investable meme format? How immune is it to normies?

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