Behind the “blinking guy”, this ultra-famous gif shared more than a billion times on the Internet, hides a man, who decided to use the notoriety of his face to serve a good cause. The opportunity to return to the origins of this face, which has become viral in spite of itself.
Funny notoriety for this man, who could undoubtedly have been easily enriched thanks to this face known by almost all Internet users on the planet. But Drew Scalon, philanthropist, instead chose to ride the popularity of his gif, a short animated loop video, to work for a good cause.
More of $ 150,000 collected
Thus, he recently shared his gif on his Twitter account, asking his followers to donate, however small, for research aimed at fighting multiple sclerosis. “If this GIF has brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider donating to the National MS Society,” Drew Scalon wrote.
Hi Internet! I’m Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!Donate at https://t.co/JkdnTG7DCO pic.twitter.com/E0ChZ9brNL— Drew Scanlon (@drewscanlon) September 15, 2021
According to Usa Today , this call for donations allowed at the “blinking guy”, translate the blinking man, to raise over $ 75,000 and break his record of nearly $ 34,000 in 2019, the first time he used the meme to raise funds. In total, he has raised over $ 154,000 for the organization since 2016.
A gritty joke behind the gif
Producer for a company that develops video games, Drew Scalon is particularly sensitive to this cause since people close to him have multiple sclerosis. Now 35, his face went viral in 2013, when during a filmed online game, a friend gave him a gritty joke, resulting in that disbelieving expression on his part. A user of the site on which this small yet banal scene took place, transformed the sequence into a gif, whose notoriety quickly exceeded all expectations, tells Usa Today.
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