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Amateurs (meme)
| Meme | |
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| Synonyms: | What Was That, Punk? |
| Date Started: | 2016 |
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Amateurs is a meme where two figures are arguing and then a third figure in a hood calls them "amateurs", implying they know nothing.
Know Your Meme describes its origins:
Amateurs, also known as What Was That, Punk?, is a webcomic by Shen Comix in which human representations of years 2014 and 2015 have an argument about which one of them saw more celebrities dead, only to be called amateurs by a hooded figure who is then revealed to be the year 2016. Online, the format gained popularity as an exploitable, with the participants of the exchange usually re-labeled and their arguments altered.[1]
It can be used in fandom circles to compare the context of fandom arguments.
Examples
Version of the meme comparing sci-fi fandom lore (2020)
Version of meme comparing slow burn ships
