英語圏のミームって日本語圏に全然知られてないよね。安倍晋三がガン決まった顔で「セックスをしなさい」と言ってくるというミームがあるらしい。

こっちのミームも知ってください〜‼️

I honestly wonder how come they’ve chosen Abe for the qrazy sex-promoter in the meme, rather than other leaders of nations. If you’re an X-user in Anglosphere and know why plz lemme know that.

Great thanks to you all for sharing information! Why Japan? → ’cuz it’s the most famous for its declining birth rate. Why Abe? (rather than any other Japanese PMs that’ve also dealt with birth rate issues.) → ’cuz he’s also known for his anime-promoting policies.

I really like how people from different countries get similarly qrazy when they enjoy memes, especially those that make fun of politicians.

One more question: what’s ‘See you, space cowboy’? They often say the phrase when they refer to the meme. I’ve learnt that it came from ‘Cowboy Bebop’, but does that anime or the phrase have sth to do with Abe or the idea of promoting sex? (like, associated to cowboy position?)

@amapichannel correct. funny simply for being a somber anime way to say "peace out"

@amapichannel A similar Western internet slang you might find interesting is "Press F to pay respects" which came from a Call of Duty game where you have to push a button at your friend's funeral. It was ridiculed when it came out but now has become a legitimate way to express sadness online.

@amapichannel This is cool you learned about why he's a meme here. He's not a meme because we make fun of him, but because we like his message.

@amapichannel I just want you to know, reading through your discovery of this meme has been a delight. See you space cowboy 🫡

@amapichannel This is the kind of thing that I find most fun. I'm sure there are so many funny memes that are locked behind language barriers or cultural differences and when you can finally find them it's so interesting to see how different places approach topics 😂

@amapichannel Yeah that is why this meme was either created or became popular after Abe's assassination. It's used for whenever there is a piece of Japanese media that promoted having children because they are cute or fulfilling ect. Example is Spy x Family

@amapichannel My favorite usage of that phrase is in Titanfall 2 as the message the mecha gives the player when they eject and get jettisoned to the sky as their Mecha explodes under them

@amapichannel Lmao

@amapichannel This makes me intensely curious about japanese memes about American politics

@amapichannel an aspect of this meme that i think even most westerners miss is that "see you space cowboy" was really common to see/say on 4chan specifically, which of course is western futaba channel.

@amapichannel Memes should be easier to share thorughout the world. They're the dna of the soul

@amapichannel I don’t know who you are but you are a treasure 🇺🇸 🤝 🇯🇵

@amapichannel Cowboy Bebop was much more popular in America than in Japan if i remember the history of it's release correctly. i could be wrong though.

@amapichannel *gets out notepad* make position called "space cowboy"

@amapichannel This was a nice, wholesome fact finding thread. Also, I just found a lot of the replies funny

@amapichannel Cowboy Bebop was REALLY big with many online people, and was one of the first anime that became popular in the United States, alongside Dragonball Z, Evangelion, and others in the early 2000's. For many Westerners, "See You Space Cowboy" is one of the best known "anime" phrases.

@amapichannel "Abe's not promoting any particular sex position" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@amapichannel Thank you for wanting to ask about the memes and just generally spread understanding. Seeing people come together to explain cultural things like this was really wholesome and nice to see. ありがとう ！

@amapichannel The phrase “See you, Space Cowboy” does come from Cowboy Bebop, but the phrase “Space Cowboy” was created by the Steve Miller Band in 1969. It originally meant a drug user, but can also refer to a cowboy-like character who is in space (Spike Spiegel, Han Solo, Starlord, etc.).

@amapichannel I might be wrong but the way you ask questions and then directly summarize the answers feels very Japanese. I don't see anyone else doing it this way, but it's enjoyable.