You Guys Always Act Like You're Better Than Me

About

"You Guys Always Act Like You're Better Than Me" is a misquoted line of dialog by character Meg Griffin from the animated sitcom Family Guy. Starting October 2018, the screen capture of the scene paired with the misquote has been circulated as an object labeling exploitable to illustrate presumed inferiority of one person or object compared to others.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2011, Family Guy animated TV Series episode "Seahorse Seashell Party" premiered on Fox.^[1] In the episode, character Meg Griffin, voiced by Mila Kunis, confronts her family about them constantly acting superior to her.

- No! You shut up, Chris! I am sick of all you guys ganging up on me! You guys all think you're so much better than me!
- Oh, Meg. That is the least fancy thing I have ever heard.

On October 22nd, 2018, Redditor^[2] KingWildfang posted a screen capture of another Family Guy scene comparing fans of manga and anime series Overlord and Goblin Slayer in /r/animemes subreddit (shown below, left). On the next day, KingWildfang^[3] posted the labeled screen capture from the "Seahorse Seashell Party" episode to the subreddit (shown below, center), where it gained over 1,200 upvotes in four months. In the comments section, KingWildfang^[4] provided the template for the meme (shown below, right).

Spread

Through 2018 and 2019, KingWildfang posted more memes utilizing the format to /r/animemes subreddit. On January 31st, 2019, KingWildfang posted a meme comparing fans of two Hunter x Hunter series to /r/animemes^[5], where it received over 4,200 upvotes in 11 days (shown below, center). Another post^[6], made on February 1st, 2019, gained over 1,600 upvotes in ten days (shown below, right).

On February 3rd, Redditor^[7] DmitryMate posted an edited version of a "You Guys Always Act Like You're Better Than Me" meme previously posted by KingWildfang to /r/MemeEconomy subreddit, where it garnered over 800 upvotes in nine days (shown below, left). On February 8th, Redditor^[8] _rick_sanchez_c_137_ posted a meme based on the format to /r/dankmemes subreddit. The post gained over 50,600 upvotes in four days.

Following the initial posts, in February 2019 multiple variations of the meme appeared on Reddit and other social networks. On February 5th, Redditor^[9] T4ll0 created an alternative template for the format.

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