Meme: “You are on the Internet and you are in reality”

The Kotaku blog, which in addition to computer games specializes in the culture of Asian countries, talked about a popular Japanese meme called “You are on the Internet - you are in reality.”

Jokes on this topic make fun of netizens who feel and appear more confident in online communication than in reality.

Most often, to create a popular picture of this format, you need to successfully select two photos. Under the left should be the signature “You are on the Internet” (ネット上のお前ら), and under the right - “You are in reality” (現実のお前ら).

By 2015, thousands of similar images had been published on the Japanese Internet.

A similar meme has long existed on the Western Internet, but it compares not two images of one person, but two people with each other.

There is also a meme with similar comparisons on the Russian-language Internet.

You won’t believe it, but this is Jack Nicholson in the DPR pic.twitter.com/fHuS91sodK

— sam (@vicesam) June 1, 2015

You won’t believe it, but this is the Minister of Education of the DPR. pic.twitter.com/UMFcxxZo6X

— Everything is Bad (@sranysovok) September 13, 2015

You won't believe it, but this is a selfie stick in the DPR pic.twitter.com/tjpbmO5MZF

— Shred (@ShredGuard) August 1, 2015

You won't believe it, but this is Mad Max in the DPR. pic.twitter.com/GyVbxKnvkg

— Everything is Bad (@sranysovok) June 30, 2015

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