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Le Nodding Man

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About

Le Nodding Man, also known as *Nods Respectfully Towards You*, is a parody rage comic illustration mocking a tweet addressed to indie game developer Zoe Quinn by United Kingdom-based engineer Marc Threadingham. The character is similar to other poorly-drawn parodies of rage comics and advice animals, including Coaxed Into a Snafu and Nice MayMay Man.

Origin

On August 18th, 2014, Threadingham posted a tweet to Quinn urging her to stand her ground in the face of criticism she was receiving after her ex boyfriend published an expose blog post about her alleged affairs with several men. The action cue used in the tweet "*nods respectfully toward you*" was mocked by Quinn’s critics as an example of “white knight” behavior. Threadingham subsequently protected his tweets from being viewed by the public. A rage comic-style illustration of Threadingham with the caption “le nodding man” began circulating online that same day.



Spread

On August 19th, the @NodsRespectfully Twitter[2] feed was launched, which tweets the phrase "*nods respectfully towards you*" to various Twitter users and features the Le Nodding Man illustration as a profile picture.



On August 23rd, Tumblr[3] user satorukimukobayahi submitted an image macro featuring an illustration of Threadingham, referring to him as “The Nodding Man of Respect” (shown below, left). On the following day, Redditor jaycrew submitted an animated GIF of the 4chan /v/ (video games) board character Vivian James tipping a fedora with the caption "nods respectfully" to the /r/justneckbeardthings[4] subreddit (shown below, right).



Search Interest

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External References

[1]Twitter – @Marcoos93

[2]Twitter – @NodsRespectfully

[3]Tumblr – satorukimu

[4]Reddit – Nods Respectfully


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