Meme lore
What is the White Guy Blinking meme?
White Guy Blinking (also called Blinking White Guy) is a reaction GIF of Drew Scanlon doing a slow, incredulous double-blink while processing something absurd. It expresses disbelief, confusion, or 'did I just hear that correctly?' without words - perfect when a tweet or headline stops you mid-scroll.
Origin & history
Video producer Drew Scanlon was on camera during a December 2013 episode of Giant Bomb's 'Unprofessional Fridays' livestream. While editor Jeff Gerstmann played Starbound and joked, 'I've been doing some farming with my hoe,' Scanlon reacted with a prolonged blink that viewers later turned into a GIF.
The GIF circulated within gaming communities for years before breaking into mainstream Twitter in February 2017 - often paired with tweets about biology class, bank balances, or other facts that break your brain. Scanlon himself has embraced the meme, using his visibility to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. The format needs no caption: context goes in the surrounding post, and the blink delivers the punchline.
The GIF circulated within gaming communities for years before breaking into mainstream Twitter in February 2017 - often paired with tweets about biology class, bank balances, or other facts that break your brain. Scanlon himself has embraced the meme, using his visibility to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. The format needs no caption: context goes in the surrounding post, and the blink delivers the punchline.
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