If there is something you can trust social media networks to come up with, it is in the area of generating new memes from random pictures or photos. Every month this year, we have seen a picture being turned into a viral meme: January gave us the salt bae; February gave us Roll Safe, What in tarnation, I wasn’t counting and surprised guy blinking.
We’re already halfway in the new month and there is a new meme that is currently trending on Twitter. It features a cartoon character (Saitama) from the comic series One Punch Man where he is shown in a pose where he has his hand on his chest with his head angled on the side which looks like the one people do when they are defending themselves.
Well, Twitter was set alight by the meme and people were quick to hop on the trend.
Me? Leave power?
"WHO? ME? LEAVE POWER? ME?" pic.twitter.com/GkplqCJHp2
— Nuwaha™️ (@Nuwaha17) March 14, 2017
Meanwhile in an MPESA agent shop
mpesa agent: "Mimi nikakwambia utoe pesa mimi?" pic.twitter.com/2znET1p9xR
— FishpetᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠNick (@nicksitima) March 14, 2017
How touts argue
Nilisema tao mbao? Mimi? pic.twitter.com/63Be91Ezxp
— Brian Mbunde ™ (@Brianmbunde) March 14, 2017
Makanga….."Mimi nikasema tao thirty?" pic.twitter.com/lg6r5HeuLt
— Coelho (@Paulo_Mbugua) March 13, 2017
Salary cut
“Ati I said I will take a salary cut? Me?” pic.twitter.com/srxxAG9CsG
— Ivar The Boneless (@roomthinker) March 13, 2017
The meme became so popular, brands decided to hop on the gravy train and they used it to show some of the complaints they get.
Safaricom won with this one
Sisi? Mnasema tunakulanga bundles? Sisi? pic.twitter.com/cOLjDpbFRt
— Safaricom PLC (@SafaricomPLC) March 14, 2017
In the case for Safaricom, this led to a retaliation like shown in this tweet
Mimi? Mnasema niko na deni yenu ya Mshwari? Mimi pic.twitter.com/kZ8reFP0gx
— Merc J (@iamMacjay) March 14, 2017
KCB too had this cheeky caption
Sisi? Tukasema uchukue loan na usilipe? Sisi? pic.twitter.com/buaFtU6aZt
— KCB Group (@KCBGroup) March 14, 2017
Kiza Club
'Sisi tukakufreeze? Ata after kutuonyesha ID? Uko na uhakika?' pic.twitter.com/HQjHukA6kW
— Kulture One Africa (@KULTURENairobi) March 14, 2017
Even Tecno Mobile!
Sisi,eti mlisema tunauza pasi badala ya simu,sisi? pic.twitter.com/YL7anh4hau
— TECNO Mobile Kenya (@TECNOMobile254) March 14, 2017
Weetabix Africa with their custom boxes
Sisi? Tukasema tutaweka handle yako kwa box? Uko sure? pic.twitter.com/szcj5tcaTj
— Weetabix East Africa (@WeetabixEA) March 14, 2017
Carlsberg Kenya also joined the party
https://twitter.com/CarlsbergKE/status/841636517554606080
Urban brands
Sisi? Mlisema tunauza hewa? Sisi? pic.twitter.com/hyXVtpIF6R
— Urban Bites (@urbanbites254) March 14, 2017
Well it is official, this Saitama meme has officially been inducted into the meme calendar of the year and will be used forever. So let’s see how long it will take for it to make rounds on your WhatsApp groups.
