The meme’s point is simple and easy to parse: An oblivious dude comically mistakes one thing for another thing. In fact, this meme has been making the rounds for years, in various iterations - but it’s surfaced over the past month or so in a specific form, as part of a specific contemporary trend in meme-making. look, you get the idea) has emerged as the meme of the moment thanks to a mix of social media drift and an odd cultural zeitgeist. If this describes you, then you’re not alone: “Is This a Pigeon?” (alternately dubbed the Anime Butterfly meme, Confused Anime Dude, Oblivious Anime Guy, or. And at times you might be so discombobulated that the only way you can express your nebulous sense of disorientation is with a screencap of a male anime character pointing confusedly to a butterfly, inexplicably asking, “Is this a pigeon?” KYM Reality manipulation and fake news are rampant.
