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Who Is He and Why Does He?
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Who Is He And Why Does He? refers to a series of snowclone memes based on the intentional misinterpretation of certain words and expressions. The format gained popularity on /r/okbuddyretard subreddit in late September 2019.
Origin
On September 25th, 2019, Redditor Raul_alb posted a meme captioned "Who is any% and why does he do so much speedrun," based on an intentional misinterpretation of any% speedrunning category as a nickname of a prolific speedrunner.[1] The post gained over 7,600 upvotes in nine days (shown below).
![Who is any%? | r/okbuddyretard Who is any% And why does he do So much speedrun?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/584/751/1be.jpg)
Spread
In the following days, the snowclone caption gained popularity in the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit. For example, a post by Redditor Hexxu made on September 25th, gained over 430 upvotes in nine days (shown below, left).[2] A September 29th, 2019, post by Redditor zakku1231 receiver over 3,200 upvotes in the same period (shown below, right).[3]
![PLEASE TELL ME | r/okbuddyretard GUYS!M! WHO IS BUDDY ANWHY HE RETARD?PO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/585/365/a10.jpg)
![idk man my older brother be reading this for highschool tho | r/okbuddyretard WHOTHE FUCKIS GATSBY OO AND WHY IS HE SOGREAT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/589/316/173.png)
Various Examples
![Guys please help | r/okbuddyretard GUYS WHOTHE FUCKIS FEAT AND WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MUCH SONGS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/593/201/39b.jpg)
![i steal joke and put a gmod haha | r/okbuddyretard WHOISGarry AND WHY DOES HE Mod SO MUCH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/586/881/20d.png)
![guys who is it?? | r/okbuddyretard WHO IS MEMATIC AND WHY DOES HE MAKE SO MANY МЕMS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/593/770/11f.png)
![I get to go to special edd | r/okbuddyretard WHAT IS ASS BURGERS AND WHY DOES MY MOM KEEP SAYING I HAVE IT made with mematic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/591/549/0e1.png)
![this is not funny let me see or im am going to tell oN YOU! | r/okbuddyretard WHO IS U/IDELETEDI AND WHY WONTHE LET ME SEE HIS COMMENT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/593/396/fef.png)
![What the h**eck vin | r/okbuddyretard WHO IS VIN? AND WHY IS HIS LAST NAME THEN WORD imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/586/572/02b.jpg)
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External References
[1] Reddit – Who is any%?
[2] Reddit – PLEASE TELL ME 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
[3] Reddit – idk man my older brother be reading this for highschool tho
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