Lebron James is popping up in Chinese videos shouting "What can I say?" - Is this a Chinese meme?

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1aNm3BvEua

I don't speak Chinese so it's a little bit confusing to see this pop up on my feed in GrayJay. Was LeBron James some kind of idol in China?

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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d

What can I say?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 1 pts · 243d (6 replies)

6-7.

I don't know about the origins of this meme but I know basketball and the NBA are insanely popular in China.

atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 243d (5 replies)

6-7?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 1 pts · 243d (4 replies)
atro_city@fedia.io · 4 pts · 243d (3 replies)

"It has no fixed meaning".

Great, I can ignore it then.

Venator@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 243d (1 reply)

Seems like an example of childlore, which describes a specific species of meme that only propagates among children.

early_riser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 240d

didn't even know childlore had a name or academic interest associated with it. until last year. When I was a kid I always wondered who came up with things like JIngle bells batman smells or those paper fortune teller thingies or the candyman/Bloody Mary or the game Doorknob and so on. I never saw adults doing or saying those things, so I figured some kid somewhere had to have made them up at some point and it just spread from there.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 243d

No, the official meaning is 碌柒

(cuz I said so)

thenose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d (3 replies)

Is this some rage bait? Lol

atro_city@fedia.io · 4 pts · 243d (2 replies)

Why would it be rage bait? Those videos look like commercials, but I don't know what they'd be advertising.

thenose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d (1 reply)

Idk saying it’s a LeBron ad while the vids show Kobe, or I ended up on the wrong video?lol

atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 243d

Sorry, I don't watch basketball. All I knew was that he was famous basketball player and LeBron was the first name that came to mind. Now I have to look up who LeBron is.