On August 30th, Facebook page Young Thugga La Meme Season 2 posted a meme about Kanye West's Donda that gained over 2,800 reactions and 1,500 shares in one month (shown below, right). For example, on July 30th, Facebook page Chaos Zweihander +10 posted a Dark Souls meme that gained over 330 reactions and 70 shares in two months (shown below, center). In the following months, the image gained moderate popularity online as a reaction and source material for memes, largely replacing the original version.

But yesterday I had a conversation with someone who noticed the image on the background of my computer screen. On July 20th, 2021, Twitter user made the first known tweet that used the remake as a reaction, with the post gaining over 50 retweets and 2,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). So I always assumed the famous Vault Boy giving the thumbs up was just as described a cartoon man giving the thumbs up and winking. The post gained over 5,300 retweets and 45,200 likes (tweet and image shown below, left and right). On July 19th, 2021, Twitter user posted a crude remake of the original comic, giving the person in the second panel a comically large thumb and requesting others to post the original reaction image. Just a quick animation I did in a day to get myself back into the groove of animating.Vault Boy was created by the Fallout team as far as I am aware and I do. For example, on May 3rd, 2021, Redditor mahoney4321 made a post using the image to /r/liluzivert where it gained over 1,800 upvotes in four months (shown below, right). In spring 2021, the cropped meme saw a resurgence on Twitter and other social media, being used as a reaction to posts expressing their dislike for certain something (example shown below, right). In 2019, a cropped version of the meme captioned 'Ah, ya, en qué estábamos' gained popularity, being used as a reaction image by Portuguese-speaking users (example shown below, left). On March 24th, 2016, an edited version of the meme was uploaded to Imgur (shown below, right). For example, on January 17th, 2013, Desmotivaciones user NeltharionVastoLorde posted a Demotivational Poster about atheism based on the meme (shown below, left). Super Meat Boy Forever Thumbs Up Plush Official Plushie Figure Statue (9' Wide) Last item available Condition: New Quantity: Last One / 28 sold Price: US 39. In the following decade, the image saw moderate spread online, particularly among Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking users.

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