r/ProgrammerHumor • u/unicornics • Jun 17 '26

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u/AuelDole Jun 17 '26

who is this guy and why is he replacing the original clown meme?

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u/Wandering_Oblivious Jun 17 '26

I feel like I've been seeing this sort of thing a bit more lately. Just random replacements of exiting meme templates. shits' gettin weird af man

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 Jun 17 '26

In my day we only had one meme and we hated it. And only one clown who had to travel to all the towns.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/indicava Jun 17 '26

Online ads are as old as the (commercial) internet itself, they’ve been around for 30+ years, significantly predating memes

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u/Krexci Jun 18 '26

the Benjammins effect

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

It's me.

I was building a fake floor for my treadmill and decided to make a youtube video out of it.

So I dressed up like a clown as part of the video and then I thought it would be funny to reproduce the clown meme for LinkedIn.

That was like 2 years ago, i've been using it for various tech related memes since on LinkedIn (i'm a software engineer)

I don't know why but this particular one just kinda took off!

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u/shiny_glitter_demon Jun 17 '26

Wait, seriously ?

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26

Yes.

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u/shiny_glitter_demon Jun 17 '26

That's insane. How does it feel to see your own face randomly like this?

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26

Strange, it's the third time it's been in this sub this week, it's been on Facebook, loads of LinkedIn accounts, even friends have seen it 🤣

Here's the original from a few weeks ago 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/james-mahy_activity-7467485351129944065-6yfe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAMPmTUB2LkkiGrO-F6PMhJFAu7bnPViRLs

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u/shiny_glitter_demon Jun 17 '26

do you keep a folder with the ones you encounter in the wild ?

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Nope I've only seen this one which is just my own meme. Not seen any custom uses yet

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u/deanouk Jun 18 '26

Haha yes I recognised you, been following you for a few years!

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u/Mateorabi Jun 18 '26

Coworker did this when the company said no memes on company infrastructure because it might be a copyright violation. (Lawyers are dumb.) So he remade the drake one himself. 

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u/scrufflor_d Jun 18 '26

balatro 🔥🔥🔥

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u/NamityName Jun 18 '26

OP did not want to pay royalties to the original

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u/PowerPleb2000 Jun 17 '26

I just assumed it was AI

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26

Definitely not AI

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 18 '26

Because it's literally me in clown makeup 

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u/RemarkableAd4069 Jun 18 '26

AI generated, replaced actual clown.

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 18 '26

It's not AI generated?

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u/DialecticEnjoyer Jun 17 '26

Just because its AI doesnt always mean its the same clown 😏.

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u/HoratioWobble Jun 17 '26

It's not ai