GigaChad is the ultimate Chad-the hypermasculine ideal, the alpha, the most confident meme of a man you’ll find on the internet. The GigaChad meme takes the Chad moniker-that of a big dumb confident man-and ramps it up by a billion (giga). Everybody knows that if you post a GigaChad picture, your opinion is correct. Some still see him as the ultimate alpha who can never be wrong. And to some, being a real GigaChad just means being positive and trusting in yourself.
The iconic GigaChad meme.
GigaChad Meme History
The image that became known as GigaChad is the fruit of an art project called sleekntears, created by the artist Krista Sudmalis. At the time, the person wasn’t known as GigaChad. Ernest Khalimov, also known as the Gigachad, is the perfect human specimen destined to "lead us against the reptilians" and is the God of all chads.
On October 16th, 2017, a photo of Khalimov was submitted to the /pol/ board on 4chan, which described him as "Gigachad. On February 17th, 2018, Redditor ForgottenShark uploaded a photograph of Khalimov titled "Gigachad, the destroyer of virgins" to the /r/Bossfight subreddit.
“Years of Bogdanoff research into genetic augmentation has finally yielded fruit,” reads the post, referencing the Bogdanoff twins, a pair of French celebrity brothers who became memes themselves for their extreme, plastic surgery-altered features. “Behold, the Gigachad. The perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians.
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But while Khalimov has become the public, chiseled face of GigaChad, the real story is more complicated than that. Evidence for that idea (aside from his cartoonish, bicycle-pumped muscles) includes the fact that there are no behind-the-scenes photos of GigaChad’s model like there are for the other models in Sudmalis’ series, as pointed out in an article by Dude Products.
Artur Farad, a fitness model, is a likely candidate for being the real inspiration. A look on his Instagram account shows he does bear a real resemblance to the impossibly square-jawed model.
Is GigaChad Real or Fake? An Investigation Into Ernest Khalimov
Ernest Khalimov’s Opinion on the Memes
Despite the unlikelihood of Khalimov being a real person, the ruse has been maintained over the years. After the GigaChad picture initially went viral, berlin.1969 responded to the attention with a friendly post thanking his fans for the attention.
“Must admit I’m shocked that there are so many of you and that you are not negative … I have nothing to say to you, probably because I look much more interesting from your words,” he wrote. “It’s very flattering and overshadows my commonness. Thanks for the kind words. Thank you for the positive energy. don’t doubt guys I mentally return it to you. Take your time and keep calm. Take care of yourself and your loved ones … Yours faithfully.
“gigachad is real, and humble and he seems like a pretty nice guy. he’s an actual Chad,” wrote one redditor in response.
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Average Fan vs. GigaChad meme format.
Variations and Cultural Impact
Average Fan vs. In March 2021, GigaChad saw a spike in popularity online after a montage of his photographs was used in the video version of Average Fan vs. The video features the sped-up video "itzmefraz episode 7" by YouTube user itz me Fraz as "fan" and a slideshow of GigaChad images as "enjoyer." The video features the song Can You Feel My Heart by Bring Me The Horizon.
Riffing on the idea that posting an image of GigaChad automatically makes everything you say correct, a smiling devil-may-care version of the meme was integrated into the popular Average Fan vs. Another variation of the meme has GigaChad reacting to country names like Georgia, Turkey, or Hungary by acting like they aren’t the names of countries but are other places, nouns, or adjectives. Think it’s stupid?
Attractiveness and Perception
Despite GigaChad being held up as a masculine ideal, this photoshopped take on an allegedly highly attractive specimen actually doesn’t seem to be all that appealing to women at all. According to a survey of both men and women done by DatePsychology.com, women ultimately rated the GigaChad images as “below average” looking. In fact, men rated him notably higher-a 4.88 average on a 7.0 scale, compared to women’s 3.58.
The Chad Face Trend
The Chad Face (also referred to as the Gen Z lip sync face), is a social media trend in which men emulate the facial structure of the hyper-masculine GigaChad. This included “mewing,” which is a tongue and mouth exercise meant to help with the type of jawline definition seen on the GigaChad. Gen Alpha amended traditional mewing to include a “shushing” gesture and a tracing of the jawline with a finger, indicating they wanted to remain silent.
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Mewing technique to achieve a strong jawline.
The Slang Term Chad and Its Context
The slang term Chad has historically been applied in different contexts. The term has come into use in incel forums and as internet slang to refer to sexually active, supposedly genetically superior men, or "alpha males". Within the manosphere and internet culture, Chads are generally viewed as constituting the top decile in terms of genetic fitness. In online animation drawings in the manosphere, a Chad is often depicted as a muscular blond man with very pronounced masculine features.
Chads are sometimes portrayed as the opposite to "omega" or "beta" males, and as physically attractive. "Gigachad" is a related internet meme that uses black-and-white photographs of a muscular male model.
A classic "Virgin vs. Chad" meme.
GigaChad's Power and Abilities
He is the strongest character and sigma male to have possibly ever existed, with very few ever even rivaling him. Not even blatantly OP characters can beat the Gigachad, he is just this sexy and powerful.
His brain is Chadly (Mastered all bodybuilding techniques. Destroyed DC, most of Marvel(including Squirrel Girl, True Form Oblivion and Ultron), Anime and almost all of Fiction just by his sweat dropping. Destroying hundreds of sextillions of times the world order that has been formed, folding the remnants of its destruction and creating the seeds of Chad that spread through all the verse.
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