# The "Make a Difference Meme"-Who Started It?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 10, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-a-difference-meme-who-started-it/595823 "2011-09-10T14:35:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-a-difference-meme-who-started-it/595823/1 "2011-09-10T14:35:26Z")

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In the movie “Blackhawk Down”, Josh Hartnet joins the Rangers because “he wants to make a difference”.  
My college alumni association has a section on graduates who “made a difference”.  
My city keeps telling us (the taxpayers) to “stand up and make a difference”.  
Frankly, I’ll be happy to “make a difference”-once I find out what everybody else (those folks who (apparently) are not making a difference) are doing…so that I can be assured that I am indeed “making a difference”.