Stephen A. Smith’s Famous ‘TAke A Look, Y’all’ Tweet Got The Nike Kaepernick Ad Meme Treatment


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Stephen A. Smith oftentimes finds himself on the receiving end of jokes. It is a testament to him that he seems to generally be cool with them, even if those jokes happen because of something that Smith does, whether it be on ESPN, a soap opera, or social media. He is a provocateur, and like most provocateurs, he knows that he has to be able to take punches as hard as he throws them.

For example, in May of 2015, Smith sent out this tweet.

I love this dearly. It is, in every sense of the word, a work of art, and it has been the butt of both jokes and admiration from all corners of the internet. Some of the things that make it an exemplary tweet: The unnecessary capitalization in the word “take”; the use of the word “y’all”; the invitation to the Twitter masses to look at what he is trying to post; the lack of an image and, instead, text to indicate he wanted to put a jpeg there; the fact that it was never deleted and lives on in internet infamy, and no one has any idea exactly what Smith was trying to post; his one reply to something someone said about the tweet, which implies that he legitimately has no idea what is happening or why someone found humor in it in the first place.

Honestly, if not for the Joe Biden/Liquid Swords tweet, this might be my favorite tweet.

The fact that Smith keeps it up implies that he’s in on the joke, but if there was any doubt, that was erased in the wee hours of Friday morning. Smith capitalized on the latest meme format making rounds on social media — edited versions of Nike’s new Colin Kaepernick advertisement — and posted this image.

It is not clear if Smith made this on his own or, more likely, someone else made it and he decided to make it on his own. I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the Kap meme, just because it has been oversaturated in a short amount of time, but this is a fun little twist that I do enjoy. Also, the picture of Smith looking equal parts intrigued and bewildered makes me laugh.

Regardless, this is more proof that Smith is perpetually aware and in on the joke, and a reminder that while we may never know what IMG_4346.jpeg is, it will live on forever.

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