The Fastest Draw in the West

The Fastest Draw in the West

Updated Jul 09, 2018 at 05:29PM EDT by Don.

Added Jul 09, 2018 at 03:46PM EDT by Don.

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The Fastest Draw in the West is an image macro series featuring a photograph of a man fanning the hammer of a revolver. The image is often captioned with jokes about performing a task or challenge quickly, followed by variations of the phrasal template "The fastest X in the west."

Origin

On November 25th, 2013, the firearms blog All4Shooters[1] published an article titled "Choose your defensive pistol… wisely!", which featured a photograph of a man fanning the hammer of a Colt M1873 SAA "Peacemaker" (shown below, left). On October 30th, 2017, Redditor gietek posted the photograph with the caption "The fastest draw in the west" along with a joke about quickly closing a pornographic video to /r/dankmemes,[2] where it received more than 8,600 points (96% upvoted) and 110 comments prior to being archived.


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On October 31st, 2017, Redditor Vice_roy submitted a photoshopped variation of the image in which a skeleton is shown fanning the revolver along with the caption "The fastest spook in the west" (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor JeNeSuisPasQuiJetais reposted the image to /r/MemeEconomy,[5] where it gained over 17,100 points (89% upvoted) and 70 comments prior to being archived. On November 10th, Redditor SirGentlemanOstrich submitted the image along with the caption "When you calculate 2+2-1 in record time / The fastest maths in the west" (shown below, right).


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On July 8th, 2018, Redditor pineapple-1001 submitted an edit of the image in which the gun shoots a bullet labeled with the word "Nice"," referencing a Reddit trend that involves posting the word "nice" in comments (shown below, left). Within 24 hours, the post gathered upwards of 33,000 points (93% upvoted) and 1,400 comments on /r/dankmemes.[4] On July 9th, Redditor paolonoci posted the image along with a joke about posting Fortnite wins on social media (shown below, right).


when your "Nice." is first in the comments and you get thousands of free karma Nice The fastest Nice. in the west When you're the first one who ever shared his Fortnite win on socials u/paolonoci Victory Royalel The fastest virgin in the west ematic.net

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External References

[1] All4Shooters – Choose your defensive pistol wisely

[2] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

[3] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

[4] Reddit – /r/dankmemes

[5] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy

[6] Reddit – /r/shittyrainbow6

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