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That Feels Weird, But I'll Allow It is a quote said by Doctor Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) in the trailer for Spider-Man No Way Home that was released in late August 2021. The quote is said by Dr. Strange to Spider-Man after being called "Stephen" in a casual manner (Strange's first name). The quote is used as an exploitable image macro to react to things or situations that are strange but ultimately deemed acceptable by the meme creator.

Origin

On August 23rd, 2021, the official Sony Pictures YouTube channel^[1] posted the trailer for Spider-Man No Way Home, receiving 50 million views in two days (shown below). In the trailer, Spider-Man (played by Tom Holland) and Doctor Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) are having a conversation in which the line "that feels weird, but I'll allow it" is uttered by Strange in response to Spider-Man casually calling him "Stephen."

Shortly after the trailer's release, Twitter^[5] user @acronymofficial tweeted the earliest known use of the scene as a meme format, utilizing it as a reaction image to an above caption (seen below).

Spread

On August 24th, 2021, a template for the meme was posted on the subreddit /r/MemeEconomy^[2] by Redditor whitemike40, where it received 230 upvotes in two days, spreading to new meme creators on the site. On August 24th, 2021, Redditor u/ICumCoffee posted an early version of the meme to the /r/WholesomeMemes subreddit,^[3] receiving 790 upvotes in two days (shown below).

On August 25th, 2021, another version was posted to the r/PrequelMemes Subreddit by the Redditor^[4] in which George Lucas is photoshopped on top of Doctor Strange in a mock-up of the conversation with Spider-Man, earning 8,300 upvotes in one day (shown below).

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