Man of culture we meet again meaning

A term that's commonly used to describe on YouTube commenters who watch videos that show either women doing things that could be considered erotic, clips of women in sexual or revealing outfits, or clips of women in positions that show off their boobs, thighs, and/or butt.

These clips and videos usually come from YouTube itself, Twitch, Tik Tok, and other platforms. They also typically appear in user's recommended and therefor compel them to watch them.

YouTube user: *Uploads a 10 second clip of a girl on Twitch wearing short shorts and a shirt that shows off her cleavage who gets up and walks out of the room*

Commenter: Greetings fellow men of culture.

Commenter: Gentlemen of culture we must stop meeting like this.

Commenter: Men of culture, we were bought by the mystery of the algorithm once more.

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Posted on Mar 25, 2017   Updated on Sep 13, 2021, 1:05 pm CDT

In the 21st century, the pretentious designation “a man of culture” is rarely used without irony. Who would give himself such a lofty title? But that’s what makes the latest popular meme, “I see you’re a man of culture” so damn funny.

The meme uses a screengrab of Last Samurai, the samurai barber from the 2010 anime Arakawa Under the Bridge. He meets someone who favors the traditional topknot hairstyle and says “Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.”

Man of culture we meet again meaning
Screengrab via Arakawa Under the Bridge/Shaft, Inc.

That sincerity is completely missing from the meme, though, especially the variations that dominated Reddit‘s r/dankmemes in early 2017. At its best, the dank memes subreddit is a fertile incubator of original content. At its worst, it devolves into a watered-down version of 4chan culture, going so deep on “ironic” jokes about Nazism, pedophilia, school shootings, and suicidal thoughts that it threatens to come out the other side and straightforwardly glorify these things.

So, what does a “man of culture?” on r/dankmemes claim to be into? The joke is that it’s some of the worst stuff you can think of. School massacre jokes have been big there lately, and this meme is no exception:

And here’s the inevitable pedophilia version:

And the sexual proclivities only get more specific from there. This popular post from a redditor who goes by “Shrek’s anus 69″—sure, why not?—gets into the very narrow world of transsexual anime porn based on children’s entertainment franchises.

Not every Man of Culture meme needs to be edgy, though. There’s the very straightforward anti-meme version:

And the nerdy version about mechanical keyboards:

But the best Man of Culture memes are the ones that delete words from the caption, totally changing the joke—of course, some of them are on the edgy side too:

There’s only so much mileage you can get out of that angle—”ah” is about the most minimal version possible—but the meme itself is virtually infinite. Practically everything in the world can either be considered good taste or bad taste, and both of them work here.

On the other hand, it could just be co-opted by the alt-right, the white nationalist movement that has a lot of overlap with 4chan, and never reach its full potential.

Ah well, they can’t all be winners.

*First Published: Mar 25, 2017, 6:00 am CDT

Jay Hathaway

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

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If you watch the video, you will.

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I think it's that the pole vaulter is Italian and I dont know but maybe the video is in Italian? Or maybe we're all being played and the poster is just high

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Yup, definitely all being trolled

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There are apparently hundreds of men out there who have been recommended this video cause sexy women make man go unga bunga

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The whole channel is only videos of "beautiful women" (quoting the channel description) in sports. That's really pointless but it still has over 50K subscribers... My disappointment is immeasurable

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Man of culture we meet again meaning

Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.


What does it mean when someone says man of culture?

"A man of culture" is one who goes out to fancy restaurants, art galleries, overseas jaunts, etc. "A cultured man" is one who demonstrates a cultured appearance (refinement). Good grooming, manners and etiquette, clear speaking, etc. They already know about a lot of culture and show it vs. going out to absorb it.

What is men of culture we meet again?

It means “has refined taste,” liking things that are very good, and maybe have a reputation of being good, but are not the most massively popular in actual consumption (and also that might be considered “classy”).

Where does a man of culture come from?

But that's what makes the latest popular meme, “I see you're a man of culture” so damn funny. The meme uses a screengrab of Last Samurai, the samurai barber from the 2010 anime Arakawa Under the Bridge. He meets someone who favors the traditional topknot hairstyle and says “Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.”

How can I be a man of culture?

A cultured person can be someone who is an eclectic reader, who watches well-written classic films, and who has a refined appreciation for art. Also, to be cultured is to be educated about the world and its languages, to understand world politics, and to be well-read in world history.