# Long Boy "Haha, Long Boy" started as an unsolicited Facebook message that reached the admins of meme group Special Meme Fresh in late February 2016, containing only orange cylinder clipart and that two-word greeting. After the admins posted a screenshot of the exchange, the cylinder spawned photoshops captioned "who are you? im you but longer" that broke 10,000 Tumblr notes within two weeks. ## Origin On February 24, 2016, the Facebook meme group Special Meme Fresh answered an anonymous reader on its Tumblr blog about the "layers of irony" webcomic, a list of ten escalating tiers of ironic humor[3]. The fifth tier read as the strangest, describing a scenario where someone sends an inexplicable image with no setup[4]. That same day, an anonymous Facebook user did exactly that, messaging the group's admins with the text "Haha, Long Boy" and a piece of orange cylinder clipart. Special Meme Fresh screenshotted the exchange and shared it to its Tumblr blog and Facebook page[1]. - **Platform:** Facebook Messenger / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Deadpan absurdism drove the joke[4]. Tumblr users stretched any photo, character, or object into an elongated shape and captioned it "who are you? im you but longer," with the long version introducing itself to the original[3]. The cylinder itself showed up again as the generic "long" stand-in beneath selfies and screenshots. Early photoshops preserved the Facebook Messenger chat bubble around stretched images of celebrities, cartoon characters, and other meme figures[4]. Urban Dictionary definitions later recorded "long boy" as slang for a tall, thin male, with Waluigi listed as the go-to example[5]. ## How to Use Typical edits stretch an image into an elongated, cylinder-like shape and caption it "who are you? im you but longer," with the long version addressing the shorter original[3]. Posts often mimic the Facebook Messenger chat framing of the February 2016 screenshot, keeping the deadpan setup intact[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Long Boy? "Haha, Long Boy" is an image macro showing orange cylinder clipart that was sent as an anonymous Facebook message to the meme group Special Meme Fresh in February 2016[1]. ### Where did Long Boy come from? An anonymous Facebook user messaged the admins of the meme group Special Meme Fresh with the words "Haha, Long Boy" and a piece of orange cylinder clipart in late February 2016, and the group shared a screenshot of the exchange to its Tumblr blog[1]. ### What does Long Boy mean? The cylinder presents itself as a "longer" version of the viewer under the caption "who are you? im you but longer," a deadpan absurdist setup[3]. Urban Dictionary also records "long boy" as slang for a tall, thin male, citing Waluigi as the example[5]. ### How do you use Long Boy? Stretch an image into an elongated shape and caption it "who are you? im you but longer," with the long version introducing itself to the original[3]. ### Is Long Boy still popular? Long Boy peaked within weeks of its February 2016 posting, when the captioned cylinder post broke 10,000 Tumblr notes[3]. It survives mainly as a Tumblr-era classic, with "long boy" also defined on Urban Dictionary as slang for a tall, thin male[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.facebook.com/756598251050956/photos/a.756603181050463.1073741828.756598251050956/1143609709016473/?type=3]() 2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190329012239/https://specialmemefresh.tumblr.com/post/140036270323#notes]() 3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190515071605/https://specialmemefresh.tumblr.com/post/139905813363/could-you-list-the-layers-of-irony-what-happens]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/long-boy]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Long%20Boy]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/long-boy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library