Step aside Ryan Gosling.

Step 1: Be born into slavery on an off-world colony. Step 2: Start an interstellar war just to get a meeting with your dad. Step 3: Cancel your dad's subscription to life because he refused to patch your expiration date. Step 4: Save your enemy from falling off a building so he is forced to watch you die poetically. Step 5: Improvise your own eulogy because the script was too "overwritten." Stay Replicant. Stay Sigma.

The meme consists of a black-and-white still image from the movie Blade Runner on the left, featuring the character Roy Batty (a replicant) with an intense, somber expression. He is shirtless, appears injured, and holds his arm with a tense posture. On the right, a text box lists five satirical "steps" presented as a guide: 1) Born into slavery on an off-world colony; 2) Start an interstellar war for a meeting with one's father; 3) "Cancel your dad's subscription to life" (kill him) for refusing to extend one's lifespan; 4) Save an enemy from falling to force them to witness a poetic death; 5) Improvise a eulogy due to an "overwritten" script. The text concludes with "Stay Replicant. Stay Sigma." The humor stems from contrasting Ryan Gosling (a popular actor often associated with suave or sigma male roles) with Roy Batty's tragic, intense sigma male archetype, subverting typical sigma tropes through the replicant's violent, existential journey.

The meme originates from Reddit (specifically the r/Meme community) as a remix. It combines a screenshot from the 1982 film Blade Runner (featuring Roy Batty, a Nexus-6 replicant) with user-added satirical text. The "Sigma" reference is internet slang for a lone, dominant male archetype, while "Replicant" ties to the film's premise of synthetic beings. The phrase "Step aside Ryan Gosling" positions Roy Batty as a more authentic or intense sigma male compared to Gosling, likely referencing Gosling's roles in films like Drive or Barbie. The meme is created via text overlay on a movie still, typical of Reddit meme culture.