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About

Ugandan Duke is the nickname given to a delineation of the grapheme Duke from the Sonic franchise created by YouTuber Gregzilla, which is often used as an avatar past players in the multiplayer game VRChat who repeat phrases similar "do yous know the way" and memes associated with the country Uganda, most notably the pic Who Killed Helm Alex? and Zulul. The graphic symbol is associated with the expression "do you lot know the way", which is typically spoken in a mock African accent and phonetically spelled as "do you know de wey." Forth with the question in hand a VR user will get-go making "spitting" sounds, followed by a "mob like" mentality. Unsuspecting VRchat users fall victim to Ugandan Knuckles "promise" of showing "de wey". Just followed past a mass trolling.

Origin

On August 7th, 2016, YouTuber VirtuallyVain uploaded footage of himself roleplaying an African drug lord in the game Call of Duty: Blackness Ops, proverb lines like "Follow me, I know the style" (shown below). Inside 2 years, the video accumulated 10.5 million views and 17,900 comments.

On February 20th, 2017, YouTuber Gregzilla uploaded a review of the 2013 platformer game Sonic Lost World, which featured a parody animation of the character Duke (shown beneath, left). The video afterward gave rise to the Duke Sings remix serial.

Fans of the Twitch streamer Forsen unremarkably reference various jokes related to Ugandan warriors while playing the game PlayerUnknown'south Battlegrounds. Additionally, viewers have been known to stream snipe his channel while yelling various Uganda-related memes. On September 15th, DeviantArtist^[3] tidiestflyer released a 3D model based on Gregzilla'southward Knuckles depiction (shown beneath).

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On December 22nd, YouTuber Stahlsby uploaded a video titled "You Practice Not Know the Way," in which a swarm of VRChat players wearing Ugandan Knuckles avatars troll other players by making clicking noises and saying "You do non know the way" (shown below, correct).

The line "you lot do not know the way" is believed to be inspired by a line in Who Killed Captain Alex? in which a character says "He knows the way of using a gun" (shown beneath).

Spread

On December 23rd, 2017, YouTuber SoyerCake published another VRChat video of various players wearing Ugandan Knuckles avatars (shown below, left). On December 28th, 2017, YouTuber TanksBlast uploaded a like VRChat video titled "Ugandan Knuckles Tribe" (shown below, right).

On January 1st, 2018, YouTuber Syrmor uploaded a VRChat video titled "Do You Know the Style" (shown below). Inside 48 hours, the video gained over 199,000 views and 170 comments. On January 3rd, Redditor JebusMcAzn submitted TanksBlast's "Ugandan Duke Tribe" video to /r/youtubehaiku,^[1] where it received more 400 points (93% upvoted) and 25 comments within 12 hours. On January 5th, Ebaumsworld^[4] published an article about the meme titled "Ugandan Knuckles Is A Hilarious Meme That's Taken Gaming By Storm."

On January seventh, DeviantArtist tidiestflyer updated the 3D model page with a disclaimer urging viewers to "not utilize this to bug the users of VRChat."

"Please do non use this to bug the users of Vrchat. Its customs means a lot to me and information technology would hurt me to encounter the rights of other users taken abroad and possibly restricted because of how out of hand it tin go. Showing off their creativity and what they are capable of. For me….. I'one thousand in college and don't take a lot of time to get on like I would like to anymore… I retrieve making this and thinking… Well it could be funny to show off to my friends and perhaps mess with users. But I've learned what kind of things I'yard actually capable of making. Its always fun to be the 1 with models no one else has access to. Considering I tin can make anything that I want to be. Its like….. Its like that special place for me. To go away from the existent globe and be someone I'yard non….. But correct at present. Vrchat has go a meme basis and I feel I take helped to dig a grave for Vrchat. Soon plenty people are gunna get tired of all the memes that now pollute the servers. And with 500 people trying to just savor an outcome, they cant considering in that location only isnt plenty moderation to concur down the rampant amounts of memers. And so delight…. Retrieve about the users that you're playing with. Before they are all gone… Don't permit it be a 2nd Second Life."

The following solar day, Ebaumsworld^[v] published an commodity title "Ugandan Duke Creator Says The Meme Has Gotten Out Of Mitt." The tidiestflyer update was subsequently removed.

Racism Accusations

The Ugandan Knuckles grapheme has been defendant of promoting ethnic and racial stereotypes against Africans, though defenders of the meme accept claimed the graphic symbol is merely based on an appreciation for Who Killed Helm Alex? and Wakaliwood cinema. On January 20th, 2018, YouTuber Drift0r published a video titled "Is Ugandan Knuckles Racist?" (shown below).

On Jan 24th, 2018, Kotaku^[7] published an article titled "Racist Jokes Keep Showing Up In Overwatch League Broadcasts," which referred to Ugandan Knuckles as "a meme that became racist for reasons that are excruciating to explicate." The post-obit 24-hour interval, a similar article titled "Racist Ugandan Knuckles Meme Spreads to Overwatch, Esports" was published past The Daily Dot.^[eight]

Razer Tweet

On January 27th, 2018, the gaming company Razer tweeted a client-created image featuring a swarm of Ugandan Knuckles characters accompanied past the caption "Razer is de wey" (shown below).

RAZER Follow @Razer 1. We didn't make this, so don't give us any of that tired "fellow kids" bs. 2. It's still January, and this is a January meme. People are still hyped. It's gonna be ok my dudes. Thanks chrispinedahtx for making this! RAZER IS DE WEY 2:14 PM-27 Jan 2018 485 Retweets 2,786 Likes 0傳e- text

In response, Twitter users began accusing the company of promoting racism by posting the Ugandan Knuckles meme (shown below). Meanwhile, the tech news site Gizmodo^[6] published an article titled "Does Razer Know It Posted a Racist Meme?"

That day, Razer tweeted that they had removed the postal service after discovering that "the meme may have negative undertones" (shown beneath).

@Razer We shared a tweet from a member of our community. It was highlighted to us that the meme shared may have negative undertones.We reached out to the user who clarified he was unaware of the connotations and had no ill-will Both parties decided it best to remove the content. 11:04 PM 27 Jan 2018 72 Retweets 1,372 Likes Tweet your reply RAZER@Razer Jan 27 We will endeavor to be more mindful of memes in the future and we thank those whom have brought it to our attention.Be cool to each other online, and IRL. That is truly the way. text font

Jan 2019 Jokes

In Dec of 2018, pop posts appeared on meme-based subreddits encouraging a revival of Ugandan Duke in January of 2019 in order to troll /r/funny. On December 16th, me_irl user marshmallowhonney posted a dam edit of Ugandan Knuckles preparing to flood the subreddit, gaining over 13,000 points (shown below, left). It was reposted to /r/MemeEconomy^[nine] later that twenty-four hours, gaining over 12,000 points. Jokes about the impending revival appeared on various subreddits over the following few days. For case, an Owl Turd Comix parody most the revival gained over twenty,000 points on /r/PewDiePieSubmissions (shown below, right). The trend was inquired about on /r/OutOfTheLoop^[10] on the 18th.

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Dec 2021 Resurgence

In late 2021, hype surrounding the release of Sonic the Hedgehog ii inspired a resurgence in Ugandan Duke memes on Reddit, mainly because of the addition of Knuckles into the cinematic universe voiced by role player Idris Elba. When the movie's beginning trailer was posted on social media to platforms like Twitter,^[11] it received roughly 84,200 likes over half-dozen days. A meme format chosen Exercise I Look Like I Demand Your Power? emerged from the trailer which used Knuckles' scene within the trailer as its reference.

The beginning meme in December 2021 to reference Ugandan Duke in conjunction with the new Sonic motion picture was posted to Reddit by Redditor^[17] MikeTony713 on Dec 12th. The meme (shown below) received 28 likes over three days' time.

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Inspired past the "Practice I Look Like I Need Your Ability?" format, Redditor^[12] ProAssassin666 was the first to remix Ugandan Knuckles into the new format. The meme (shown beneath) was posted on December 13th, 2021, and received roughly 33,800 upvotes over 2 days.

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Inspired by the above meme, multiple Ugandan Knuckles memes started ironically re-emerging beyond Reddit. For instance, Redditor^[xiii] mayonnaise219 posted a meme on December 13th (shown beneath, left) depicting a grave digger digging upwards "Ugandan Duke" from the grave. The post amassed roughly 8,200 upvotes over ii days. Redditor^[xiv] TheRetroVideoGamer as well posted a meme (shown below, correct) that received roughly half-dozen,300 likes over ii days. It showed Ugandan Duke as the "720p" version of Sonic 2's Knuckles.