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Yep.. It's Gamer Time is a series of four-panel exploitables ironically mocking the self aggrandizement of players some perceive in the video game community. The memes feature a "gamer" preparing to play a video game; however, the third panel generally includes something critical, insulting or satirical about the gamer community (similar to Gamer Joker).

Origin

On July 20th, 2018, Redditor ^[1] shemily55 posted a four-panel meme of a man preparing to play video games in the /r/GamersRiseUp subreddit. Each respective panel reads, respectively: "gamer headset: on," "knuckles: cracked," "girlfriend: none," and "yep.. its gamer time." The post (shown below) received more than 1,200 points (99% upvoted) and 20 comments in one month.

Spread

That day, the image was shared on /r/sadcringe by Redditor^[2] JohnCenaFan69, receiving more than 6,700 points (89% upvoted) and 180 comments.

Two days later, Redditor^[3] AtomicCobra826 posted a variation of the format replacing the "girlfriend: none" panel with a screen capture from the film American History Xof a neo-Nazi (portrayed by Edward Norton) attacks an African American man, satirizing the criticism that the gamer community shares commonality with white nationalist and supremacy groups. The post (shown below, left) received more than 7,300 points (90% upvoted) and 260 comments in one month.

Over the next few weeks, people continued to post variations of the meme. On August 7th, Redditor^[4] FWRSDQ posted a version in which the third panel reads, "missiles: points at the illegitimate state of Israel." The post (shown below, center) received more than 1,300 points (96% upvoted) and 30 comments.

On August 17th, Redditor^[5] molestable posted a variation using the character Anakin Skywalker from the film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith in the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than 31,000 points (89% upvoted) and 345 comments in 12 days.

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