Blinking White Guy

The origin of the "Blinking White Guy" meme comes from a 2013 episode of Giant Bomb's "Unprofessional Fridays" series. In this episode, Drew Scanlon reacts by blinking twice in surprise when his colleague Jeff Gerstmann makes a joke saying, "farming with my hoe." This reaction was turned into a GIF and was first used in 2015 on the NeoGAF forum.

This meme gained widespread popularity on Twitter in February 2017. A tweet by the user @eskbl, who used the GIF to express their reaction in a biology class, went viral with over 50,000 retweets, leading to its rapid spread. Since then, the GIF has been used in numerous tweets, solidifying its place as a well-known meme.

The "Blinking White Guy" meme by Drew Scanlon is mainly used to express surprise, disbelief, or confusion. It is often paired with text to depict this reaction and is frequently seen on social media platforms like Twitter. Scanlon has also leveraged his meme fame for charitable causes, raising over $30,000 for multiple sclerosis (MS) research.