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The Duality of Man

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About

The Duality of Man is a catchphrase and cliche commonly used when contrasting two opposite views coming from a similar source. The phrase, meant to show that humans are complex and have polar opposite goals in mind on the same topic, is often used in memes as a reactionary expression when showing other's reactions to content.

Origin

Though it was used colloquially offline and in literature, it was first added to Urban Dictionary under a definition created by user BBKF[1] on December 16th, 2007, years before it picked up its usage online as a reactionary take. This definition, the first to talk about the dual aspect of man that would later be a core part of the meme, received over 960 likes in 17 years (shown below).


duality of man The intuitive and psychological confusing nature of mankind to be twofold. The state of being in two qualities. The duality of man to destroy itself: "In order for peace, you must prepare for war." by BBKF December 16, 2007 967 190 FLAG f

One of the first prominent uses of the catchphrase to show severe dissonance within oneself came from Tumblr user Johnnyjoestar,[2] who used two different tweets from Notch that took place five months apart about his connection to GamerGate on March 17th, 2016 (shown below).


Markus Persson @notch な Follow And GGers still wonder whyI won't join their cause. In opinions alone, I'm both SJW and GG to a degree, but l'll never "join" either. RETWEETS LIKES 76 391 8:11 PM-19 Oct 2015 Markus Persson @notch Follow l don't know why so many SJWs follow me, I've clearly been a GGer since day one, just afraid to speak out. Pls unfollow RETWEETS LIKES 7:39 PM-1 Mar 2016 johnnyjoestar the duality of man (internet screenshots, 2016)

Spread

The phrase would see itself used in a similar way in the following years, with one big example being on the /r/BossFights subreddit. On May 30th, 2018, a now-deleted Redditor[3] uploaded an image of a man with an axe versus a man with a car hood, captioning it as the "Duality of Man" with one putting all his stats into attack and the other putting all his stats into defense, earning over 6,000 upvotes in five years (shown below).


spookybearghost left: all stats into attack right: all stats into defense garbageshepard duality of man

With the upcoming release of Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing New Horizons, the Duality of Man became more commonly used when talking about one of the first "Barbenheimers" of pop culture, Doomguy and Isabelle. On October 10th, 2019, Twitter user @Mandyleeplays[4] uploaded the release dates for both games and simply captioned the two images with her tweet of Duality of Man, earning over 44,000 likes in four years (shown below).


Mandy & ** @MandyleePlays The duality of man New Horizons Welcome to Animal Crossing March 20, 2020 DODMY ETERNAL MARCH 20, 2020

Various Examples


6'0" The duality of man 5'6" 5'0" LAFD 4'6" LAPD AND KEN 919-77 VENICE 66" 60" 64" NAPOLEON: FOUGHT IN 80 BATTLES KING LOUIS XIV: PERFORMED IN 80 BALLETS THE DUALITY OF MAN The duality of an NBA fan. @BolWrld BRYNT 24 (KIA dean Why did drake have to ruin this picture People say Drake "ruined" this pic man when in reality he made it better AS 3 @DeanScorpion_ 24 (KIA SLAMSTUDIOS AS -3 THE DUALITY ok.caleb Wario finds a little too easy 58m Reply Message polomacenej_abdul Im f------ blind it took me 15 minutes to notice it's the hand 2h Reply Message OF MAN. THE DUALITY OF MAN I'm IN YOUR MIND FUZZ I'm In Your Mind King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard I'M IN YOUR mina Fuzz MA I'm Not In Your Mind King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Duality of man MODE www 000 Velma is Better than I Expected lonniedos 4.3K views 2 days ago ROACIS (MCTS N PELPR SLAP Velma is Worse Than I Expected penguinz0.3.6M views 2 days ago 13:24 DSLAP ... 9:08

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External References

[1] Urban Dictionary – BBKF

[2] Tumblr – Johnnyjoestar

[3] Reddit – Deleted

[4] Twitter – Mandyleeplays

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