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[[Image:Tourist guy.jpg|thumb|The image that started it all.]] | [[Image:Tourist guy.jpg|thumb|The image that started it all.]] | ||
The ''' | The '''Tourist Guy''' is an [[old|ancient]] [[unfunny]] [[meme]] that existed [[at least 100]] years before [[Web 2.0]] was even [[pregnant|conceived of]]. | ||
It started with an image that was supposedly recovered from a camera found at [[9/11|Ground Zero]], of a man standing on top of the [[JEWS DID WTC|World Trade Center]] with a plane visible in the background. The image was passed around in email as "the last moments of a tourist's life," but the plane and the timestamp were obviously [[shopped]], and [[Snopes]] | It started with an image that was supposedly recovered from a camera found at [[9/11|Ground Zero]], of a man standing on top of the [[JEWS DID WTC|World Trade Center]] with a plane visible in the background. The image was passed around in email as "the last moments of a tourist's life," but the plane and the timestamp were obviously [[shopped]], and [[Snopes]] [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tourist-wtc-911/ debunked it quickly.] | ||
A couple of months later, a guy from [[Hungary]] [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/11/48397 came forward] and admitted that, not only was he the guy in the picture, he actually did the original shop [[I did it for the lulz|for the lulz]]. | A couple of months later, a guy from [[Hungary]] [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/11/48397 came forward] and admitted that, not only was he the guy in the picture, he actually did the original shop [[I did it for the lulz|for the lulz]]. | ||
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Image:Tourist Guy exploitable template.png|[[Oh Exploitable|Template/Exploitable]] for shooping fun. | |||
Image:Tourist guy w kerry.jpg|With [[John Kerry]], further proof of [[anti-lulz]]. | Image:Tourist guy w kerry.jpg|With [[John Kerry]], further proof of [[anti-lulz]]. | ||
Image:Tourist guy and lee h. oswald.jpg|With a national hero, Lee Harvey Oswald. | Image:Tourist guy and lee h. oswald.jpg|With a national hero, Lee Harvey Oswald. | ||
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Image:Tourist 2 f.jpg|I guess it wasn't real, after all. | Image:Tourist 2 f.jpg|I guess it wasn't real, after all. | ||
Image:Libertarians.jpg| | Image:Libertarians.jpg| | ||
Image:Sandycrook.jpg|Tourist guy visits [[Sandy Hook]] | |||
Image:Worldwartourists.jpg | |||
Image:WTCTouristholocaust.jpg | |||
Image:Illumi_happy_laugh.jpg | |||
Image:With_coolies.jpg | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.touristofdeath.com/ Tourist of Death] (many moar pictures here) | *{{Wikilink|Tourist_guy|Tourist guy - English Wikipedia}} | ||
*[http:// | *{{KYM|memes/911-tourist-guy|Tourist Guy entry on KnowYourMeme}} | ||
*<strike>[http://www.touristofdeath.com/ Tourist of Death] (many moar pictures here)</strike> [https://archive.ph/sm6sV Archived link] | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020726110830/http://www.touristguy.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20020726110830/http://www.touristguy.com/ Archived version of "touristguy.com"] | |||
*[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=82700 Something Awful photoshop thread] {{archive|VGWOL}} | |||
*[http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=53917 Fark photoshop thread] (most links broken) | *[http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=53917 Fark photoshop thread] (most links broken) | ||
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The Tourist Guy is an ancient unfunny meme that existed at least 100 years before Web 2.0 was even conceived of.
It started with an image that was supposedly recovered from a camera found at Ground Zero, of a man standing on top of the World Trade Center with a plane visible in the background. The image was passed around in email as "the last moments of a tourist's life," but the plane and the timestamp were obviously shopped, and Snopes debunked it quickly.
A couple of months later, a guy from Hungary came forward and admitted that, not only was he the guy in the picture, he actually did the original shop for the lulz.
As with most image memes, Tourist Guy was quickly beaten into the ground, and now he's considered about as acceptable for shoops as Happy Negro. Possible use as an intentional old meme has not been explored.
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Template/Exploitable for shooping fun.
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With John Kerry, further proof of anti-lulz.
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With a national hero, Lee Harvey Oswald.
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I guess it wasn't real, after all.
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Tourist guy visits Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre
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See also
External links
Tourist guy - English Wikipedia
Tourist Guy entry on KnowYourMemeTourist of Death (many moar pictures here)Archived link- Archived version of "touristguy.com"
- Something Awful photoshop thread
(archive) - Fark photoshop thread (most links broken)
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