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he’s coming

He’s coming

HE’S COMING

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AHAHA! ahah! ahah… *cries*

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nearly the end of april.. you know what that means

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this is an advanced joke

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The image is of a block of uncooked ramen. The noodles are soaked in hot, seasoned water, and they inflate and become soft.

Every spring on Tumblr, many users make reference to “It’s Gonna Be Me” by NSYNC. When Justin Timberlake sings, “It’s gonna be me,” he pronounces “me” so that it sounds like “may.” People think it’s funny to pretend Justin is saying that “it’s gonna be May.”

NSYNC was very fashionable in the year 2000. Justin had bleached hair that he heavily gelled into tight curls. Many have compared its appearance to uncooked ramen. I’ll put a picture here.

Both the “Justin’s hair used to look like ramen” joke and the “it’s gonna be May” joke have become so heavily anticipated that rather than continually make the same jokes, users like OP find it funnier to make vague references to them, and see who understands what they are referring to.

The commenter has remarked that this is “an advanced joke,” which suggests that they’re aware of how many different cultural references you have to get before you can find this joke funny, and that in and of itself is funny to them.