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What The Hell Is This and Why Did My Grandson Like It Meme
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«What The Hell Is This and Why Did My Grandson Like It» refers to a series of photoshopped images featuring the phrase as a Facebook comment by an elderly woman. The phrase has also been used as a catchphrase on various message boards.
Origin
On October 13th, 2016, Facebook [1] user Hex Manaic posted a screenshot from Facebook of an elderly Facebook user responding to a two-panel hentai post of a woman saying «Wanna touch my…loli ass?» According to the watermark, the original post, which has since been deleted, comes from Facebook user Dextah 2.0. [2] The comment from user Gladys Nelson reads, «What the hell is this and why did my grandson like it.» The post (shown below) received more than 3,200 reactions and 4,100 shares 13 months.
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Days later, the Nelson’s comment had already been photoshopped onto different images. On October 14th, Facebook [3] user Craigstwistedbrain added it to a meme featuring actor John Candy in the film National Lampoon’s Vacation with the caption «Sorry folks no fuckin posers.» The post (shown below, right) received more than 350 reactions and 80 shares in 13 months. The next day, Shitpostbot 5000 [9] user AGNIMURTHY submitted the meme under the name «Concerned Grandma.»
The following week, Facebook [4] user MutualistAnarchists posted an image of a black and yellow anarchist symbol with the comment attached. The post (shown below, center) received more than 100 reactions and 20 shares.
On January 12th, 2017, Facebook [5] user fcklobbos posted the comment under a picture of a lobster. The post (shown below, right) received more than 1,600 reactions and 230 shares.
The phrase also became a copypasta on messageboards, such as Reddit [6] and 4chan (shown below). [7]
On September 11th, 2017, the Facebook [8] account «What the hell is this and why did my grandson like it?» launched. As of November, it had received more than 470 members.
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What the Hell Are You? Death Meme
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«What the hell are you? Death» is a memorable dialogue exchange between the characters Marcos Andrade and the Revenant mercenary from the trailer for Apex Legends Season 4. The exchange has been used in a series of object labeling memes.
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On January 30th, 2020, Apex Legends released the trailer for Apex Legends Season 4 on YouTube. In the trailer, Revenant lifts up Marcos by the throat. Marcos asks, «What are the hell are you?» Revenant responds, «Death.» Within one week, the trailer received more than 6.6 million views (shown below).
The following day, on January 31st, Redditor [1] This-Guy-Memes shared a three-panel image from the trailer with the characters labeled «PC Players» and «Smart toilet players.» The post received more than 57,000 points (96% upvoted) and 410 comments in less than one week (shown below).
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That day, Redditor [3] xrri0x shared the image with labels about Xbox and PS4 players. The post received more than 17,000 points (94% upvoted) and 560 comments in less than one week (shown below, left).
The following day, Redditor [2] jymir25 shared a variation in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit. The post received more than 980 points (97% upvoted) in less than two days (shown below, center).
On February 2nd, Redditor [4] Leon_2236 published a variation about light mode and dark mode on Reddit. The post received more than 24,000 points (97% upvoted) and 140 comments in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).
What the Hell Is on Joey’s Head Meme
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«What the Hell Is on Joey’s Head» is a memorable line from the 2005 song «Photograph» by the Canadian rock band Nickelback.
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On September 20th, 2005, «Photograph» was released as the first single for Nickelback’s fifth studio album All the Right Reasons (video below). In the song, singer Chad Kroeger sings, «Look at this photograph/Every time I do it makes me laugh/How did our eyes get so red?/And what the hell is on Joey’s head?«
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On July 30th, 2008, an anonymous Yahoo! Answers [1] user asked, «In the video for Photograph by NIckelback what really is on Joey’s head in the picture at the beginning? Update: Trophy or pirate hat. idk.» Another user responded, «joey and chad were mucking around and the chiller end up on his head turned wrong way up. chad as explained this object on joeys head many times in interviews since the release of that song» (shown below).
The lyric soon became one of the more popular aspects of the song, becoming a de facto representation for the song as a whole. On June 13th, 2017, the CBC [2] published an interview with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, asking him about the lyric. He explained that the photograph. He said:
The picture in question features Kroeger and the band’s friend/producer Joey Moi, who appears to have a silver trophy on his head.
«It literally looks like he has the Stanley Cup on his head, and it was just a big, very well-polished champagne chiller, and we were just messed one New Year’s Eve, out of our minds, and someone took that picture.»
«The photograph I’m holding in the video is the photograph,» he says. «I just didn’t know where I was going with it, just spitting stuff out. Next thing I know, there was a line, ‘What the hell is on Joey’s head?'»
The picture in question features Kroeger and the band’s friend/producer Joey Moi, who appears to have a silver trophy on his head.
«It literally looks like he has the Stanley Cup on his head, and it was just a big, very well-polished champagne chiller, and we were just messed one New Year’s Eve, out of our minds, and someone took that picture.»
There’s also one person who should have been in the picture, but through post-editing was denied his place in history.
«It’s not just Joey and I,» says Kroeger. «Rob Mackie is standing right beside me and someone cropped him out and then gave me the picture, and one to Joey.»
At this point, guitarist Ryan Peake chimes in, singing «Cold-blooded» in a falsetto, which causes Kroeger to answer back in an even higher falsetto, clearly an inside joke related to the time the photo was taken.
«The champagne chiller is falling off Joe’s head and you can see Rob’s hand is in it and he’s holding it on Joe’s head for the picture, so for all those pictures he’s like, ‘Yup, that’s my hand,'» says Kroeger.
On May 19th, 2018, YouTuber Reed Windle shared a comedy sketch about a man attempting to figure out what was on Joey’s head (shown below).