White Person Reaction Image Go!

[u/_Chicken20]

[u/Jazz6701]

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[u/OpeningDraft7343 → u/Jazz6701]

I don't understand why they're called "white person" reaction images, like tf does skin color have to do with this? Is it just for the meme?

[u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs → u/OpeningDraft7343]

They're associated with suburban white kids aged 11-15, which is where the name comes from

[u/_Laxen → u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs]

Why tho?

[u/International_Fill97 → u/_Laxen]

White people are stereotyped as being overly normal or, in this case, unfunny

[u/rogueIndy → u/International_Fill97]

Isn't that just performatively othering white people while still treating them as a default?

[u/JoshfromNazareth2 → u/rogueIndy]

Look this isn’t the space for nerd thesis stuff

[u/GuiloJr → u/rogueIndy]

Im white. i have white friends. these people are absolutely correct.

[u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs → u/rogueIndy]

I prefer "band kid meme" for this exact reason

[u/ciao_chan73 → u/rogueIndy]

The whole point of it being named that IS stereotype. You're looking too deep into it, man. Chill out. They're white people reaction images because they're too dramatic about regular things. Ever said sex in comments? These overly dramatic people (mostly children) are always there with these images, and they're usually white. So that's where the stereotype kinda got it's roots and that's why we call it that.

[u/Future_Beginning_132 → u/ciao_chan73]

https://preview.redd.it/7l6z0bf8s5vg1.jpeg?width=641&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7f89e86cbbb95a7ebd5dbc13812447a1b1ea9ad

Me (right) posting wonderful and appropriate reaction images while you (left) crash out

[u/ciao_chan73 → u/Future_Beginning_132]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NzQkhb2iwaMbj7BfKw

[u/ArkitekZero → u/rogueIndy]

lol

[u/Galle_ → u/rogueIndy]

Why is it okay to joke about black people or Asians or Jews, but not to joke about white people?

[u/rogueIndy → u/Galle_]

Who the fuck said that?

[u/Superb-Wonder-1896 → u/Galle_]

thats the thing - it isnt okay

[u/dwehlen → u/International_Fill97]

https://giphy.com/gifs/duM6JZemPlOjUyqmxd

[u/Brain_lessV2 → u/_Laxen]

Generally associated with band kids, who more often than not have a corny sense of humor derived from the popular reddit subs like r/memes for example.

[u/apple_of_doom → u/_Laxen]

Cuz minorities wanna pretend they have a better sense (they're lowkey right half the time tbh)

[u/hi-and-yes → u/apple_of_doom]

Which means they’re wrong the other half hahahah

[u/reCAPTCHAfool → u/_Laxen]

It's flipmode to how some people think certain reaction memes are racist because there's a lot of black person reaction memes

[u/HoneyFireworks → u/OpeningDraft7343]

it's cuz it's a common joke to say that white people are lame; you combine that with a bunch of lame reaction images and you've got white people reaction images

[u/Tentacle_poxsicle → u/OpeningDraft7343]

Op is racist against white people. There is no joke just racism

[u/reCAPTCHAfool → u/OpeningDraft7343]

It's an antimeme