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About

Gamer Joker, likewise known as Gamers Ascent Up and We Live in a Society, is an image macro series featuring depictions of the DC Comics supervillain Joker accompanied by intentionally edgy or cringeworthy captions. The memes typically praise video game enthusiasts and criticize women named Veronica who friendzone them in favor of dating "jocks". Examples of the meme are often submitted to the Gang Weed Facebook page.^[9]

Origin

In early April 2015, an image macro of the Joker with the explanation "When the nice guy loses his patiance (sic) / the devil shivers" was submitted to 9gag,^[eight] where it gathered up of 38,600 points and 520 comments over the next three years.

WHEN THE NICE GUY LOSES HIS PATIANCE THE DEVIL SHIVERS Joker fictional character supervillain joker

The earliest known image macro associating Joker with gamers was submitted to a "cringe thread" 4chan's /lit/ board on May 2nd, 2017.^[7] The image featured a screencap of Joker (played by Jared Leto) from the 2016 film Suicide Squad with a caption claiming that "studies done have proven that gamers are in fact better in bed" (shown beneath).

SO YOU DONT DATE A REAL MAN WHO RESPECTS YOUJUST BECAUSEHE'SA GAMER? B TCH PLEASF.... STUDIES DONE HAVE PROVEN THAT GAMERS ARE IN FACT BETTER IN BED. AND YET YOU STILL CHOOSE A CHEATING JOCK THAN A MAN WHO RESPEATSYOLLA facial expression text photo caption emotion zombie

Seinfeld "We're Living in a Guild"

On May 23rd, 1991, NBC aired the episode of Seinfeld "The Chinese Eating place." In the episode, the character George Costanza (portrayed past Jason Alexander) grows frustrated after losing his identify in line to use a payphone (clip below). Expressing his anger, he yells, "You know, we're living in a order! We're supposed to act in a civilized way!"

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On September 2d, 2017, Redditor spbl1598 submitted the same image to /r/justneckbeardthings,^[vi] where it received upwards of 10,000 points (89% upvoted) and 480 comments prior to being archived. On February 25th, 2018, Redditor AeliteStoner submitted a Joker image macro captioned with various claims about the sexual prowess of gamers (shown below). Within two months, the postal service gained over 1,200 points (97% upvoted) and 100 comments on /r/ComedyCemetary.^[v]

LETS PUTIT THIS WAYSINCE YOU DONT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND GAMERS, THROUGH RIGGEROUS AMOUNT OF TRAINING HAVE DEVELOP印MORE STANIMA THAN THE AVERAGE MALE IAKA YOUR BOYFRIEND THAT MEANS PROLONGED EJACULATION AND HARDER ERECTIONS-LAST LONGER IN BED-MORE POWERFULORGASMS FOR THE BOTII OFUS AND POSSIBLY EVEN FEMALE EIACULATION DONT BELIEVE ME? YOULL NEVER KNOW IF YOU DONT TRY Joker Jared Leto Suicide Squad fictional character joker supervillain

On March eighth, 2018, Redditor HornyNcurious66 submitted a picture show of Joker and Harley Quinn from Suicide Team captioned with a bulletin deriding a woman named Veronica for friendzoning "ten times" (shown below). Within one month, the post gained over 400 points (97% upvoted) on /r/gamingcirclejerk.^[three]

THIS COULD BE US BUT YUO FRIENDZONED ME TEN TIMES TEN FUCKING TIMES VERONICA WHEN WILLYUO LEARN TO LOVE ME, A GENTLEMAN GAMER INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER DUMB JOCKS BITCH,GAMERS RISE UP Margot Robbie Harley Quinn Joker Suicide Squad Jared Leto fictional character

On March 23rd, Redditor Kabar_in_the_gay_bar submitted an prototype macro of the Joker with a caption about curing "being a bitch" with "gamer cum" to /r/CringeAnarchy^[2] (shown beneath). On March 27th, the /r/GamersRiseUp^[iv] subreddit was launched to collect examples of the Gamer Joker epitome macros.

YOU KNOW THE ONLY NATURAL REMEDY TO BEING ABITCH IS GAMER CUM SO OPEN WIDE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Batman: Arkham Knight Batman: Arkham City

On April 11th, the >Implying video games are fun Facebook page posted an epitome macro featuring various actors portraying the supervillain with the titled "What Kind of Gamer Are You?" (shown below).^[1]

Gang Weed

Many Gamer Joker image macros include a screenshot of Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight along with the caption "This meme was made by / Gang Weed," in reference to the Gang Weed Facebook page (shown below).

On March 23rd, 2018, the /r/gangweed^[11] subreddit was launched every bit a self-described "meeting place for all gang weeders." The subreddit is largely dominated by Gamer Joker-mode image macros. On June 11th, nd Urban Dictionary^[10] entry for "gangweed" was created, defining it as an "ballsy gamer" who was "rejected by women because they only want jocks" (shown below).

gangweed when an epic gamer, who is rejected by women because they only want jocks, needs to express his supressed rage by smoking some dank sansbro1: man im so down since cindy turned me down naenae2: gangweed sansbro1: epik

Petition for Inclusion in Joker Film

On September 23rd, 2018, Alter.org ^[12] user Bill Wilson started a petition to "Make Joaquin Phoenix say 'We live in a lodge' in the new Joker motion picture". The Joker moving-picture show refers to the Todd Philips-directed Joker origin film. Within three days of the petition'south launch, the campaign received more than 23,000 votes of the 25,000 vote goal. In the description of the petition, they wrote:

"We all know virtually the Joker's way of thinking and his philosophy. he'south Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Sense of humour. and his views on society speaks large most his graphic symbol, and i belive so every bit many of you practise that if we add this line in the movie information technology'll make it significantly better and volition show more depth in the twisted listen of the Joker.
"what i accept in mind is a scene where the Joker sees a kid in a resturant playing Fortnite on his phone while his grandfather is reading a book (insert book title hither). and he looks at them and says "damn, we live in a club". he may say this line equally he looks into the camera thus breaking the fourth wall".

Zack Snyder's Justice League

On February 14th, 2021, Warner Bros. released the trailer for Zack Snyder's Justice League, a director's cut of the 2017's Justice League. At the end of the trailer, the Joker says to Batman, "We live in a society where award is a distant retention." On Twitter, the trailer received more than 781,000 views, 30,000 likes and 20,000 retweets in less than one hour (shown below).

"They said the age of heroes would never come up once more." Zack Snyder's Justice League arrives on @HBOMax March 18th. #SnyderCut picture show.twitter.com/ZY1rYEcu5M

— Zack Snyder'south Justice League (@snydercut) February 14, 2021

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We Live in a Lodge

We Alive In a Society is a series of images that compare two similar things, ane pop and the other under-acknowledged but complex, using photoshopped social media reactions. The epitome is also captioned past the phrase "We alive in a society," implying that the cultural conception and opinion is wrong. The format, however, is not to be dislocated with the phrase "Nosotros Live In a Society" commonly establish in Gamer Joker memes.