"10 Guy," famous for being super stoned in online photo, reflects on a decade of meme stardom
“10 Guy” is a relic of a bygone internet when memes could thrive from sources as simple and pure as a photo of the slackened face and unfocused eyes of a man stoned out of his mind. While online culture has moved on from celebrating funny expressions as the height of shared comedy, the people behind the memes have bided their time, waiting for the right moment to return to the spotlight.
10 Guy, for example, has now decided to mark a solid decade of existing as anonymous photographic shorthand for being absolutely totaled by now coming forth to share the story behind his meme.
Following the launch of a YouTube video and social media accounts where he’s unveiled himself as a man who is, in fact, capable of fully opening his eyes, Connor “10 Guy” Sinclair has now begun sharing his story. In an interview with Know Your Meme, Sinclair, who grew up in Northern Ireland, explains that the famous picture was taken while he was on a trip in Ibiza, Spain in 2011 with a bunch of friends. One of them, a woman named Emma, took the photo “probably like three or four days in” when he “was definitely a bit worse for wear.”