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Vault Boy "Hold Up"

Vault Boy "Hold Up"

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Updated Jul 23, 2020 at 10:20AM EDT by Y F.

Added Apr 24, 2019 at 04:38PM EDT by Matt.

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About

Vault Boy "Hold Up" is a series of reaction image macros of a black and white image of the character Vault Boy from the video game Fallout with his arms extended. The image features the caption "hold up" to express a desire for someone to stop what they are saying, similar to Excuse Me What The Fuck

Origin

The earliest known usage of the image was posted on the /co/ 4chan [1] message board by an anonymous user on September 7th, 2017 (shown below). They wrote, in regards to an earlier photograph in the thread, "I didn't even see the elephant until other people started mentioning it. The fuck."


View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO 1504083869637.jpg, 8KiB, 263x192 Anonymous Thu 07 Sep 2017 17:40:39 No.95177893 Report I didn't even see the elephant until other people started mentioning it The f---

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On July 28th, 2018, the image was posted on Reddit by Redditor genesis01109 (shown below, left).[2]

Several months later, on September 17th, Redditor Mciscool200 posted the image in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit,[3] where it received more than 980 points (97% upvoted) and 180 comments in less than one year (shown below, center). They captioned the image, "When you always make jokes about wanting to die but someone actually pulls out a gun."

Throughout the year, the image continued to be used as a reaction image to other people's comments (example below, right).


hold up When you always make jokes about wanting to die but someone actually pulls out a gun hold up /MarkMyWords Posted by u/Arsch-Fick-Keks 4 months ago 4 MMW: In April of 2019, a monument is going to catch fire. 76% Upvoted 15 Comments O Give Award Ashare R save O Hide pr Report hold up

Various Examples


Owen_Sheckles 2h When you first learn to play, this chord is the hardest one to Finger. Rhedatt 1h I think minors are much harder to finger ...γ€‚ε‹Ίζœƒ11 Katchiga.Now As a minor, I can say that this is true Vote hold up When you are scared Aloona won't survive Youtube because she is so insecure (.redd.it) submitted 2 months ago by L30ncOn 2 comments share save hide give award report crosspost hold up Me: *has next turn Player before me: *plays reverse card Me: hold up
WHEN U BUY AN EXPENSIVE GIFT FOR SOMONE AND THEY DON'T GIVE UANYTHING BACK hold up WHENTHEY DONTLIKE YOUR MEMES hold up WHEN U R TALKING ABOUT MUSIC AND THEY DONT KNOW WHOYOUR TALKING ABOUT hold up

External References

[1] 4chan – /co/

[2] Reddit – genesis01109

[3] Reddit – This is the next vault boy meme! INVEST!

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