Who is Roll Safe? The history and origin of the black guy pointing / tapping his head meme

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Today we have a look at Roll Safe.
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Now first things first!
This meme is a little confusing because what in the hell do you call it?
Well, I guess that’s kind of a dumb question because by now you saw the title of this video
so you know that its referred to as the Roll Safe meme but Many people have referred to
it as the black guy pointing at his head meme, the life hack guy or even the you can’t
x if y guy.
It has quite a few names.It’s kinda obvious to why it has multiple names other than roll
safe.
First off, he’s a black guy pointing at his head.
I mean, what else would you call it?Wait…uhh is it ok to say “Black Guy” nowadays?
Im not sure anymore.
I don’t want the PC police to come get me so Uhhhh to be safe lets say that he is a
man.
Ummm pointing at his head with uhhhh more melanin in his skin than a person with less
melanin.
Making his skin tone darker.
There.
Now The PC police can leave me alone and go back to bothering pewdiepie or jontron.
The other name that the meme is commonly referred to at times is the “can’t x if you y guy”.
That trend started due to the common formula in which the memes follow.
You see the picture of the man shows him pointing at his head in a way that indicates thinking
or using the brain.
So the picture has started to be accompanied with text that follows the can’t x if you
y formula in comedic ways as well as other ways that don’t always follow the formula
directly.
Sometimes having a smart ass tone, and other times supplying pieces of knowledge that can
serve as life hacks.
But to be honest it’s kinda hard to classify the tone of these memes because they are always
being used in different ways.
The meme has even adapted to portray other people and characters with jokes that relate
directly to them.
One of the very first memes to use the image came in November of 2016 from the @footyhumor
twitter account that used it in a way that provided a clever trick a trick that involved
intentionally making your girlfriend mad so she leaves you alone and you can continue
to play video games.
Which I would totally use if I played video games…or if i had a girlfriend…or even
a friend…or anybody who loved me…or just somebody who cared about me even mildly.Its
times like this that I start to wonder what Im doing with my life.
Where I’m going.
whether or not I’m headed in the right direction.
I wonder if what I’m doing matters or if even anybody even cares.
Knowing that with each passing day I take a step closer to my inevitable demise… where…where
was I?
Since that initial tweet the image has began to be used more often in 2017 with various
tweets appearing on twitter and gaining likes and retweets helping spread the use of the
meme in the process.
Now in February the meme has become very popular on various social media platforms.
With Many people using the meme but not knowing the name Roll Safe.
Now who in the hell is roll safe?!
You may be asking yourself.
Where did it come from you may be asking yourself.Are you going to explain it you may be asking
yourself.
Will that rash on my no no spot ever go away after that drunken night in las vegas with
those two little people and that donkey you may be asking yourself….I mean what?
I didn’t say that ….no…not me
Reece Simpson Aka RS AKA Roll safe is a character played by actor Kayode Ewumi in the web series
#HoodDocumentary.
In the very first Episode titled “Happy Belated” Roll Safe is meeting a girl for
lunch for her birthday and while being interviewed by the documentary crew he delivers the iconic
image after informing the crew that he likes the girl he is meeting because she has a good
head and brains…
and she’s got a good head on her.
Great head!
Yeah man i think rachel is beautiful because she’s got good brains haha
Now some of you may understand why roll safe was pointing to his head, you guys know whats
up but some of you guys who may be a bit younger may not understand.You see He was pointing
to his head because what he was telling the crew had two meanings and he wanted you to
think about it.
The girl is smart and has a good head and brains but…she also has a good head and
brains if you know what I mean….Lets just say head and brain are slang terms used for
uhh something else.
So there you have it!
Roll Safe has gone from being a character on a web series who enjoys girls with good
head and brains and has become a meme that shares the knowledge we didn’t know we needed
to know.
But Hey!!!
That’s the internet for you and on the internet memes are king!!!
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Who is Roll Safe? The history and origin of the black guy pointing / tapping his head meme

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