So he literally created his own meme instead of the internet creating it for him. Respect. But it’s really sad to learn the darker places some of these come from.
Yes, most others were taken by other people and it accidentally became a meme but he created it himself and post..because I think he took it from a video recording and cut the smile part and the surprise part and put it together and you know exactly what it means without any explanation..He didn’t accidentally became a meme, I’d say, he created a meme..
If this dude was on the Final Fantasy tier list he would be S class and above. Negativity and hatred was thrown his way. He countered, turned it into a meme.
Its very hard to achieve the definition of a meme purposefully, especially by yourself. He made it into a joke, but the definition of meme is an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means. 2. an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. You yourself can't make yourself a meme purposefully, because it involves it being spread and altered. So he was still correct in saying he accidentally became a meme, as I doubt he meant for the format to be spread so much
@@coolfeet1 Yeah, exactly. You can create a picture of a joke and upload it to the internet, but for it to become a meme, it has to basically go viral, leave an imprint on culture. Which it definitely did.
This meme is LEGEND 🙌🏾 I sent this meme to my boss when she told me I had to fill in for her for a week. I sent it bc I was NOT prepared to be in charge and she laughed and forwarded it to HR and it somehow became the reaction meme for everyone who felt unprepared for promotion.
That’s crazy that the origin of that meme was barely talked about throughout the years. The racism is serious but now it’s more talked about & im glad he’s a great guy that understands that good people outweigh the hate from that message
He seems to me a very honest and warm person. Would love to be friend with him, not with the disappointed black guy :) I was kind of obsessed with Final Fantasy series through my childhood so lol
I was so pleasantly surprised when he started talking about Dissidia Final Fantasy. But then the dm with the slur came in and my mood was exactly the meme he created.
It's really amazing seeing the origins for all these memes! Half of them, I didn't even know their names. Like this one, I never knew was called "Disappointed Black Guy", to me it was the "Disappointed Guy"
Same. I never really thought of them with names, though. They’re just silly pictures that go along with my current situation. It’s been fun learning about the origins of all of these memes. Some are way sadder than I would have thought!
the internet used to be a scary place for Black people... 😅 glad he was able to spin it into a meme. I stopped commenting on youtube when I was 13 cause strangers kept commenting slurs at me when I did... the internet owes a lot of us apologies.
smh I never experienced racism until I started playing games online, like it was wrong to be black and like games.. I literally had to hide my character in clothes to avoid racism in a few games 🙄
He may have become known as "Disappointed Black Guy" -- presumably largely due to his name not being known, and his obvious appearance -- but the feelings expressed in that meme are, indeed, universal. We've all been there, getting excited about something that seems VERY positive, only to find out that it was quite the opposite. I always wondered what the original reaction was to, but I will admit that it never occurred to me that it was a reaction to a personal (and totally insane) attack!
This is such an awesome story. He literally took this awful experience. His reaction was so hilarious because we’ve all been there where you’re all excited for something only for it to be literally the exact opposite of what you wanted
It adds a layer of personal resonance to find out the story behind it, but I think it's the universality of that reaction that made the meme so successful-- we've all had that moment of shock and dismay when something just goes horribly, painfully and unexpectedly wrong on us.
Based on the meme, I don't think I expected him to be so soft-spoken and down-to-earth... I love that meme, and I'm glad he was able to put a fun spin to a negative interaction.
Okay, this is really cool to know and I love that he accidentally MADE HIMSELF a meme by sharing his life experience, rather than it being done to him like in many other cases--but can we also talk about how cute he and that girl are dancing together at 2:35? I wanna see that whole video; it is ADORABLE and they are killing it.
Yes, they look a lot alike in that meme but I never really mistook them both, I've always known that it wasn't a brazilian meme just by looking at it. 🇧🇷 [21/07/22]
I finally find out who the "disappointed black guy" is. I'm still laughing when I find out how the meme truly played out. It's sad though. I do understand his view on internet fame but I'm glad he seems to be doing great in life.
This legend has ascended to his final form with hair and a beard.
lol ejnjkniudbhfdduhvvdeuhbjidehchedgcuuherufberuhfbedyfhernifjbrehufberjifbefjinfjirenvjiefhvhugerhufgrwhfnerjifhjernffjiuiechefjkcnejkfbckjefbcjkebvjkbjchefjkcbfeukhjkjkefnvjkfrnvjkfebvjkbefyufbrfjkvnfuekhvjefnvkjbefjkvhufeihvjrfnvjkefnjkvnefijvnjifebvhiefbvjdenjfnedkomfkoedmfkoejjifhefuifhfeuihfefuigfiuefg
he looks cool with beard. Can make a meme again with same positivity.
Cant wait till this happens to JJ
Don't forget the glasses 👓
Meanwhile JJ....
So he literally created his own meme instead of the internet creating it for him. Respect. But it’s really sad to learn the darker places some of these come from.
Indeed.
Did you see the woman yelling at the cat? It’s so dark
@@lynnie9726 yeah
Yh
@@lynnie9726 wait really
everyone can agree that this is a 10/10 meme
And r/memes is still using it lol
yup
😃 - you beat the boss
😟 - theres a phase 2
Yes
@@SexLuthor yea lol
This man took something super negative and made it something that we can all enjoy. Mad respect man
yeah you tell em "screw racism"
yeah u go girl screw racism
Two basement dwellers that have never touched a woman have replied
@@degamispoudegamis lmao i agree it’s wrong to label him by disappointed black guy but saying “screw racism” isn’t doing anything and it’s funny
@QuagmireFeels 𓀐𓂸 can't even spell lmfaooo
Usually people get a meme made out of them this guy literally made himself a meme and it blew😂😂👏🏾
Is this black excellence?
seriously though, he also seems like a really cool person, clearly a good sense of self and humor :)
@@aazhie who?
Love it
This sentence was very hard to read
@@aazhie "black excellence" is blatant racism
Imagine getting offended by someone's personal tier list 💀
You underestimate how petty humans can be.
If you’ve seen any popular tier list you wouldn’t have to imagine finding someone like that lol
@@hajo5400 I love how you said "how humans can be" and not "us humans."🤔
Turdricans.
"A necessary evil for this meme to exist"
To the guy that attacked this guy and made him famous: congratulations, you just played yourself.
He is disappointed no more
what is more impressive is that he actually created the meme himself
Yes, most others were taken by other people and it accidentally became a meme but he created it himself and post..because I think he took it from a video recording and cut the smile part and the surprise part and put it together and you know exactly what it means without any explanation..He didn’t accidentally became a meme, I’d say, he created a meme..
like a meta-meme, Abed Nadir would hate it
As he said, I never thought of this meme as disappointed black guy, just disappointed guy.
I never even thought a name for it, or any meme, for that matter
I'm glad that I'm not the only one.
I've always called it the meme where the guy loses his smile
Well yeah you doing nobody a favor
I felt kinda *dissapointed* when I saw that in the title
If this dude was on the Final Fantasy tier list he would be S class and above.
Negativity and hatred was thrown his way. He countered, turned it into a meme.
Ted Dorfay used: Meme Attack!
Opponent is embarrassed!
So technically he didn’t “accidentally” become a meme…
It just got out of hand and became way more prominet than he expected lol.
Like quite a few people featured in this series.
Its very hard to achieve the definition of a meme purposefully, especially by yourself. He made it into a joke, but the definition of meme is
an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
2.
an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.
You yourself can't make yourself a meme purposefully, because it involves it being spread and altered. So he was still correct in saying he accidentally became a meme, as I doubt he meant for the format to be spread so much
@@coolfeet1 Yeah, exactly. You can create a picture of a joke and upload it to the internet, but for it to become a meme, it has to basically go viral, leave an imprint on culture. Which it definitely did.
How long ago did he do that tier list.
This man has helped so many serotonins all over the world.
Shot up alot of dopamines too!
? Explain please?
@@houseplant1016 look up serotonin and dopamine
Gotta say, this sounds like intentionally becoming a meme, but accidentally going VIRAL. Which... good on him.
Balance
Very correct
This could be someone’s worst nightmare or an amazing opportunity to launch something bigger! I love this series!
Meme
it's sad that you can witness racism everywhere
@@almightysosa8168 it's good
@@TheSuperBoyProject 12 year old internet connections should be separated so that idiots like you don't get mixed up with normal people
@@TheSuperBoyProject what?
Lmao THAT'S him?? He looks like a totally different person now.
Same with the roll safe think smart guy.
yea cuz the meme was already 9 years ago
That’s how time works.
@@JoelJr1995YYZ time sucks then... It should take a vacation or something
@@casper8849 I think the last two years in a covid lockdown has been a good enough time stopper.
This meme is LEGEND 🙌🏾 I sent this meme to my boss when she told me I had to fill in for her for a week. I sent it bc I was NOT prepared to be in charge and she laughed and forwarded it to HR and it somehow became the reaction meme for everyone who felt unprepared for promotion.
That’s crazy that the origin of that meme was barely talked about throughout the years. The racism is serious but now it’s more talked about & im glad he’s a great guy that understands that good people outweigh the hate from that message
Lázaro Ramos (the Brazilian actor who they thought was him), it’s an amazing guy and wonderful actor and you look like an awesome guy too!
“Disappointed black guy” ✋😭
i had no idea the disappointment came from a racist slur… im so sorry for ted
He might be a meme but he’s one legendary guy and a legendary meme!
damn. 11 years and this meme is still used
I didn’t know it was that old lel. I’ve probably got so used it being used nowadays that I forgot it was that old lel.
Wow 11 years, basically eternity
This meme and the "Stop lying" meme are legends. Lol
It's nice that he actually made the meme himself, and it took off.
damn, the story is even better !
You had a smart response to the nasty message you received
What an outstanding move !
When you are watching the origin of disapointed black guy. - 😀
When you find out it started with racism. -😧
All of us are him when watching this video
This man is a legend
He seems to me a very honest and warm person. Would love to be friend with him, not with the disappointed black guy :) I was kind of obsessed with Final Fantasy series through my childhood so lol
.... if I saw him now... I would not recognize him as his meme!!!!!!
He seems so cool.
I was so pleasantly surprised when he started talking about Dissidia Final Fantasy. But then the dm with the slur came in and my mood was exactly the meme he created.
I never would’ve guessed “that one guy from that one meme” would be so cool
It's really amazing seeing the origins for all these memes! Half of them, I didn't even know their names. Like this one, I never knew was called "Disappointed Black Guy", to me it was the "Disappointed Guy"
Same. I never really thought of them with names, though. They’re just silly pictures that go along with my current situation. It’s been fun learning about the origins of all of these memes. Some are way sadder than I would have thought!
Same. My Google search that led me to this video was "who is the laughing surprised guy meme"
Same here
the internet used to be a scary place for Black people... 😅 glad he was able to spin it into a meme. I stopped commenting on youtube when I was 13 cause strangers kept commenting slurs at me when I did... the internet owes a lot of us apologies.
Damn... Sorry about that. I get that though I came across the same on this other videochat app. It really does!
Why should we apologise for you being black
smh I never experienced racism until I started playing games online, like it was wrong to be black and like games.. I literally had to hide my character in clothes to avoid racism in a few games 🙄
not as bad but still is tbh
Wow you must have lived in a safe place because the real world is far more dangerous like getting stab, shot, robbed etc
This guy has made me laugh more than all of the guys I've ever meet combined.
3:41 i mean the only one i can think of is the white guy blinking meme
He may have become known as "Disappointed Black Guy" -- presumably largely due to his name not being known, and his obvious appearance -- but the feelings expressed in that meme are, indeed, universal. We've all been there, getting excited about something that seems VERY positive, only to find out that it was quite the opposite. I always wondered what the original reaction was to, but I will admit that it never occurred to me that it was a reaction to a personal (and totally insane) attack!
This is such an awesome story. He literally took this awful experience. His reaction was so hilarious because we’ve all been there where you’re all excited for something only for it to be literally the exact opposite of what you wanted
So sad he had to experience how toxic that community is , but glad this meme paid off later
I love the explosion 💥 over the 12 Notes. That was hilarious. His meme was SO GOOD though for what he was trying to depict.
LOL Lazaro Ramos is my favorite brazikian black actor, salutes from Brazil 🇧🇷
he made himself a meme..now that's amazing
It adds a layer of personal resonance to find out the story behind it, but I think it's the universality of that reaction that made the meme so successful-- we've all had that moment of shock and dismay when something just goes horribly, painfully and unexpectedly wrong on us.
I love that this guy is a gamer because I use this meme ALLLL THE TIME around E3’s game announcements.
Based on the meme, I don't think I expected him to be so soft-spoken and down-to-earth... I love that meme, and I'm glad he was able to put a fun spin to a negative interaction.
Well said❤️
I was kind of expecting him to sound like the “watch you jet” guy.
U seem so cute
And you seem thirsty
I'm Brazilian and just learned people mistake Lázaro Ramos for him lol
eu fiquei muito surpresa quando apareceu, perdi esse rolê
Tbm. Ñ fazia a menor a ideia 🤣🤣🤣
Okay, this is really cool to know and I love that he accidentally MADE HIMSELF a meme by sharing his life experience, rather than it being done to him like in many other cases--but can we also talk about how cute he and that girl are dancing together at 2:35? I wanna see that whole video; it is ADORABLE and they are killing it.
i love that he was i fact the first one to use that meme. the situation was awful, but he turned the table as he could
I always assumed the disappointed guy was gonna be english, like the meme just gave me that vibe
I thought he was British too...
It's cause he looks Nigerian
I feel this so hard. When you get like an interaction online, you just are like whoa
Maybe the real meme are the friends we made along the way
I was hoping to see this in the comments lol
como que não tem um comentário de brasileiro aqui minha gente? O homem se revelou pra salvar o Lázaro Ramos, amei hahha
Scrolei muito pra achar esse comentário. Brasil decepcionando, um Brazil mentioned desses e a galera moscando
Cara foda
Por acaso tem comentários brasileiro mas muitos estão em inglês.
Né isso
HSHAJAJAJAJAJAJHSHSHA
This was the most iconic meme
He is unrecognizable with the hair, beard and glasses
Bro memed himself💀
he is the only meme guy that wasnt accidental
I LOVE this series. Best idea Buzzfeed has had
he's so cute. a little sappy but trustworthy
0:18 my guy killing it with that functioning controller
It's crazy that he memified himself.! That is very rare I thought lol 😆
His meme is the ULTIMATE microcosm of everyday life as a black man in America.
Yeah..of course it is 🙄
I think this is the first one I've seen where the person memed themselves first.
He created one of my favourite memes on the Internet. What a legend!
i did not expected Lazaro to be releated to this meme somehow HAHAHAHA
now that's how you turn a negative into a positive
What a legend! Infinity meme that will never be out of style :)
A common theme between all of these seems to be a lack of humanization from the internet viewers and commentors surrounding the memes.
As a Brazilian, I always pictured your meme as Lázaro Ramos there, it's just so looking like. lol
Yes, they look a lot alike in that meme but I never really mistook them both, I've always known that it wasn't a brazilian meme just by looking at it. 🇧🇷
[21/07/22]
Can't imagine him regreting that meme is legendary 🤣
So, this legend created his own meme by putting a punk in his place?
I take my hat off for this.
Legend!!!!
Alternate title: "i intentionally became a meme"
This man is an internet legend.
*When you forget a meme is actually a living person*
those people from his college be like: "I KNEW IT WAS HIM"
He looks like a really chill guy to be friends with. Mad respect for him!
“disappointed black guy” is crazy 💀💀
That's the name of the meme tho
thats the name of the meme....
ikr
He dun seem so crazy to me, just an average guy tbh
I can't stop watching these. The back stories are a reality check
Yo he has no business being that cute
PAUSEEEEE
@@Nostra.-. aaannd resume 🙄
for real!!! High key daddy 👀👀👀
I'm just happy this dude is into Final Fantasy, my favorite video game franchise
I know this one as "hot dissapointed guy" but in my language.
I hate to see how many memes have dark origins
The cat lady one broke my heart
I hate the video game Community with a passion For this reason
This guy's a legend 😂
His meme is really funny in a lot of situations, it's why it's so popular
So the meme started by himself.. Man is a legend
He seems like such a sweet and genuine guy
The fact is about final fantasy has made this s*** even funnier 🤣🤣🤣
1:51 😂😂😂😭💀 I lost it. That’s funny
Dang I didn’t know the origin story was so malice😭
There's no "disappointed black guy", only "disappointed guy". Exactly!
I finally find out who the "disappointed black guy" is. I'm still laughing when I find out how the meme truly played out. It's sad though.
I do understand his view on internet fame but I'm glad he seems to be doing great in life.
So basically it was a self meme that worked
He’s so articulate. I love it. ❤
I absolutely love this series
Me and you both 👌😊
My question is: can he still do that expression again?
They should definitely add that for every person on this series, to make them do the meme at the end of the video
Final fantasy and square enix should make him a character
Mad respect to you brov!
So he's basically the meme version of Jean Valjean (having to admit he's the guy they're looking for).
Disappointed black guy 💀
He seems so humble and shy.
0:03 why is there a blank wall to the left of the cat?? I can't see nothing 😂