# Origin of the "slow clap" meme? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662 "2009-07-11T09:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662/21 "2009-07-14T05:48:29Z")
Why wouldn’t I own it? Why wouldn’t I admit it? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662/22 "2009-07-14T17:41:33Z")
\*\* Not Another Teen Movie\*\* is my favorite Teen Movie. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662/23 "2009-07-17T22:33:50Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Why wouldn’t I own it? Why wouldn’t I admit it? It’s one of my favorite movies, but I think we’re in the minority in that everyone- at least everyone I talk to- thinks it’s among the dumbest movies ever. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662/24 "2009-07-18T02:41:19Z")
Perhaps they’re the dumb ones, then, for not realizing that it’s a parody. Or a satire, whichever is more apt. Unless they know that, but they still think it fails as satire/parody? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662.md?page=1)