{"id":"im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that","name":"I'm Gonna Pretend I Didn't See That","summary":"The Ray Charles image macro I'm Gonna Pretend I Didn't See That surfaced on Reddit in late November 2018, pairing a piano-side photo of the blind musician with a caption admitting the poster planned to ignore uncomfortable news. The first version tied Saudi Arabia's execution of a journalist to falling U.S. gas prices and became one of Reddit's most-copied reaction templates of that winter.","tags":["im gonna pretend i didnt see that","ray charles meme","reddit reaction image","willful ignorance meme","2018 memes","dankmemes"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that-ray-charles-piano-source.webp","caption":"The unedited black-and-white photo of Ray Charles at the piano that serves as the base image for the 'I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that' meme.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that-flat-earthers-scientists-meme.webp","caption":"The meme applied to flat earthers ignoring years of scientific research disproving their claims.","width":680,"height":595,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that-parent-radio-pcs-variant.webp","caption":"A variation of the meme where the wording is changed from 'see' to 'hear' to fit a joke about a parent's selective listening to radio segments.","width":680,"height":578,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that-assad-supporters-chlorine-meme.webp","caption":"The format used to critique Assad supporters ignoring the Syrian government's repeated chlorine gas attacks on civilians.","width":680,"height":595,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that-romans-christianity-jesus-meme.webp","caption":"The meme used to joke about Jesus's imagined reaction to the Roman Empire later adopting Christianity as its state religion.","width":680,"height":639,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/im-gonna-pretend-i-didnt-see-that/history.md","related":["roll-safe","spongebob-imma-head-out","no-bitches","bitch-please","crow-of-judgement","and-not-a-single-fuck-was-given-that-day","confused-nick-young","confused-math-lady","blinking-white-guy","monkey-puppet","spanish-laughing-guy","first-time"],"popularityRank":4074,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}