You Dont Say 3

""You Don't Say?" is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observatio..."

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You Dont Say 3 "You Don't Say?" is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observatio... First appearing in 1988, this meme has become part of internet culture.

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"You Don't Say?" is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observation or statement, in similar vein to "O RLY" image macros .

Origin

The phrase “you don’t say” is an idiomatic expression used to convey surprise or astonishment but it can be also used sarcastically in response to an obvious statement. [8] The image of Nicolas Cage was taken from a scene in the 1988 black comedy film Vampire's Kiss , which revolves around a troubled literary agent's descent into madness after convincing himself that he is turning into a vampire. His unique facial expression was taken from a particular scene in which Cage's character Peter Loew torments his secretary in a disturbing manner. The scene from Vampire Kiss was featured in a video titled "Nicholas Cage Freaking Out," uploaded by YouTuber twoworldsfreak01 on July 27th, 2009. A still from the scene was also used as a reaction face in a in a demotivational image captioned with "Nicolas Cage / Available in Stoic and Batshit Crazy" uploaded to Roflrazzi [13] on August 15th, 2009. The contour drawing of Nicolas Cage first appeared in a rage comic uploaded to Reddit [1] by user LeechHax on October 1st, 2011. It had been vectorized by Redditor Aveilleux [10] for LeechHax to use specifically in his comic.

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On the same day, LeechHax’s comic was reposted to FunnyJunk [9] where it received 4,211 up votes in the span of a month, and again posted onto image-sharing site Lowbird [5] on October 3rd, 2011. Another instance was submitted to the r/funny subreddit [3] on November 25th, 2011, with the vectorized face placed next to a bag of carrots that only listed “carrots” as its ingredient. The image reached the front page, accumulating over 4,000 up votes in 5 days. On November 27th, 2011, a Facebook screenshot with the face was posted to the r/trees subreddit. [4] Additional derivatives can be found on FunnyJunk [7] , Reddit [11] and with the tag "#you don't say" on Tumblr . [6] A Facebook fan page [12] for the face has over 9000 likes as of March 2012.

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"You Don't Say?" is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observatio...

Where did You Dont Say 3 come from?

You Dont Say 3 originated in 1988. Check the Origin section above for detailed history.

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You Dont Say 3 is typically used "you don't say?" is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of nicolas cage that is that is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observatio...