# Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction A rage comic reaction face traced from a 2011 Big Think interview clip where astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson throws up his hands while explaining Isaac Newton's calculus breakthrough[1]. Redditors paired the drawing with the caption "Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here" to mock braggy posts, and by 2012 the same illustration jumped to the Spanish-speaking web as the sarcastic "Ay si, ay si" macro. ## Origin The source clip is a Big Think interview titled "Neil deGrasse Tyson on Living and Longevity," uploaded to YouTube on June 3, 2011[1]. The specific gesture happens when Tyson gets to Newton's teenage calculus discovery and throws his hands up in mock defensiveness. About two months later, on August 25, 2011, an animated GIF of the moment was posted to the r/trees subreddit under the title "when asked if i smoke weed often," and user Hippopoptimus_Prime replied to the thread with the first rage comic redraw of the face[3]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source clip) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Hippopoptimus_Prime (rage comic version) - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview The face is a simple black-and-white outline traced from a freeze-frame of Tyson leaning back with both palms out, an unimpressed pose he pulls while describing how Sir Isaac Newton invented calculus before turning 26[1]. Rage comic artists on subreddits like /r/f7u12 slotted that panel into strips where a character brags about something trivial, usually smoking weed, drinking, or working out, with the Tyson pose landing as the sarcastic clap-back[3]. The captioned image macro version, sometimes shortened to "Watch out, we got a badass over here," works on its own as a reply to any post that reads as showing off. Its Spanish-language counterpart "Ay si, ay si" (roughly "Oh yes, oh yes") uses the exact same drawing to deliver an identical eye-roll[2]. ## How It Spread The rage face caught on across Reddit that fall. On October 23, 2011, Redditor Onlyhereforthelaughs posted a full Tyson rage comic to /r/f7u12, and two days later Redditor GiggleAtTheGoatse pinned it onto a Facebook screenshot reading "Smokin Weed" with the caption "Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here"[3]. Redditor fairlydeadfellow trimmed the line to "Watch out, we got a badass over here" on November 7, and that shorter version stuck as the default caption. By January 2012, the drawing had crossed over to Spanish-language meme sites, where the caption "Ay si, ay si" turned it into a general-purpose sarcasm face. A Meme Generator page for "Ay Si" went up on January 18, and a Facebook page under the same name pulled about 150,000 likes over the following year[3]. On December 23, 2012, the Spanish rage comic blog Cuánto Cabrón published a photo of a real-world bar sign reading "Ay si, ay si / El bar del meme" ("Meme's Bar," translated from Spanish), which drew more than 3,400 upvotes over the next two months[2]. ## How to Use Common convention is to drop the face, either the rage panel or the captioned macro, as a reply to a status update, tweet, or comment that reads as bragging about something small. The caption "Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here" (or the shorter "we got a badass over here") is the standard pairing[3]. Spanish speakers typically swap in "Ay si, ay si" over the same drawing for the same sarcastic effect[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction? A rage comic face based on the astrophysicist's raised-hands gesture from a 2011 Big Think interview, usually paired with the caption "Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here"[1]. ### Where did Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction come from? The face was traced from a Big Think YouTube interview about longevity uploaded on June 3, 2011, and first turned into a rage comic in an r/trees thread on August 25, 2011[3]. ### What does Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction mean? It mocks people who post braggy or self-congratulatory things online, with Tyson's pose reading as a sarcastic "oh wow, so impressive"[3]. ### How do you use Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction? Drop it as a reply to a boastful comment or status, usually with the "we got a badass over here" caption, or the Spanish "Ay si, ay si" version for the same eye-roll[2]. ### Is Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction still popular? It is a classic 2011-2012 rage comic that is still shared as vintage reaction art, though rage comics as a format faded from everyday Reddit use after the mid-2010s[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ]() 2. [https://www.cuantocabron.com/amazed/el-bar-del-meme]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/neil-degrasse-tyson-reaction]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/neil-degrasse-tyson-reaction Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library