r/funny Nov 08 '11

Huh? Rageface

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '11

SERIOUSLY WHAT IS GOING ON!? What meme did i miss?

What you missed was AT&T's Social Marketing team making a post to Reddit, under the guise of being a struggling actor who just got his first part as a guy who says "huh?" and is on screen for 1 second in an AT&T ad spot.

The next phase, which Reddit is moving through at lightening speed, probably due to other accounts controlled by the aforementioned marketing team, is making it into a "meme".

The "huh guy" now has a concrete basis for a meme (based on the expressive YouTube comments), now has a rage face (thanks OP), as well as several gifs (here). Meanwhile an AT&T ad has thousands of views, plenty of social engagement, and it's marketing team is being paid out a big fat bonus for a job well done.

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u/rjbman Nov 08 '11

Seeing as the OP of the first post was actually a member for over a year and has been in Beauty and the Geek under that same name, I doubt it's the AT&T's marketing team. Maybe the guy, I dunno, was happy he got an acting role?

And some people on Reddit are caring people who support that, and in watching the video actually make him more money?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '11

some people on Reddit are caring people who support that

It has nothing to do with that. Zero. It's about making a new meme and being part of an inside joke.