# I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired "I'm Glad You Guys Liked 'Cocky Want Boing Boing' 'Cause It Got Me Fired" is a follow-up post by X comedian Dan Hentschel, shared on April 23, 2024, claiming his viral bald-old-man beach photoshop had cost him his Target job[2]. Within two days the post picked up over 229,000 likes, and X users started redrawing it as Undertale, Five Nights at Freddy's and Captain Underpants crossovers[3][5]. ## Origin On April 10, 2024, X user Dan Hentschel posted a photoshop of himself aged and bald at the beach, captioned "At the beach – Where the hoes at? Cocky want boing boing!"[1]. The original picked up over 25 million views and 95,000 likes in its first five days, and redraws of the bald-beach image spread across X in the weeks after[4]. On April 23, 2024, Hentschel posted the follow-up: two photos with the caption "I'm glad you guys liked 'cocky want boing boing' cause it got me fired"[2]. One shot showed him outside a Target store, the other showed him holding a printed-out copy of the original meme. Over 229,000 likes came in within two days[2]. - **Platform:** X (Twitter) - **Creator:** Dan Hentschel (@danghentschel) - **Date:** 2024 ## Overview Hentschel's follow-up pairs two photos: one of him standing outside a Target storefront, the other of him holding a printed copy of the original bald beach edit[2]. The joke reads as a fake firing confession, letting readers in on the bit that the first post had been a bigger deal than it deserved. X users treated the caption as a phrasal template, swapping "cocky want boing boing" for another in-joke or character name while keeping the sad Target-parking-lot setup[3]. Redraws used the same two-panel structure but replaced Hentschel's face with cartoon and video game characters[5]. The gag worked because the original "Cocky Want Boing Boing" photo was already recognizable, so any redraw read as both a fan art exercise and a joke about getting fired over a stupid viral post[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired? An April 23, 2024 X post by comedian Dan Hentschel claiming his viral "Cocky Want Boing Boing" photoshop got him fired from Target[2]. ### Where did I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired come from? Hentschel posted it as a follow-up to his April 10, 2024 Cocky Want Boing Boing bald-beach edit[1], captioning two new photos with the fake-firing line[2]. ### What does I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired mean? It's a bit presenting a real-sounding consequence for a stupid viral post, with Hentschel photographed outside Target holding a print-out of the original edit[2]. ### How do you use I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired? X users treat the caption as a phrasal template, swapping "cocky want boing boing" for another meme or character while redrawing Hentschel as that character[3][5]. ### Is I'm Glad You Guys Liked "Cocky Want Boing Boing" 'Cause It Got Me Fired still popular? Peak activity ran through late April 2024 with redraws such as @Octoprout's Captain Underpants version on April 25[6], and traffic tailed off after that week[4]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/danghentschel/status/1778217579926224997]() 2. [https://twitter.com/danghentschel/status/1782811701660033481]() 3. [https://twitter.com/idkjustryan/status/1782833963247022477]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-glad-you-guys-liked-cocky-want-boing-boing-cause-it-got-me-fired]() 5. [https://twitter.com/puffycloude/status/1783166898206654616]() 6. [https://twitter.com/Octoprout/status/1783469523724578959]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/im-glad-you-guys-liked-cocky-want-boing-boing-cause-it-got-me-fired Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library