I Accidentally Became a Meme: Disappointed Black Guy

• I Accidentally Became ... ← I Accidentally Became A Meme (25 Episodes)
When Ted Dorfeuille decided he'd make a video game tier list on his blog, he had no idea it would lead him face to face with the darker side of the internet. Follow Ted's various channels here: linktr.ee/tedi...
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[@potatomatop9326]

This legend has ascended to his final form with hair and a beard.

[@chikin.nugglets]

lol ejnjkniudbhfdduhvvdeuhbjidehchedgcuuherufberuhfbedyfhernifjbrehufberjifbefjinfjirenvjiefhvhugerhufgrwhfnerjifhjernffjiuiechefjkcnejkfbckjefbcjkebvjkbjchefjkcbfeukhjkjkefnvjkfrnvjkfebvjkbefyufbrfjkvnfuekhvjefnvkjbefjkvhufeihvjrfnvjkefnjkvnefijvnjifebvhiefbvjdenjfnedkomfkoedmfkoejjifhefuifhfeuihfefuigfiuefg

[@abhishekporwal9540]

he looks cool with beard. Can make a meme again with same positivity.

[@numiracle.valued]

Cant wait till this happens to JJ

[@IllIllIllIllIII]

Don't forget the glasses 👓

[@blueyeee8959]

Meanwhile JJ....

[@almightysosa8168]

everyone can agree that this is a 10/10 meme

[@SexLuthor]

And r/memes is still using it lol

[@trinity6880]

yup

[@reicaat]

😃 - you beat the boss 😟 - theres a phase 2

[@SunIsLost]

Yes

[@SunIsLost]

@@SexLuthor yea lol

[@stev6963]

So he literally created his own meme instead of the internet creating it for him. Respect. But it’s really sad to learn the darker places some of these come from.

[@steevehoyoufat9155]

Indeed.

[@lynnie9726]

Did you see the woman yelling at the cat? It’s so dark

[@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven]

@@lynnie9726 yeah

[@mercenarytao-dc]

Yh

[@Abdullah-wi1iy]

@@lynnie9726 wait really

[@gardenofeden6404]

This man took something super negative and made it something that we can all enjoy. Mad respect man

[@pepperoniproductions69]

yeah you tell em "screw racism"

[@c_elestion]

yeah u go girl screw racism

[@degamispoudegamis]

Two basement dwellers that have never touched a woman have replied

[@pepperoniproductions69]

@@degamispoudegamis lmao i agree it’s wrong to label him by disappointed black guy but saying “screw racism” isn’t doing anything and it’s funny

[@idamsplays1573]

@QuagmireFeels 𓀐𓂸 can't even spell lmfaooo

[@LonghornsLegend]

Usually people get a meme made out of them this guy literally made himself a meme and it blew😂😂👏🏾

[@aazhie]

Is this black excellence? seriously though, he also seems like a really cool person, clearly a good sense of self and humor :)

[@AABloodyAA]

@@aazhie who?

[@Comicalamityclub]

Love it

[@imwinningthisone7613]

This sentence was very hard to read

[@imwinningthisone7613]

​@@aazhie "black excellence" is blatant racism

[@sakurafalls2468]

Imagine getting offended by someone's personal tier list 💀

[@hajo5400]

You underestimate how petty humans can be.

[@judabug323]

If you’ve seen any popular tier list you wouldn’t have to imagine finding someone like that lol

[@route77productions]

@@hajo5400 I love how you said "how humans can be" and not "us humans."🤔

[@tommyvercetti891]

Turdricans.

[@raseruuu3742]

"A necessary evil for this meme to exist"

[@DGFTardin]

As he said, I never thought of this meme as disappointed black guy, just disappointed guy.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

I never even thought a name for it, or any meme, for that matter

[@7lovessomemusic]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one.

[@ruwailali8542]

I've always called it the meme where the guy loses his smile

[@thayspamacheno628]

Well yeah you doing nobody a favor

[@pemanilnoob]

I felt kinda *dissapointed* when I saw that in the title

[@straightjacket308]

To the guy that attacked this guy and made him famous: congratulations, you just played yourself.

[@davisjones7137]

He is disappointed no more

[@rahimbenn8263]

what is more impressive is that he actually created the meme himself

[@nabsyb2610]

Yes, most others were taken by other people and it accidentally became a meme but he created it himself and post..because I think he took it from a video recording and cut the smile part and the surprise part and put it together and you know exactly what it means without any explanation..He didn’t accidentally became a meme, I’d say, he created a meme..

[@doxxy4113]

like a meta-meme, Abed Nadir would hate it

[@edd2184]

If this dude was on the Final Fantasy tier list he would be S class and above. Negativity and hatred was thrown his way. He countered, turned it into a meme.

[@Gobble640]

Ted Dorfay used: Meme Attack! Opponent is embarrassed!

[@TravelingOnStardust]

This could be someone’s worst nightmare or an amazing opportunity to launch something bigger! I love this series!

[@Mereaux]

Meme

[@almightysosa8168]

it's sad that you can witness racism everywhere

[@TheSuperBoyProject]

@@almightysosa8168 it's good

[@SillySymphonyXD]

@@TheSuperBoyProject 12 year old internet connections should be separated so that idiots like you don't get mixed up with normal people

[@LynR.M.1378]

@@TheSuperBoyProject what?

[@pointbreak125]

Lmao THAT'S him?? He looks like a totally different person now.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Same with the roll safe think smart guy.

[@almightysosa8168]

yea cuz the meme was already 9 years ago

[@JoelJr1995YYZ]

That’s how time works.

[@casper8849]

@@JoelJr1995YYZ time sucks then... It should take a vacation or something

[@JoelJr1995YYZ]

@@casper8849 I think the last two years in a covid lockdown has been a good enough time stopper.

[@GlennDavey]

Gotta say, this sounds like intentionally becoming a meme, but accidentally going VIRAL. Which... good on him.

[@ringsofblayze4026]

Balance

[@ehinomeokojie5747]

Very correct

[@sithlordsoup]

This man has helped so many serotonins all over the world.

[@vFivecube]

Shot up alot of dopamines too!

[@houseplant1016]

? Explain please?

[@vFivecube]

@@houseplant1016 look up serotonin and dopamine

[@Hugs_is_where_its_at]

So technically he didn’t “accidentally” become a meme…

[@adomin2264]

It just got out of hand and became way more prominet than he expected lol.

[@underwaterdick]

Like quite a few people featured in this series.

[@coolfeet1]

Its very hard to achieve the definition of a meme purposefully, especially by yourself. He made it into a joke, but the definition of meme is an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means. 2. an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. You yourself can't make yourself a meme purposefully, because it involves it being spread and altered. So he was still correct in saying he accidentally became a meme, as I doubt he meant for the format to be spread so much

[@FumeiYuusha]

@@coolfeet1 Yeah, exactly. You can create a picture of a joke and upload it to the internet, but for it to become a meme, it has to basically go viral, leave an imprint on culture. Which it definitely did.

[@maiden5427]

How long ago did he do that tier list.

[@thatsbrujaafrikana]

This meme is LEGEND 🙌🏾 I sent this meme to my boss when she told me I had to fill in for her for a week. I sent it bc I was NOT prepared to be in charge and she laughed and forwarded it to HR and it somehow became the reaction meme for everyone who felt unprepared for promotion.

[@neverlast4899]

damn. 11 years and this meme is still used

[@JGProductions6581]

I didn’t know it was that old lel. I’ve probably got so used it being used nowadays that I forgot it was that old lel.

[@Bryan-b1r2i]

Wow 11 years, basically eternity

[@mateush.]

i had no idea the disappointment came from a racist slur… im so sorry for ted

[@raccoonssmell4767]

“Disappointed black guy” ✋😭

[@Paulasland]

Lázaro Ramos (the Brazilian actor who they thought was him), it’s an amazing guy and wonderful actor and you look like an awesome guy too!

[@joann3190]

This meme and the "Stop lying" meme are legends. Lol

[@NoNameX_X0]

He might be a meme but he’s one legendary guy and a legendary meme!

[@sammycivs4151]

That’s crazy that the origin of that meme was barely talked about throughout the years. The racism is serious but now it’s more talked about & im glad he’s a great guy that understands that good people outweigh the hate from that message

[@xthatwhiteguyx]

It's nice that he actually made the meme himself, and it took off.

[@ThreeletterIGN]

I never would’ve guessed “that one guy from that one meme” would be so cool

[@That_Random_British_Dude]

It's really amazing seeing the origins for all these memes! Half of them, I didn't even know their names. Like this one, I never knew was called "Disappointed Black Guy", to me it was the "Disappointed Guy"

[@rachele3334]

Same. I never really thought of them with names, though. They’re just silly pictures that go along with my current situation. It’s been fun learning about the origins of all of these memes. Some are way sadder than I would have thought!

[@Galiant2010]

Same. My Google search that led me to this video was "who is the laughing surprised guy meme"

[@DGFTardin]

Same here

[@whompuschompus7237]

This man is a legend

[@cocomo3141]

.... if I saw him now... I would not recognize him as his meme!!!!!! He seems so cool.

[@heloxiii8894]

damn, the story is even better ! You had a smart response to the nasty message you received What an outstanding move !

[@MrAsmontero]

When you are watching the origin of disapointed black guy. - 😀 When you find out it started with racism. -😧

[@JayzVeez]

All of us are him when watching this video

[@jauxro]

Nothin' more disappointing than a surprise racism

[@SwedishTalkingWolf]

This guy has made me laugh more than all of the guys I've ever meet combined.

[@hakimhayashi]

He seems to me a very honest and warm person. Would love to be friend with him, not with the disappointed black guy :) I was kind of obsessed with Final Fantasy series through my childhood so lol

[@strawcold]

I was so pleasantly surprised when he started talking about Dissidia Final Fantasy. But then the dm with the slur came in and my mood was exactly the meme he created.

[@stevederp9801]

This is such an awesome story. He literally took this awful experience. His reaction was so hilarious because we’ve all been there where you’re all excited for something only for it to be literally the exact opposite of what you wanted

[@QueenZsWorld]

the internet used to be a scary place for Black people... 😅 glad he was able to spin it into a meme. I stopped commenting on youtube when I was 13 cause strangers kept commenting slurs at me when I did... the internet owes a lot of us apologies.

[@LeratoM98]

Damn... Sorry about that. I get that though I came across the same on this other videochat app. It really does!

[@xx-tv2fh]

Why should we apologise for you being black

[@thelonelibra8455]

smh I never experienced racism until I started playing games online, like it was wrong to be black and like games.. I literally had to hide my character in clothes to avoid racism in a few games 🙄

[@mshoney9301]

not as bad but still is tbh

[@c.a.sreacts]

Wow you must have lived in a safe place because the real world is far more dangerous like getting stab, shot, robbed etc

[@namelessone5968]

he made himself a meme..now that's amazing

[@lavane26]

Based on the meme, I don't think I expected him to be so soft-spoken and down-to-earth... I love that meme, and I'm glad he was able to put a fun spin to a negative interaction.

[@k3lvinsWorld]

Well said❤️

[@JGProductions6581]

I was kind of expecting him to sound like the “watch you jet” guy.

[@WorldwideTopTier]

U seem so cute

[@cal31BRIAN23]

And you seem thirsty

[@The_ZeroLine]

I love the explosion 💥 over the 12 Notes. That was hilarious. His meme was SO GOOD though for what he was trying to depict.

[@ShadyLizack]

So sad he had to experience how toxic that community is , but glad this meme paid off later

[@danielleao7601]

LOL Lazaro Ramos is my favorite brazikian black actor, salutes from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@filipe691]

I'm Brazilian and just learned people mistake Lázaro Ramos for him lol

[@bluishblow]

eu fiquei muito surpresa quando apareceu, perdi esse rolê

[@joaopedrodemacedofreitas1928]

Tbm. Ñ fazia a menor a ideia 🤣🤣🤣

[@skyyrodriguez4125]

como que não tem um comentário de brasileiro aqui minha gente? O homem se revelou pra salvar o Lázaro Ramos, amei hahha

[@patrickpereira91]

Scrolei muito pra achar esse comentário. Brasil decepcionando, um Brazil mentioned desses e a galera moscando

[@gabrielandriel8960]

Cara foda

[@BrilliantMin]

Por acaso tem comentários brasileiro mas muitos estão em inglês.

[@luksalter8200]

Né isso

[@debdebee_]

HSHAJAJAJAJAJAJHSHSHA

[@jehkcraw4d]

I love that this guy is a gamer because I use this meme ALLLL THE TIME around E3’s game announcements.

[@charlieprichard6844]

I always assumed the disappointed guy was gonna be english, like the meme just gave me that vibe

[@marcblair3781]

I thought he was British too...

[@MDuarte-vp7bm]

It's cause he looks Nigerian

[@derekchristenson5711]

He may have become known as "Disappointed Black Guy" -- presumably largely due to his name not being known, and his obvious appearance -- but the feelings expressed in that meme are, indeed, universal. We've all been there, getting excited about something that seems VERY positive, only to find out that it was quite the opposite. I always wondered what the original reaction was to, but I will admit that it never occurred to me that it was a reaction to a personal (and totally insane) attack!

[@bluishblow]

i love that he was i fact the first one to use that meme. the situation was awful, but he turned the table as he could

[@stephenbarringer235]

It adds a layer of personal resonance to find out the story behind it, but I think it's the universality of that reaction that made the meme so successful-- we've all had that moment of shock and dismay when something just goes horribly, painfully and unexpectedly wrong on us.

[@DangerousKaos]

I feel this so hard. When you get like an interaction online, you just are like whoa

[@Crazyclay78YT]

3:41 i mean the only one i can think of is the white guy blinking meme

[@salvatoremutuale9751]

He is unrecognizable with the hair, beard and glasses

[@Mskittenlover12]

I think this is the first one I've seen where the person memed themselves first.

[@EFOOTBALL_SNIPPETS]

This was the most iconic meme

[@zzzcocopepe]

he's so cute. a little sappy but trustworthy

[@WynneL]

Okay, this is really cool to know and I love that he accidentally MADE HIMSELF a meme by sharing his life experience, rather than it being done to him like in many other cases--but can we also talk about how cute he and that girl are dancing together at 2:35? I wanna see that whole video; it is ADORABLE and they are killing it.

[@neighbor2845]

As a Brazilian, I always pictured your meme as Lázaro Ramos there, it's just so looking like. lol

[@C.G.Souza_]

Yes, they look a lot alike in that meme but I never really mistook them both, I've always known that it wasn't a brazilian meme just by looking at it. 🇧🇷 [21/07/22]

[@giodude92]

He created one of my favourite memes on the Internet. What a legend!

[@UneFemmeSansNom]

I LOVE this series. Best idea Buzzfeed has had

[@Milovely]

What a legend! Infinity meme that will never be out of style :)

[@MU-we8hz]

So, this legend created his own meme by putting a punk in his place? I take my hat off for this. Legend!!!!

[@Vaelin404]

He seems like such a sweet and genuine guy

[@johnpaulnatividad]

he is the only meme guy that wasnt accidental

[@Dropz_RSA]

I can't stop watching these. The back stories are a reality check

[@SuryaPrakash-ld9cb]

Bro memed himself💀

[@derrickhewitt6171]

His meme is the ULTIMATE microcosm of everyday life as a black man in America.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

Yeah..of course it is 🙄

[@TEWMUCH]

It's crazy that he memified himself.! That is very rare I thought lol 😆

[@FrantzVissarionovitch]

i did not expected Lazaro to be releated to this meme somehow HAHAHAHA

[@SofiaJurado1993]

This man is an internet legend.

[@JeromeProductions]

now that's how you turn a negative into a positive

[@ramonlrey99com]

I'm just happy this dude is into Final Fantasy, my favorite video game franchise

[@joaopedrocalheirosmiranda9383]

He looks like a really chill guy to be friends with. Mad respect for him!

[@andrewmwape3809]

Can't imagine him regreting that meme is legendary 🤣

[@nabsyb2610]

That one message changed his life forever..

[@baddiecentral22]

Maybe the real meme are the friends we made along the way

[@K.nd3]

I was hoping to see this in the comments lol

[@Bushido1389]

0:18 my guy killing it with that functioning controller

[@jabberwocky3269]

Yo he has no business being that cute

[@Nostra.-.]

PAUSEEEEE

[@jabberwocky3269]

@@Nostra.-. aaannd resume 🙄

[@doesnotFempute]

for real!!! High key daddy 👀👀👀

[@FlavihSouza]

He seems so humble and shy.

[@franksea39]

“disappointed black guy” is crazy 💀💀

[@TheRealReasonYourDadLeft]

That's the name of the meme tho

[@wholethedogsout880]

thats the name of the meme....

[@sentbyangels]

ikr

[@gerbendekker3273]

He dun seem so crazy to me, just an average guy tbh

[@afterburn2600]

A common theme between all of these seems to be a lack of humanization from the internet viewers and commentors surrounding the memes.

[@bhaskarjyoti]

This guy's a legend 😂

[@tanmaytikle8521]

I hate to see how many memes have dark origins The cat lady one broke my heart

[@Viivlet]

So the meme started by himself.. Man is a legend

[@theredsamuraiAlbion]

as a brasilian i got surprised by lazaro ramos just popping into the story lol

[@Gabriel-all]

Yes ahahaha

[@hiccups6531]

those people from his college be like: "I KNEW IT WAS HIM"

[@xSkysilver]

His meme is really funny in a lot of situations, it's why it's so popular

[@betty-sv9le]

*When you forget a meme is actually a living person*

[@gaffuwachira8508]

A big thank you from all the Meme lords in Kenya,show us your ways master.

[@desaforista]

I know this one as "hot dissapointed guy" but in my language.

[@ultrachadstinctgoku7579]

I finally find out who the "disappointed black guy" is. I'm still laughing when I find out how the meme truly played out. It's sad though. I do understand his view on internet fame but I'm glad he seems to be doing great in life.

[@LynMa80]

I think it's my favorite "Meme guy" so far. He became a meme for a worthwhile reason. He tried to avoid the "fame" coming with it. Finally he owned up to it for altruistic reasons. And he ended up realizing that some good can come from some bad.

[@redmibaabu1958]

This is not a meme It's reality

[@AfiOye]

He’s so articulate. I love it. ❤

[@e.g.o_officialzm]

We can all agree on one thing: when trying to imitate the faces....it's easier to smile and hard to quickly transition to the shocked face

[@Galiant2010]

Yeah, I was surprised at the "name" of the meme, too. I've seen it a lot but never heard to it just get referred to, so in attempting to find it I searched "who is the laughing surprised guy meme" and when it popped up with "Disappointed Black Guy" I felt a little disappointed, like... I don't want to search that just to find that meme in the future. And that was just my instinct, and now hearing him say that bothered him...

[@othinus]

Mad respect to you brov!

[@jeeither]

my man is top tier because he made the meme himself, he just lost control of it.

[@ultrathagawd]

Alternate title: "i intentionally became a meme"

[@indiashante1560]

The fact is about final fantasy has made this s*** even funnier 🤣🤣🤣

[@yasser3268]

My question is: can he still do that expression again?

[@usernotfound162]

They should definitely add that for every person on this series, to make them do the meme at the end of the video

[@Interceptor810]

I hate the video game Community with a passion For this reason

[@tiakushniruk7744]

I absolutely love this series

[@FrancistheBrave]

Me and you both 👌😊