Man behind iconic 10 Guy meme reveals his identity after a decade

The picture of the ‘10 Man’ is likely one of the most recognizable web memes of the final decade, and the person behind the gag has lastly revealed himself after so lengthy.

Connor Sinclair revealed himself as the ten Man, aka Stoner Stanley or Actually Excessive Man, a meme that was born then thrived on Reddit earlier than spilling onto the remainder of the web in 2011. It grew to become one of the accessible memes for issues a stoner would say, calling out a easy blunder, and extra.

The meme caught hearth on the r/bushes subreddit, taking over the [10] reference for the extent of excessive he within the picture, and escalated from there. The meme closely invaded all the pieces together with finance boards, sports activities, and group chats all over the place.

Now in 2021, Sinclair has stepped into the highlight and has plans for the basic meme, particularly with NFTs making an increase.

“I believed now could be an ideal time to return ahead and possibly provide you with a little bit of a behind the scenes look of the person behind the meme,” Sinclair stated in his YouTube video. “In any case I wouldn’t be doing this in any respect if it wasn’t for the web sharing all the pieces so I believed it might be an ideal factor to do.”

In a dialog with Knowyourmeme, Sinclair stated that it took him so lengthy to disclose himself as a result of he “wasn’t snug about it once I was youthful and learning, if it might need affected my profession.”

He was 18 on the time, and was simply beginning college when the meme went extremely viral. Apparently, the meme has helped him greater than damage.

The legendary 10 Man meme has been floating round on the web since 2011.

Sinclair did an ideal job retaining nameless till now, however admits that some folks figured him out, together with his accomplice of six years who’d requested him for a photograph after recognizing the meme’s star.

Sinclair expects to launch extra content material concerning the man behind the meme quickly. He had hinted about promoting an NFT for the ten Man meme, with different viral posts cashing in on their fame for a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars}.