AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The '10 Guy' meme, also known as 'Really High Guy' and 'Stoner Stanley', features an image macro of a young man who appears noticeably influenced by marijuana. The image commonly used shows him with a slightly reddened face, heavy-lidded eyes, and a bemused expression, characteristics often associated with being high. The captions often depict typical stoner antics, ranging from responding incorrectly to simple questions due to the misunderstanding to cravings for snacks. In a revealing turn, Connor Sinclair, a resident of the UK, identified himself as the individual in the meme in April 2021 after remaining anonymous for nearly a decade.

OriginWho did it first?

The '10 Guy' meme originated from a post on Reddit's r/trees subreddit, a community for cannabis enthusiasts, on November 25th, 2011. A Redditor named randomdave uploaded the now-familiar photo with the title 'Being at a [10] is not always pretty.'(source). On the same day, another user, Ahahaha__10, used the image in a separate post with the caption 'Texts the person next to them / 'I want hospital''(source), illustrating a humorous scenario supposedly from a friend's first experience with a bong. The meme's name, '10 Guy', references a scoring system used on r/trees here, to rate the level of one's intoxication, with [10] indicating the highest level.^[1]

Origin: 2011