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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:Illumi_happy_laugh.jpg | Image:Illumi_happy_laugh.jpg | ||
Image:With_coolies.jpg | Image:With_coolies.jpg | ||
File:Bktourist.jpg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
</center> | </center> | ||
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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://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=82700 Something Awful photoshop thread] | *{{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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[[category:memes]] | [[category:memes]] | ||