By now, you must have seen or used this iconic expression — clipped, GIF'd, screencapped, photoshopped, memed —somewhere across your social media timelines. It's been dubbed the greatest meme of 2016.
Conceited's reaction was first GIF'd in early 2015, but it wasn't until well into 2016 that people in masses started picking it up. The memes are now delightfully extra and comically next-level.
Me in the past: graduate college in 4 years at 21, have a career and make 6 figures by 24. Me in the present:
Me: Bro this is the best drawing I've done Drawing:
There really is not enough internet to feature all of them in one space, but here are some of the best hand-picked ones for a sampling.
The memes have covered all sorts of subject areas, some hilariously NSFW.
BuzzFeed News tracked Conceited down, and had the absolute pleasure of discussing and, really, CTFU over, the genealogy of the meme and his unexpected fame. Meet 27-year-old Reggie Sergile.
Sergile said he first spotted his face being used last year for #ThanksgivingClapBack jokes, but it wasn't until close to Election Day this year that it started getting "really crazy."
#debates Moderator: Let's talk about race. Me:
His expression was specifically used by many during the first presidential debate when moderator Lester Holt said, "let's talk about race."
"It was until recently — a few weeks ago — that I was like, 'Damn, this is crazy, this is everywhere,'" Sergile said after September's debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
One of his favorite uses of the GIF during this time was people reacting to all the times Trump infamously referred to the African-American community as "the blacks."
trump: "I have a great relationship with the blacks" "the blacks":
"That was hilarious," Sergile recalled, adding he fully agrees with the context under which his expression was used. "That was very accurate."
Like everyone else, he said he has been making that face IRL more frequently — especially after Nov. 8.
Me: When Donald trump becomes president I'm moving Canada Bank account:
Ever since the election, Sergile believes his face has become the "Don't worry about it, America" face.
"100% how I felt about it," he said.
"There's nothing we can do with Trump winning," he added. "The whole is we all can only hope he can do a good job for everyone."
His favorite memes, to date, has been the elaborate "calculator one" and the "20 selfies one."
math teacher: alright so I'm letting you guys use your calculators on the test, nobody should fail my calculator:
"Someone took the time to draw it out on the calculator," he said, laughing and still amazed.
"My favorite one was the one that's like, 'when you take 20 selfies..." he honorably mentioned. "That's by far the funniest one."
Me: "I just took like 20 selfies, atleast one of them has to be cute" Camera roll:
"I can't even pick one," he said after going through a rolodex of viral memes.
Apparently, his friends have been ragging on him over his internet-fated fame, but it's nothing but "hilarity" to him.
"We've all done this before with other people," Sergile said of meme subjects. "It's the internet. It doesn't bother me one bit. I actually like it."
In fact, Sergile's actually grateful for the meme, if it brings new fans to his true passion of battle-rapping.
As for his future plans, Sergile is said he and Nick Cannon are working on a sitcom that’s without a title yet, but has “something to do with college.” To the coyness, we say:
