Silicon Valley Ryan Gosling: 'Hey Girl' Meme Goes Tech

Ever since the Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling Tumblr blog launched in late 2008, we've been swooning over Ryan Gosling photos overlaid with earnest come-ons like, "Hey girl, I can't wait to meet your parents and all of your friends."

The meme has evolved, spawning Museum Hey Girl ("Hey girl, better make room in your permanent collection because you've just acquired the rights to my heart."), Feminist Ryan Gosling ("Hey girl. It's hard for me to reify Beauvoir's theory of the lost female genius when I'm around you."), Typographer Ryan Gosling ("Hey girl, I agree that Didot and Bodoni look alike, but there are some subtle yet important differences. It's like me and Ryan Reynolds.") and others.

Now you can add to that list Silicon Valley Ryan Gosling, created by writer and artist Lian Amaris. Like the other blogs, SVRG overlays photos of the actor with flirty captions. Unlike the other blogs, these come-ons feature a tech twist. For example, one Silicon Valley-style snapshot shows Gosling standing shirtless at a sink, with a caption that reads, "Hey girl. If you queried #mylove the only result would be you."

Amaris told The Next Web, that her inspiration for SVRJ came from a combination of other Gosling blogs and her own experiences as a recent Silicon Valley transplant. She also explained why Gosling seems to lend himself so readily to memes. "I think it's more than Ryan being just a pretty face -- he is somehow able to reflect back anything we want, or more precisely, we can project anything we want onto him," Amaris said, according to TNW.

Gosling himself has commented on the meme. During an interview with MTV, Gosling read off a few selections and even laughed aloud, though at one point he remarked, "Some of these are funnier than others."

Check out our favorite Ryan Goslings for the tech set in our slideshow below. If you like these, click on over to our slideshow of highlights from the Tumblr classic "When Parents Text," showcasing the most endearingly awkward texting mishaps by moms and dads. You can also take a gander at the best memes from the past decade (here).

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[PopeRatzo]

08:24 PM on 02/11/2012

Just so you know, it's OK to use this language in a trivial story where it's meant to boost some corporate-studio actor's Q rating.

But you still may not use language like this in a political post, where it might actually be appropriate, because it shows anger, and anger threatens the corporate power structure and that's bad, m'kay?

So, to summarize. If it's for-profit, you can use whatever language you like. If it's not-for-profit, you must be very careful of your language, to the point of having to do all sorts of childish misdirection like breaking words into sec tions l ike thi s so the censors don't know you're criticizing the corporate power structure.

Welcome to Free Speech 2.0.

[HaHasforHooHas]

04:00 PM on 01/19/2012

Silicon Valley Ryan Gosling? Let's try "Hey Girl" with a more unexpected actor...Danny Devito.

http://hahasforhoohas.com/hey-girl-almost-feminist-danny-devito/

[Highball]

10:37 PM on 01/05/2012

HA! Funny stuff.

Gosling's an excellent actor, and I think he has good range too. I'm looking forward to seeing him in a lot of movies in the future.

I do wish I looked like him, though. :)

[kinogod]

12:56 PM on 01/05/2012

So huffpo can use FUCK YEAH in their post, so now I can too? Fuck yeah.

[PopeRatzo]

08:21 PM on 02/11/2012

No, you can only use such terms in trivial fame-related posts. You still cannot use such language in any political post, where it is actually warranted.

If it puts money in the pocket of Hollywood, anything goes. If it threatens the power structure of the rich, you better mind your language, young man.

[OnceDeliverance]

08:55 AM on 01/05/2012

Overrated

[LynnW49]

12:57 AM on 01/05/2012

Zzzzzzzz.

[youvebeenflagged]

08:04 PM on 01/04/2012

Ties with Matt Damon for the most overrated actor of his generation

[AgentGrey]

09:07 AM on 01/05/2012

Not at all. He lacks MD's airs of enlightenment, and he doesn't have that over-managed self-conscious energy that MD brings to every role he plays. Obviously they both get extra consideration because of their pretty white faces, but RG is definitely the better actor.

[CabinAgue]

10:09 AM on 01/05/2012

Easily.  He's only going to get better, too.  Which is amazing.

[jacki650]

07:46 PM on 01/04/2012

That is awesome! I JUST suggested this to the Top Tumblrs to Follow list > http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/citychic/top-tumblrs