There Is No Real Ken

Text on the meme

There is an idea of a Ken Doll, but there is no real me. Only a play thing, something plastic. And though I can hide my lack of anatomically correct body parts and you can take me here, take me there, dress me up anywhere, I simply am not there...

What it means

A close-up of a sweaty, serious-looking Ken doll is paired with text parodying the existential narration from *American Psycho*. The joke treats Ken as a hollow plastic object with no real identity, making it useful as an absurd reaction to feeling empty, fake, or emotionally absent.

Who

Ryan Gosling (Райан Гослинг) — Ken from Barbie

Objects

man / мужчина blond hair / светлые волосы plastic face / пластиковое лицо sweat / пот close-up portrait / портрет крупным планом pink shirt / розовая рубашка collar / воротник purple background / фиолетовый фон yellow background / жёлтый фон tweet screenshot / скриншот твита social media post / публикация в соцсети