These Naked Statues At The Olympic Games Are The Hottest New Meme

Updated Nov. 18 2019, 2:38 p.m. ET

The Winter Olympics are underway in PyeongChang, which means people from all over the world are coming together not only to compete, but to share their culture and immerse themselves in the South Korean city. It's a pretty amazing place!

Just look who they have waiting to great you outside the Olympic media center:

these faceless penis men are outside the olympic media center pic.twitter.com/E7SzGVYb3o

— Joon Lee (@iamjoonlee) February 8, 2018

These naked, faceless torsos with their penises out have become quite a hit on social media and amongst competitors as you can imagine.

According to Buzzfeed, this piece of incredible art is titled "Bullet Man," even though there are three of them, and they represent "the human desire for a cool body, wealth, honor with a concrete image." For whatever reason, the statues are especially popular in Japan, where they've gotten a new nickname, the Korean phrase that means "I don't know."

This might be insulting to the artist who crafted Bullet Man's astonishing physique, but it kinda seems like this level of obsession is actually a compliment. He's been recreated in what looks like homemade Lego form:

＿人人人人人人人人＿
＞レゴゲッソヨ＜
￣Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y￣
#モルゲッソヨ pic.twitter.com/FnaHd8atik

— kazuki (@clkgtr0728) February 10, 2018

By extremely committed silver dancers:

すぐに作れそうだったのでつい・・・。#モルゲッソヨ pic.twitter.com/vVOtGy1w05

— CPUX4 (@CPUX4) February 9, 2018

By this guy with a bag and body to go with it:

モルゲッソヨのコスプレです pic.twitter.com/t7zYEOo81W

— 茂る (@shigel_marv) February 11, 2018

In someone's coffee...and this straight up just looks like a latte penis:

#本日の暇カプチーノ、『モルゲッソヨ』。 pic.twitter.com/oUtsOI0Eg7

— じょーじ (@george_10g) February 9, 2018

Of course, with origami:

そういえば今日コイツをミスドに置き折り紙しましたので。見つけた方はよろしくお願いします（トレイに敷いてある紙を使いました）。「リアルがない」とかほざいてましたがトキポン大変気に入っております。

創作:神谷哲史折ったの:トキポン

#モルゲッソヨ pic.twitter.com/pZLqtCy9cc

— トキポン4月28日紙の温度講習会 (@kameikohe) February 12, 2018

Action figures:

#モルゲッソヨ pic.twitter.com/VhG9dmqNP7

— ホカホカ (@hokahoka21) February 11, 2018

Someone knitted an adorable snuggly version you can actually take to bed:

モルゲッソヨを(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾝﾀﾞｰ pic.twitter.com/QCeyenIOzP

— アミエッタ (@kirietta) February 10, 2018

He's been reimagined as an Olympic athlete:

平昌オリンピックスキージャンプ出場モルゲッソヨ#モルゲッソヨ pic.twitter.com/2ALiYDEUdO

— clome(夏乃翠):背景萌 (@tyuunibyouwww1) February 11, 2018

A rocket to the moon:

また北朝鮮の工作員の田辺真一が朝から寝言ぶっこいてんな #モルゲッソヨ #サンデーモーニング pic.twitter.com/Z6xKpSdaAJ

— OVERDOPE (@overdope_) February 11, 2018

As an adorable anime character:

公式が手を出す前に。#モルゲッソヨ #ポプテピピック pic.twitter.com/yvuIinu5zS

— さいだ一明@三日目東ウ46b (@saida_kazuaki) February 10, 2018

A mighty warrior:

韓国での愛称。

「儒教ドラゴン&モルゲッソヨ」

(*´∀`) pic.twitter.com/PoixIuTxcV

— 崔碩栄 (@Che_SYoung) February 10, 2018

The statues are probably completely unrelated to the Olympics themselves, but it's hard not to see some of these guys competing and not draw comparisons. I mean, let's get totally real here.

Who is watching Mens Bulge er Luge later today?

— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) February 11, 2018

Thank you, South Korea, for bringing what we're all thinking about out into the open.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pbXSramam6Ses7p6wqikaKyimrultc2gZmtoYW18cX6OampokmFpppWgrmimpbGdpbakecaapJ6rXaOurLHDZqqtmaSqsrQ%3D

These Strange Olympic Statues Are Making Waves on the Internet

These Naked Statues At The Olympic Games Are The Hottest New Meme

CATALOG

FEATURED TAGS