# Y U Do Dis? Y U Do Dis? is an image macro catchphrase that spells out the question 'why did you do this?' in deliberately broken English. It first appeared alongside a LOLcat about Grand Theft Auto IV piracy in April 2008 and spent the following years attached to confused animals, Dolan comics and 'Y U No Guy' remixes across Reddit, FunnyJunk and Memebase. ## Origin The catchphrase first appeared on April 24th, 2008, when the video game blog GameFront ran a short post about Grand Theft Auto IV being leaked and torrented tens of thousands of times before release[2]. The article was illustrated with a LOLcat image macro of a sad-looking cat captioned 'y u do dis?', framing the pirates as the ones making the cat (and Rockstar) sad[2]. The LOLcat was not credited to a named creator and the original artist is unconfirmed; GameFront used it as editorial decoration rather than as original art[2]. From there the exact caption, with the same spelling, started getting reused on unrelated subjects. - **Platform:** GameFront (LOLcat origin) / Reddit, FunnyJunk, Memebase (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2008 ## Overview Y U Do Dis? is a deliberately misspelled rendering of 'why did you do this?' that works as a mock-sad accusation, usually pointed at a subject who has done something disappointing or baffling[2]. The phrasing follows the same broken-English register as the LOLcat and 'Y U No' families, which is where the format got its visual grammar from[1]. The wording shows up in several recurring templates. The earliest versions used LOLcat-style photos of kittens and other animals with impact text, while later iterations swapped the cat for the yellow 'Y U No Guy' rage face captioned in the same broken register[1]. By the early 2010s the line was being delivered by poorly drawn Dolan-style redraws of characters like Shaggy and Spider-Man, usually asking the question of whichever character had just betrayed them[2]. ## How to Use The format typically pairs a photo or drawing of a wronged-looking subject (an animal, a cartoon character, a person at the moment of a bad decision) with the caption 'y u do dis?' in LOLcat-style broken English. Common conventions include stacking it with another target name on a second line, as in 'Y, Bat? / Y u do dis?', or dropping it into a Dolan-style redraw where the badly drawn character delivers the line[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Y U Do Dis?? Y U Do Dis? is an image macro catchphrase that spells 'why did you do this?' in LOLcat-style broken English and is used to accuse a subject of a disappointing or baffling act[2]. ### Where did Y U Do Dis? come from? The caption first appeared on April 24th, 2008, on the video game blog GameFront, attached to a LOLcat image macro accompanying a post about Grand Theft Auto IV being torrented before release[2]. ### What does Y U Do Dis? mean? It is a mock-sad version of 'why did you do this?', using the same broken-English register as LOLcats and the 'Y U No' family of macros[1]. ### How do you use Y U Do Dis?? The caption is typically pasted over an animal, cartoon character or person who looks wronged, often in LOLcat, 'Y U No Guy' or Dolan-style formats, as in the January 2013 r/funny 'Y, Bat? / Y u do dis?' post[2]. ### Is Y U Do Dis? still popular? Its peak activity was between 2010 and 2013 across Reddit, FunnyJunk and Memebase, with the Dolan-era posts in 2012 and 2013 being the most-upvoted documented examples[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Y%20U%20Do%20Dis]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/y-u-do-dis]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/y-u-do-dis Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library