GagBase Logo Explore

Not today guy (meme thieves meme)

This is a single-panel reaction meme featuring Homer Simpson from the animated series *The Simpsons*. Homer is shown squinting with a suspicious, untrusting expression as he peeks through the slats of blue window blinds, gripping the blinds with both hands. Above the image, text reads "Look at them all, waiting for me to upload a meme to steal it." The joke humorously references the common internet phenomenon of meme creators having their original work reposted or stolen by other users without credit, framing the creator as secretly watching people who are waiting to take his content as soon as it is posted.
Make

Text content

Look at them all, waiting for me to upload a meme to steal it.

Overview

This is a single-panel reaction meme featuring Homer Simpson from the animated series The Simpsons. Homer is shown squinting with a suspicious, untrusting expression as he peeks through the slats of blue window blinds, gripping the blinds with both hands. Above the image, text reads "Look at them all, waiting for me to upload a meme to steal it." The joke humorously references the common internet phenomenon of meme creators having their original work reposted or stolen by other users without credit, framing the creator as secretly watching people who are waiting to take his content as soon as it is posted.

Origin notes

This meme uses the widely circulated 'Homer Simpson peeking through blinds' reaction template originating from a scene in The Simpsons animated show. The specific version with the added text about meme theft was shared on Reddit under the original title "not today guy", as indicated by the provided source information. It is a derivative work adding custom text to the existing popular reaction image to comment on internet meme culture.

Similar memes

A two-panel meme image featuring an older man with white hair and a beard. In the top panel, he sits at a table holding a pink mug in his right hand, looking at an open laptop, with the text 'Let's see how many reactions my meme got' displayed, indicating he is excited to check engagement on his meme. The bottom panel shows the same man in the same setting, with the text 'Your account has been blocked for 3 days' displayed, contrasting his initial excitement with the disappointment of receiving an account block notification. The humor arises from the sudden negative turn from anticipation to misfortune.

Man Excited to Check Meme Reactions Gets Account Blocked

A two-panel meme image featur…

This is a two-panel reaction meme using scenes from the animated show SpongeBob SquarePants featuring the character Squidward Tentacles. The first panel shows Squidward happily setting up a blue lounge chair outside, paired with text that reads 'Ready to post my thoughts in a subreddit!', representing a user's excitement to share content on Reddit. The second panel shows Squidward looking annoyed and dejected as he carries the lounge chair back inside his house, paired with text that reads '*No photos, gifs, or videos allowed', illustrating the disappointment when a user finds their intended post is not permitted under the subreddit's rules. The meme is relatable to Reddit users who frequently encounter strict posting restrictions on specific subreddits.

Squidward Frustrated By Subreddit Media Posting Ban

This is a two-panel reaction …

This is a 4-panel relatable meme targeted at regular Reddit users. The top left panel shows a smug, confident Pepe the Frog with the text "Uploads a post :", paired with the bottom left panel showing the Reddit posting interface, where a cursor clicks the blue "Post" button next to the "Save Draft" option. The top right panel is labeled "Next day :" with a sweating, wide-eyed, panicked Pepe, paired with the bottom right panel showing the post's stats: 0 upvotes and 500 comments. This jokes about the common relatable experience of posting something on Reddit that receives no positive engagement but draws a large amount of often negative or controversial comments, a situation frequent Reddit users are familiar with.

Avid redditors would know

This is a 4-panel relatable m…

This is a single-panel reaction meme. It opens with two lines of text: the first line quotes a person saying 'This won't work' regarding a plan or idea, and the second line sets up that the following image depicts the poster looking at that same person after the plan ended up working successfully. The image below the text is a screenshot of the animated ogre Shrek, wearing a smug, knowing half-smirk, wordlessly conveying the 'I told you so' feeling of being proven right without needing to verbally gloat.

Smug Shrek reaction when you are proven right after someone said something won't work

This is a single-panel reacti…

This meme features a screenshot of a purple background fish character from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The character is sitting at a restaurant-style table, holding a phone with a bored, unmotivated blank expression while staring at the device. A text overlay at the top of the image reads "Me watching my phone ring until I miss the call", humorously depicting the common relatable experience of intentionally avoiding answering incoming phone calls due to social anxiety, general dislike of phone calls, or lack of motivation to talk, by waiting passively until the call stops ringing.

Relatable Meme of Ignoring Ringing Phone Until Call Misses

This meme features a screensh…

A two-panel meme. Top panel features a shadowy figure with a lit cigarette, labeled "Redacted" Epstein Files, symbolizing secretive or heavily censored documents. Bottom panel shows Seymour Skinner from The Simpsons, a yellow animated character with glasses and a gray hairline, holding a cigarette in one hand and gesturing with the other, accompanied by the text "Copy and Paste". The joke critiques the ineffectiveness of redaction by implying the supposedly secret Epstein files are easily accessible via basic copy-paste, using humor to mock perceived transparency issues.

Redacted Epstein Files vs Copy and Paste Simpsons Meme

A two-panel meme. Top panel f…

A meme featuring a top text caption and a screenshot of a man (Dr. Gregory House from the TV show 'House M.D.') peeking through horizontal window blinds with an intense, focused expression. The caption reads: 'me waiting for my wife to see the meme I texted her from the other room'. The humor stems from the relatable scenario of eagerly anticipating someone's reaction to a shared meme, exaggerated by the character's spy-like, overly serious posture, creating a funny contrast between the trivial situation and the intense visual.

Me Waiting for My Wife to See the Meme I Texted Her

A meme featuring a top text c…

A 4-panel meme featuring Gru from the animated film 'Despicable Me.' Panel 1: Gru points upwards with a sign reading 'Open up reddit app.' Panel 2: Gru gestures to his head with a sign saying 'Head to r/all.' Panels 3-4: Gru leans forward, looking disappointed, with both signs stating 'It's not there anymore.' The meme humorously expresses frustration over Reddit's r/all section being missing or changed.

Gru Looking for Reddit's r/all Meme

A 4-panel meme featuring Gru …

A four-panel comic meme. Panel 1: A simple stick figure stands on a brown cliff, saying "Give me upvotes" with a crowd of small figures below appearing angry. Panel 2: Close-up of the crowd showing frowning faces holding pitchforks and torches, emphasizing their anger. Panel 3: The same stick figure on the cliff now says "I have boobs," with the crowd below visible. Panel 4: Close-up of the crowd, now smiling and happy, still holding pitchforks but with cheerful expressions. The meme satirizes how changing attention-seeking tactics (from direct upvote begging to invoking femininity) can alter public reaction.

Upvotes Declined? Activating 'I Have Boobs' Mode

A four-panel comic meme. Pane…

A two-panel meme. The top panel shows a control panel with two red buttons labeled 'Downvote' (left) and 'Upvote' (right). The bottom panel features an animated character with a distressed, sweaty expression, having their forehead wiped with a cloth. A caption overlay reads: 'REDDITOR AS SOON AS THEY SEE A DOWNVOTED COMMENT BUT IT IS FACT'. The meme satirizes the tendency of Redditors to react emotionally when encountering downvoted comments that contain factual information, implying a reflexive defense of truth against downvotes.

Redditor Reaction to Downvoted Factual Comments

A two-panel meme. The top pan…

This relatable meme uses an edited scene from the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series. The character is shown visibly exhausted, with bloodshot eyes, a scruffy gray beard, and a headband, sitting at a cluttered desk working on a large marked-up sheet of drafting paper in his pineapple home. The overlaid text sets the scenario: you are doing homework at 1 a.m. because you incorrectly estimated the assignment would only take 15 minutes to complete. It humorously depicts the common experience of procrastinating on work and underestimating required effort, leading to late-night sleep deprivation.

POV Doing Homework At 1AM After Thinking It Would Take 15 Minutes

This relatable meme uses an e…

The meme consists of two lines of text placed above a reaction still from the US sitcom *The Office*. The first line of text reads "VPNs protect your privacy", while the second line reads "Meanwhile Governments". The image below depicts the character Jim Halpert peering through horizontal window blinds with a smug, knowing smile. The joke implies that even when internet users rely on VPNs to keep their online activity private, governments are still able to secretly monitor their activity, rendering the VPN privacy protection ineffective against government surveillance.

VPN Users vs Government Surveillance Meme

The meme consists of two line…