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Yellow Glasses Guy
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About
Yellow Glasses Guy refers to a blurred photograph of a smiling man wearing yellow sunglasses. The photograph gained significant popularity as a reaction image in September 2018 and has been used in memes on Twitter and other online platforms in the following year.
Origin
On September 1st, 2018, musician Muyi Fre$co tweeted a joke accompanied with a blurred photograph of himself wearing yellow glasses and smiling, with the post gaining over 2000 retweets and 6000 likes in one year (shown below).[1] The photograph presumably was posted several hours earlier by Facebook page TweenCloud, with the post gaining over 800 likes and 5,200 shares (post no longer available).[2]
![@SplashxMuyi's Tweet Smackie Chan @SplashxMuyi When you ask her what she doing for the night and she replies "You" 5:01 PM 1 Sep 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/699/ef7.jpg)
![Yellow Glasses Guy Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/696/a42.jpg)
Spread
On September 3rd, 2018, actress Asia Jackson used the photograph for a tweet in which she commented on those critical of Nike featuring Colin Kaepernick in their ad campaign burning Nike attire (shown below).[3] The tweet gained over 41,500 retweets and 120,000 likes, prompting the further spread of the reaction image.
![@aasian's Tweet Asia Jackson EAD @aasian Nike watching y'all burn your Nike gear that you already paid for 4:34 PM-3 Sep 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/715/1b4.jpg)
In the following year, the image has been used by users on Twitter as a reaction,[4] and also appeared in memes on Reddit and other platforms as a way to illustrate situations in which someone feels happy and/or is in luck.[5][6]
Various Examples
![Finally Plague Inc players when Trump buys Greenland and establishes an airport](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/771/e7b.jpg)
![kill me softly Me telling everyone that I want to die Me the day I nearly choked on a piece of gum](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/774/762.jpg)
![Before puberty vs After puberty 7 year old me when the teacher seats me next a girl www 14 year old me when |the teacher seats me next to a girl](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/772/0d7.jpg)
![Sometimes you just gotta boof it god after he put the male g spot up his butt and then made it a sin to be gay](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/775/43b.jpg)
![Sneak 100 When you been acting gay for 2 years and finally get invited to the all girls sleepover](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/777/b24.jpg)
![Curse of Vanishing was applied having $100 as an adult having $20 as a kid](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/778/3be.jpg)
Templates
![Yellow Glasses Guy Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/696/a42.jpg)
![Yellow Glasses Girl Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/553/698/9c1.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @SplashxMuyi's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @BlondeInTheCity's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @aasian's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @sugarpjms' Tweet
[6] Reddit – Before puberty vs After puberty
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